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CYBERSECURITY, IT ASSURANCE & GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE 2025
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The programme & content will be continuously updated
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP - Monday & Tuesday, 18 & 19 August 2025
9:00 - 5:30pm
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Pre-Conference Workshop 1 (2 Days)
​AI leadership for cybersecurity and governance: navigating risks and opportunities
Allan Boardman
Founder, Cyberadvisor
Pre-Conference Workshop 2 (2 Days)
Auditing Artificial Intelligence
Tichaona Zororo
Director, EGIT
CONFERENCE DAY 1 - Wednesday, 20 August 2025
​8:50 - 9:00am
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Opening Remark
Anthony Tai
Conference Chairperson, ISACA Malaysia Chapter
​9:00 - 9:30am
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Key Notes : The trust factor: Building confidence in a Digital-First World
Mark Thomas
President, Escoute Consulting
​9:30 - 10:10am
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Plenary 1 by Platinum Sponsor : TBC
Krishna Rajagopal
Group CEO, AKATI Sekurity
10:10 - 10:40am
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Plenary 2 by Platinum Sponsor :TBC
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Ayush Verma
Head of Solutions Engineering, Southeast Asia, Cloudflare ASEAN
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Morning Break
​10:40 - 11:20am
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​11:20 - 12:00pm
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Plenary 3 by Platinum Sponsor : Securing the Intelligent Future: Enterprise AI-Powered Security and Transformation
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Kelvin CHUA
Regional Director, Systems Engineering
Fortinet Southeast Asia
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​12:00 - 1:30pm
LUNCH
1:30 - 2:10pm
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Plenary 4 : IT auditing in the era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Tichaona Zororo
Director, EGIT
2:10 - 2:50pm
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Plenary 5 : “What keeps you awake at night?”
Jo Stewart-Rattray
Director of Technology & Security Assurance, BRM Advisory
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2:50 - 3:20pm
Afternoon Break
3:20 - 4:00pm
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Plenary 6 : Optimising internal audit: strategies for trust and effective collaboration
Allan Boardman
Founder, Cyberadvisor
4:00 - 5:00pm
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Panel Discussion : Three lines of defences collaboration: Adapting to evolving threats and challenges in a Digital-First World
Moderator :
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Nickson Choo, FSI Regulator
Panellists :
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Senee Vacharasiritham, CISA, CRISC CGEIT
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Retnendran Sivasupramaniam Portfolio Audit Head of Technology/Digital & Data Analytics, Group Internal Audit, AmBank Group
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TBC
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TBC
End of Conference Day 1
CONFERENCE DAY 2 - Thursday, 21 August 2025
TECHNICAL TRACK
9:00 - 9:40am
TT1 : Beyond threat intelligence: proactive digital risk protection in a hyperconnected world
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Salleh Kodri
Regional Manager APAC
Solution Engineering,
Cyble Inc
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MANAGEMENT TRACK
MT1 : Ensuring proper governance and management over AI initiatives
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​Mark Thomas
President, Escoute Consulting
TECHNICAL TRACK
9:40 - 10:20am
TT2 : Navigating risk and compliance: strategies for strengthening your security posture
Kah Wun Tyng
Senior Principal Consultant, SecureKi Sdn Bhd
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MANAGEMENT TRACK
MT2 : What the board really wants the CISO to tell them
Jo Stewart-Rattray
Director of Technology & Security Assurance
BRM Advisory
​10:20 - 10:50am
Morning Break
​12:10 - 1:30pm
LUNCH
2:50 - 3:20pm
Afternoon Break
4:00 - 5:00pm
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Fireside Chat : ISACA Hall of Fame Inductees Vision: The changing digital world and how should we adapt to thrive
Moderator :​
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Mark Thomas, President, Escoute Consulting
Panellists :
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Allan Boardman, Founder, Cyberadvisor
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Tichaona Zororo, Director, EGIT
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Leonard Ong, Director, Sector Governance. Synapxe
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Hironori Goto, Principal Consultant of Five-I, LLC.
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Jo Stewart-Rattray, Director of Technology & Security Assurance, BRM Advisory
5:00 - 5:30pm
Conference Closing Remarks and Lucky Draw