Event Title

Shadow IT – A Topic of Debate

Event Description

A lighthearted, fun, but also serious panel discussion and debate on the issues and implications of Shadow IT

Event Outline

Shadow IT, are the instances of IT within an organisation that have been obtained or are managed outside the governance, IT or security management structures of the IT department.

How and why shadow IT can occur is due to many factors, almost all which can be the subject of intense debate. Various stakeholders from around organisations will have differing views on whether shadow IT is good or bad. Most will agree that it is a topic that brings many important security implications, and the “right answer” to the question of shadow IT is not simple to find.

Join our panel of experts who all bring different yet overlapping experience in managing IT and cyber security as they share their views on shadow IT and how they’ve approached this issue.

Panel

Moderator

Stephen Zuluaga - Chair, Cybersecurity Special Interest Group, ACS Victoria Branch

Stephen is an IT & OT cybersecurity security specialist with a background in Policy Development, Governance, Leadership, Cybersecurity, IT Systems and Network Engineering, Education & Business Analysis. He has worked from the server room to the board room on security, governance, policy and technology.

He has helped organisations respond to and recover from internally and externally caused cybersecurity and operational incidents and helped put in place the needed policies, governance and technology to avoid recurrence and mitigate future instances of various types of incidents.

Panelists

Ash Jaykumar - Senior Vendor Manager, Transurban

With over 23 years of experience, Ash commenced her career in the Defence Forces and also worked with the Australian Defence Force and United Nations in East Timor as part of the peacekeeping forces. Having transitioned from a defence background to the corporate sector, Ash has a background in Logistics, Supply Chain, and Procurement. Ash is also a passionate mountaineer havingscaled peaks over 7000m in the Himalayas.

In her current role in vendor management within the technology sector, Ash excels at establishing strong supplier relationships and ensuring operationalefficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness in all aspects of third-party relationships. Her expertise in managing vendor risk and compliance has been instrumental in driving strategic initiatives and fostering innovation.

Ash is a strong believer that effective relationships contribute towards a growing organisation. Her commitment to building trust and collaboration with vendors has consistently resulted in enhanced service delivery and mutual growth.

Kate Raulings - Chief Information Security Officer, Environment Protection Authority VIC

Kate didn’t start her career in cyber security. Computers and internet connected devices weren’t common at the time. She has a deep understanding of business imperatives developed over a decade’s experience in senior communications and innovation roles before focusing on IT strategy, governance and cybersecurity for the last 8 years. She regularly briefs senior executive, audit and risk committees and boards on privacy and cyber security matters and has supported numerous organisations through notifiable data breaches. Kate has a Masters in Marketing and an MBA from the University of Melbourne as well as CISM certification. She has won local and global recognition for her success in digital communication and was a finalist in the Women in ICT Awards in 2022 and 2023. She is a member of the Australian Women in Security Network and an ISACA member. Kate is the CISO at EPA Victoria.

Sam Mackenzie - Head of Technology Operations, City of Stonnington

Sam Mackenzie, is a Cybersecurity committee member with ACS Victoria Branch and brings 25 years of experience, where he speaks straightforward cybersecurity and technology with business leaders. Having worked with global brands overseas and household names in Australia, he’s known for creating high-performance teams across the sectors of health, telecoms, energy and more recently local government. His approach is characterised by structured thinking, simplifying complexity and developing culture as a catalyst for change.