Sydney Data Protection & Security Summit 2024

In this opening keynote, we'll dive into the implications of Australia’s revamped Data Privacy Act for leaders in data protection and security. We’ll discuss how the reforms reshape compliance requirements, empower consumers, and demand heightened accountability from organisations, alongside strategies to navigate these changes effectively in our digital landscape.

• Regulatory Landscape: Understand key provisions and compliance implications, including transparency, breach notification, and extraterritorial scope
• Consumer Empowerment: Explore how the reforms enhance consumer rights and privacy protections
• Compliance Strategies: Discuss effective strategies for ensuring organisational compliance and fostering a culture of privacy and accountability

As Australia's leading property investment and funds management group, Charter Hall recognizsed the increasing data security challenges brought by some of Australia’s largest breaches, compounded by the introduction of AI. In this insightful session, Christopher Johnson, Head of Group Technology at Charter Hall, will share his experiences. He will delve into the reasons behind their decision to invest in data security and how this helped to reduce data risk across their operations. Joining the conversation is Scott Leach, Varonis VP, who will provide expert insights on the evolving landscape of data security in the AI era and how businesses can stay ahead of emerging threats.

As organisations increasingly leverage data for innovation, the balance between data-driven opportunities and the associated risks becomes more critical. This panel will delve into the intricate challenges and best practices in building a robust data resilience program. Key areas of focus include:

• Data Discovery and Classification: Effective identification of critical and sensitive data across multi-cloud environments and sprawling data landscapes.
• Access Governance: Strategies to control and monitor who has access to sensitive data within the organisation, ensuring appropriate entitlements.
• Security Controls: Identifying data risks and implementing robust monitoring and control mechanisms to mitigate these risks.
• Data Privacy: Navigating global regulations and managing obligations related to personal information held on customers and employees.
• Enabling Collaboration: Streamlining cross-organisational collaboration to reduce complexity, overhead, and ensure consistent, secure data management practices

In this innovative session, attendees will be faced with a series of scenarios that they may face in their roles. Attendees will discuss the possible courses of action with their peers to consider the ramifications of each option before logging their own course of action.

Results will be tallied and analysed by our session facilitator and results will impact the way the group moves through the activity.

Will we collectively choose the right course of action?

This demonstration session will uncover how an industry leader overcame a common industry challenge. They’ll take you inside their world and show you the process and tools they use to build something brilliant.

This high velocity demonstration session will empower high-regulated organisations to uncover hidden data threats.

In an era where data is both ubiquitous and vulnerable, this panel aims to explore evolving strategies for safeguarding privacy while embracing technological progress.

• Data Ethics in the Digital Age: Discussing the ethical considerations surrounding data collection, usage, and sharing in an increasingly interconnected world
• Balancing Privacy and Innovation: Exploring how organisations can strike a balance between protecting user privacy and fostering innovation in data-driven technologies
• Empowering Data Literacy: Highlighting the importance of educating individuals and businesses about data privacy rights and responsibilities to empower informed decision-making
• Anticipating Future Challenges: Looking ahead, how can we anticipate and address emerging threats to data privacy, such as quantum computing and AI-driven data analysis, to ensure robust protection mechanisms are in place?

Choose 1 topic to discuss on the day!

1. Leveraging AI for Resilient Data Protection and Security Strategies
2. Tackling Insider Threats and Data Breaches in the AI Era
3. Securing Access to Data in a Changing Landscape
4. Enabling Comprehensive Data Visibility and Control
5. Navigating Data Security, Risk, and Privacy in Complex Environments
6. Enhancing Compliance Through Secure Document Sharing
7. Levelling Up Data Management Practices

This enlightening on-stage interview will delve into the future of data protection, explore the technologies that are enabling change and pull back the curtain on next-gen data protection and privacy strategies.

• Explore the latest trends and future directions in data protection, including the adoption of AI, automation and other cutting-edge technologies
• Gain insights into practices and strategies for ensuring data privacy and security
• Discuss the impact of changing legislation on data protection practices and compliance efforts, and learn how to adapt to stay ahead of regulatory requirements

Join us as we explore then discuss the role of artificial intelligence in bolstering or bulldozing our data protection, privacy, and security efforts.

Gain valuable insights into how AI technologies are reshaping both cyber defence and cyber attack strategies and how they can be used to protect businesses from evolving threats.

• Understanding AI's Role in Cyber Defense, incident Response and futureproofing services
• Exploring the dark side of AI and the challenges we face in protecting our organisations from our harrowing future