Executive Panel: How To Ensure Security Is Led from the Top?

This panel discussion led by Peter Hind – Senior Analyst at ADAPT and including Maryam Bechtel, CISO at AGL, Anna Aquilina, CISO at University of Technology Sydney and Tony Vizza, Executive Director, Cyber security at KordaMentha, discusses the imperative of top-down leadership in cyber security.

Effective leadership, stakeholder engagement, and the use of metrics for measuring progress are crucial.

Maryam underscores aligning cyber security strategy with business goals, emphasising the need for a defensible risk plan, while Anna highlights executives’ understanding of the dynamic cyber threat landscape and the importance of multi-level leadership.

Tony focuses on governance’s role, noting that weak governance hampers organisations in facing cyber threats.

The discussion explores data governance challenges, including data classification and clarifying data steward roles.

Maryam shares insights from implementing a data purging program at AGL, stressing alignment with regulations and business needs.

Tony emphasises data minimisation for risk management, noting organisations’ tendency…