Lawrie Abercrombie

Technical Director ARCANUM INFORMATION SECURITY LTD, United Kingdom

Lawrie is the Technical Director of Arcanum Information Security Ltd, a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) certified company, which he co-founded in 2008 after retiring from full time service in the British Army where he commanded the Army’s first Cyber Security unit.

Certified as one of only 30 Risk Management Specialists in the UK under the NCSC’s flagship Certified Cyber Professional (CCP) scheme, Lawrie is a very experienced Cyber Security professional with strong leadership and organisational abilities.

He has specialised in ISTAR and Defence related CIS projects and has extensive knowledge of HMG and MoD security policies and is fully cognisant of the latest technical cyber security and cryptographic mitigation measures.

Whilst leading and assisting on projects for various UK Central Government Departments and commercial clients in the UK, NATO and the Middle East, he has provided Cyber Threat and Security Risk Assessments, information security and assurance, accreditation document sets and has also audited commercially to ISO 27001.

Serving as an officer in both the Regular and then the Territorial Army, he developed a particular interest in the development of Cyber Defence Capability in multinational and joint cyber operations as part of which from 2013 -15, he planned and led the UK’s participation in Ex CYBER GUARD, the world’s largest real time Cyber Defence Exercise.

John Burnage

Director OAKPOINT LTD UK

John has a deep understanding of security and intelligence processes and procedures within the Physical, Personal, Telecommunications and Information Technology arena.

He followed a demanding full military career for 35 years working within the broad field of Information Services and has subsequently filled related commercial roles for multi-national concerns, these have included Lottery, Investment and Insurance businesses. He has held project and programme management appointments where briefing sensitive subjects on a daily basis at board level was part of his routine. Those roles have included programmes worldwide based in China, Africa and the Middle East

He demonstrates high flexibility, intellectual and analytical ability combined with a sound practical approach. Business Continuity, Information Assurance, Physical and Personal Security, Information Security, Programme and Project Management are all part of his broad skill set.

For a number of years, he was part of the World Lottery Association Security and Risk Committee as a co-opted member providing Information Assurance advice and support. In addition to that role, he is a founding member of UK Defence’s Information Assurance Group which in its initial stages focussed ensuring defence systems world wide were safe and secure.

He is highly experienced in working an international multi-lingual environment. (UN, NATO, South America, China, Middle East, Africa, Brunei, Canada) to name a few.

He has been internationally and nationally recognised for his contribution to Information Security, Training and Peace Keeping roles.

Jane Chappell

Operation Director ARCANUM INFORMATION SECURITY LTD, United Kingdom

Jane is Operations Director of Arcanum Information Security Ltd, a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) certified company, which she co-founded in 2008. A Fellow of the British Computer Society she has an MSc in Information Security and MBA in International Management.

A cyber security professional with over 20 years’ experience, she has advised numerous organisations including: the European Commission; NATO Communications and Information Agency; European and American Defence companies; the Ministry of Defence; Government Departments, Agencies and Police Forces.

A former regular Royal Air Force officer, she also served as an intelligence officer in the RAuxAF. Jane has served as a military reservist alongside her civilian career and joined the Army’s largest cyber security unit and was the first woman to command it. She fulfils several voluntary roles as: Advisory Board Member of the Research Institute in Sociotechnical Cyber Security.

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Panel Member assessing cyber security Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees applications for NCSC certification. Chartered Institute of Information Security assessor for the certified Cyber Professional scheme. She was previously a committee member of the of the British Computer Society Information Security Specialist Group and UK Cyber Security Challenge host and assessor.

David Porter

Director, HR Projects & Continuity AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, Australia

David Porter was the Director of Business Continuity Management (BCM) at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) from September 2010 and has provided a strategic oversight role since August 2016, while leading technology, HR and building refurbishment projects.

David developed the whole-of-government BCM Community of Practice, with members from over 40 Commonwealth and state based agencies. He provides regular mentoring support for other organisations locally and has represented the ATO in London, Berlin and Jakarta. As a member of several forums, David has contributed towards the emergency readiness and preparedness across the public sector and finance industries.

As well as leading several national level responses to business interruptions and natural disasters, David has guided senior executive and board level groups through detailed crisis simulation testing and exercises.

David developed and embedded the ATO’s BCM framework, supporting 20,000 staff, 40 buildings and over 250 critical IT systems. He progressively integrated all key incident/emergency/crisis processes across the organisation and in 2016 completed the design and installation of a purpose built crisis control room within the Penrith office.

David has established a credible, international profile within the BCM industry, through his work with the Disaster Recovery Institute’s Future Vision Committee and regularly presenting at national and international conferences.

Evidence of David’s expertise and contribution is demonstrated by receiving several national and international awards across continuity and risk related industries. David has also worked with the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction to demonstrate effective organisational responses to natural disaster events.

David has been published in the peak industry academic publication Journal of Business Continuity and Emergency Planning and forms part of the global editorial board with 25 industry leaders.

Having performed a variety of management roles in the ATO over the last 18 years, David has a broad skill set including leading large operational teams and managing change through strategic projects. He has completed studies in business management and is currently studying a Bachelor of Digital Design with Curtin University.

Hairul Affandy Ismail

Head of Operation Risk PERKESO, Malaysia

Hairul Affandy Ismail is the Head of Operational Risk in PERKESO, a National Social Security Organization with more than 15 years of experience in effective and efficient BCM implementation, 11 years in ORM and 7 years in Information Technology application development and support in various organizations including financial institutions and statutory bodies..

He is responsible to ensure good governance practice of Operational Risk Management (ORM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) throughout the organization. He was involved in various ISO implementations and certifications such ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 23001. ISO 39001 and ISO 37001.

He was invited as speakers in various events organized by various organizations including Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and local university. He obtained his degree of business administration majoring in Accounting and Management Information System from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is certified Master Business Continuity Practitioner (MBCP) from Disaster Recovery International Institute, USA (DRII).

Magda Kelly

Head Of Cyber Risk Consulting, Marsh Asia

Magda is leading Cyber Risk Consulting for Marsh Asia. She is the founder of Women of Security (woSEC) Singapore Chapter, where she encourage diversity and inclusion in the industry.

Magda was nominated as global leader of the year at the Women in IT Awards 2017, and a TOP 50 cyber security influencer globally, as well as TOP 58 Women In Cyber Sec urity to Follow on Twitter and a TOP 20 Cyber Sec urity Experts alongside with Kevin Mitnick, and Brian Krebs.

She has previously co-founded Responsible Cyber , an all­ in-one cybersecurity shop for small and medium businesses. She has a PhD in Telecommunication Engineering, She held several Chief Information Security Officer roles f or medium and large organizations across Asia and internationally . She built cyber security strategies for companies, and provided guidance; from governance and security architecture to security operations.

She has hands- on experience with penetration testing and technical cloud secur ity across main cloud platforms

Firhan Fikri Hadenan, CBCP

Head, Group BCM Maybank

Firhan leads the Business Continuity Management function within Maybank Group, focusing on strategic implementation of BCM measures, adoption of best practices as well as coordination of crisis management across all Maybank locations globally.

Prior to Maybank, Firhan served in consulting roles focusing on Business Continuity Management, Information Risk Management, IT Advisory and IT Audit for organisations across different industries in Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Qatar and Japan.

Clifford Seow, MBCP

Business Resiliency Management, Asia Pacific Multinational

Clifford’s 33 years career spans roles in Engineering, Regional P&L Management, Risk Management, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management in organizations like Texas Instruments, Pepsi-Cola Asia Pacific, Cadbury Schweppes, The Coca-Cola Company and CrisisAsia. He is currently accountable for operational resilience for an international financial institution covering more than 70 offices across Asia.

He has successfully established regional programs for crisis management for global multinational organizations and led consulting projects with large private organizations and government linked institutions and sovereign wealth funds in Operational Risk Management, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management.

He is a member of the TC292 led by SPRING Singapore and was part of the team which initiated the SS540; Singapore’s first BCM standard. He is Masters-certified by the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and a Faculty of the DRII certifying many practicing professionals across Asia since 2005.

He enjoys running in his spare time and spends time on web design and following up on world affairs as well as catching up with fellow professionals and practitioners keen to promote and grow the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management industry.

Kenji Watanabe

Professor and Head of Disaster & Safety Management of Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Kenji Watanabe is a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, and also the head of Disaster & Safety Management of the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Nagoya, Japan. He has almost 20 years business and professional experiences at the Mizuho Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers in financial business and risk management fields.

He is assigned as a chair of several governmental committees in Japan on risk management, business continuity management (BCM) and critical infrastructure protection(CIP) in the Cabinet Secretariat, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and other national/regional governments. He has also been a national expert in the ISO/TC292 (Security & resilience) for the last 10 years. He has MBA and PhD in Information, Production and Systems.

Murari Kalyanaramani

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Singapore United Overseas Bank (UOB)

Murari is an accomplished IT and Information Risk Management professional with over 20 years’ experience in Information & Cyber Security, Outsourcing & Supplier Management, Business Continuity, Information Systems Auditing and IT Risk Management.

He has successfully built and managed global information & cyber security capability and led multinational and multi-location teams in global strategy & governance definition and implementation, industry partnership & outreach efforts, operational service delivery and transformational initiatives during his career with United Overseas Bank (UOB), Standard Chartered Bank, British American Tobacco (BAT) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

He has spoken at conferences and specialist forums in Asia Pacific and possesses various management and technical certifications. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor for CIO Academy Asia (CIOAA) and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).

He has previously served on the International Board of Directors for the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (FS-ISAC), FS-ISAC Asia Pacific Strategy Committee, ISACA International Professional Standards Committee (PSC), ISACA Professional Standards and Career Management Committee (PSCMC), Board of Directors for the ISACA Malaysia Chapter and served as the corporate liaison, for Standard Chartered Bank with the Singapore Cybersecurity Consortium (SCC) which has been created for engagement between industry, academia and government agencies to encourage research, manpower training and technology awareness in cybersecurity

Mohd Nazlan Eza

Head of Business Continuity Management UMW Corporation

Nazlan is a strong proponent of Business Continuity Management, Internal Control, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance principles.

• Operational Auditing of Information Systems, Automotive, Services, and Properties
• ACL Computerised Audit Analysis Tool Software practitioner
• Technical Support in Aeronautical Information Services
• Management of Technical Services
• IT audit for SeaPort and Haulage Industries
• Operational audit in SeaPort and Total Logistics
• Management of Group Internal Audit functions
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Indrani Chandrasegaran Kermorvant

Managing Director Accenture Security SEA

Indrani Chandrasegaran is an experienced Cyber Security Executive with over 20 years of experience in advising clients on cyber defence strategy, digital transformation strategy, enterprise cyber governance framework, audit, compliance management, threat protection, information protection and privacy framework in APAC, Middle East, and Europe.

During her work experience, she has built vast understanding of multi-faceted client base comprising of financial institutions, health organizations, telecommunications providers, Shipping, business process outsourcing and manufacturing businesses.

Prior to Accenture, Indrani served as the CISO/Vice President Cyber Security Services with Infosys Compaz (a joint venture of Temasek and Infosys) where she spearhead and managed security services.

Dr. Ronald Ross

Fellow National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ron Ross is a Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His focus areas include computer security, systems security engineering, trustworthy systems, and security risk management. He currently leads the NIST Systems Security Engineering Project which includes the development of standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and United States critical infrastructure.

He also supports the U.S. State Department in the international outreach program for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. He previously served as the Task Leader for the Joint Task Force, an interagency group that includes the Department of Defense, Office of the Director National Intelligence, U.S. Intelligence Community, and the Committee on National Security Systems, with responsibility for developing a Unified Information Security Framework for the federal government.

He also served as the project leader for the Federal Information Security Modernization Act Implementation Project and is the former Director of the National Information Assurance Partnership, a joint activity of NIST and the National Security Agency.

During his twenty-year military career, he served as a White House aide and senior technical advisor to the Department of the Army. He has lectured at a number of prestigious universities and has authored and coauthored many publications on risk management, cybersecurity, systems security engineering, and cyber resiliency. And he has received numerous public and private sector awards.

He has also been recognized three-times as one of the Top 10 Influencers in Government IT Security and is a five-time recipient of the Federal 100 award for leadership and technical contributions to cybersecurity projects affecting the federal government. He has been inducted into the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame, selected as an (ISC)2 Fellow, and inducted into the Information Systems Security Association Hall of Fame receiving its highest honor of Distinguished Fellow.