BSI PEOPLE CYBER SECURITY FORUM powered by BBG
Is Your Organisation Cyber Safe? Understand The Critical Elements Of YOUR Cyber Security Risk.
with Claire Pales & Anna Leibel

12th July 2022 Tuesday
9:00 am - 10:30 am NSW | Zoom
Online event is held via Zoom. Access link will be delivered via email one day prior to the event.

By 2025 cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 Trillion annually. The increase in threats, sophistication of attacks, and the consequences – financial, reputational, regulatory – now has cyber on the attention of governments, CEOs, Managing Directors and Boards. But the risks keep growing and the technical jargon is confusing.

Join us on July 12 to hear from Anna Leibel and Claire Pales, authors of The Secure Board: How To Be Confident That Your Organisation Is Cyber Safe, about the critical elements of understanding cyber security risk.

At the conclusion of this event you will understand:

1. How and why the cyber landscape keeps evolving;
2. Why you must plan on being attacked; and
3. The top 2 hidden risks to address when it comes to being cyber safe.

You will leave the event with practical advice, be able to ask better questions and understand the consequences of cyber risk decisions.

The Secure Board

The Secure Board book, co-authored by Claire Pales and Anna Leibel, was written for Board Directors to gain confidence in governing cyber security. The Secure Board Advisory, launched at the start of 2021, specialises in cyber security advisory services to Boards and Executives. Advising clients across the public and private sector, ASX100, family boards, regulators and not-for-profit, with services including Board briefings, ongoing educational series and interactive workshops to develop literacy, and gain confidence and alignment of cyber strategy and risk management. Each interaction is customised for your organisation and created to achieve clear outcomes. Anna and Claire are known for performing the executive and board roles instrumental in managing cyber risk and managing the associated complexities – from Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to Chief Information Officer (CIO), and Non-Executive Director (NED) - with over four decades of commercial industry and consulting experience. The Secure Board Advisory exists to educate on cyber security without the jargon, to support Directors to understand the expectations of the Board in relation to cyber and to uplift Director confidence in important decision making.

www.thesecureboard.com | hello@thesecureboard.com

About Claire & Anna

Claire Pales - Director - The Secure Board | LinkedIn
Claire Pales is a best-selling author of two books and a podcast host. Claire has 17 years of experience in the security industry, with a career spanning corporate security, fraud and cyber throughout Australia and Asia. Claire is a Director of the Secure Board and The Security Collective. Claire’s experience includes independent consulting since 2016 serving as an Interim Chief Information Security Officer, CISO coach and strategic advisor across multiple industry verticals including financial services, retail, ecommerce and critical infrastructure. Her work with boards, audit committees, executives and security professionals has provided her with appropriate skills to influence, coach and facilitate company executives and security leaders in establishing exceptional information security practices. During her time in Hong Kong, Claire established the first cyber security function for CLP Group. Claire has a degree in Police Studies and postgraduate qualifications in eCrime. In 2019, Claire was recognised as a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association (FAISA) and became a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2020, Claire joined the Digital Advisory Committee of the Breast Cancer Network Australia, a cause close to her heart.

Anna Leibel - Director - The Secure Board | LinkedIn
Anna Leibel was previously the Chief Delivery and Information Officer with $110 Billion superannuation fund, UniSuper. With accountability for Operations, IT and Project Delivery, her leadership style inspired action, optimised opportunities and saw the business and IT working as one. Most recently she was the interim Chief Technology Officer with Integrity Life. Anna is a Director with The Secure Board and a Non-Executive Director with Ambulance Victoria, Alfred Health and SERV. With three decades experience in leading customer, business and digital change, she is a sought-after advisor to Boards, Chief Executives and IT leaders on digital transformation, data, cyber, leadership and culture. Anna’s cross-industry career spans all aspects of IT, management consulting and launching new IT services to global markets. She has extensive experience in balancing commercial interests with risk management and complex regulated sectors including Telstra, PwC, NAB, IBM and Seek. Anna is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has completed two executive management programs at MIT in the USA. She is a Chief Executive Women Scholar and in 2019 was named in Australia’s Top 50 CIOs.

YOU & THE #BBGTHINKTANK

Claire's and Anna's "knowledge share" will be followed by the #bbgthinktank, where you will breakout into a group of 5-7 delegates and explore how you can implement the learnings from Claire and Anna into your organisation. These insights will be 'unpacked' and discussed.

I'm sure you will find this forum useful, informative and stimulating.

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We look forward to seeing you there!

Onwards and upwards,
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