KB On The Go: ISACA Beyond Tomorrow

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In this bonus episode, KB is on the go at ISACA’s Beyond Tomorrow Conference in Melbourne. KB sits down with industry leaders like Erik Prusch, CEO of ISACA, as he discusses the organization’s expanding global influence and their pivotal role in career development for their 180,000 members. They also delve into the critical topics of AI’s transformative power across sectors, the intricacies of third-party risk management, and the indispensable importance of mastering basic cybersecurity practices. Erik is joined by fellow experts such as Jamie Norton, Chirag Joshi, Francine Hoo, Kate Raulings, Richard Magalad, Sam Mackenzie, and Wayne Rodriguez, who also bring their expertise and stories to the table, sharing the newest developments and challenges in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.

Erik Prusch

Erik is an experienced CEO and board director for major tech companies. Prior to joining ISACA, he was most recently chief executive officer at Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., a provider of integrated payment solutions and integrated marketing services. He has also served as CEO for Outerwall, Lumension, NetMotion Wireless, Clearwire and Borland Software Corporation. Additionally, he has been a board member for RealNetworks, WASH, Calero Software and Keynote Systems. Previously in his career, Erik served as chief financial officer for a number of public companies, such as Identix and Borland, and for divisions of public companies, such as Gateway Computers and PepsiCo. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche (then Touche Ross). Erik holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Jamie Norton

Jamie Norton, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, CIPM is a Partner at McGrathNicol, a specialist Advisory and Restructuring firm committed to helping businesses improve performance, manage risk, and achieve stability and growth. He also serves on the Advisory Board at Avertro, a cybersecurity startup enabling informed and defensible data-driven decisions about organisational cyber resilience and AI safety. He has over 25 years’ experience in managing security resilience for State and Federal Government agencies and commercial organisations. He is the former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), one of Australia’s largest federal government agencies, where he led the security governance, risk, intelligence & operations, testing and forensics teams. He has chaired and supported several senior industry and interdepartmental committees on cyber strategy and resilience and the senior Australian representative at international government forums on cybercrime. He has previously held leadership roles at NEC, Tenable, Check Point, and the World Health Organization.

Jamie has been involved with ISACA for nearly 20 years, at the local chapter board, conference organiser and most recently with the CISM Certification Working Group. He holds degrees in accounting and information technology from the Australian National University and is an affiliate member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Jamie is a regular and accomplished industry speaker and media commentator on cyber security. He is based in Australia.

Chirag Joshi

Chirag Joshi, a multi-award winning cyber security executive, brings extensive experience in leading cyber security and risk management programs across various industries, including critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services and energy. His expertise in both IT and OT environments, coupled with his experience in managing cyber security through mergers and acquisitions, makes him uniquely qualified to address the challenges of the SOCI Act. As the author of bestselling books on cyber security and a recognised thought leader, Chirag offers valuable insights into practical implementation strategies and behavioural aspects of security awareness. His role as Founder and CISO at 7 Rules Cyber, combined with his experience in leading multi-million-dollar cyber transformation initiatives, positions him to provide actionable advice on navigating the complex landscape of critical infrastructure protection, supply chain resilience, and cyber risk management in the context of the SOCI Act and beyond.

Francine Hoo

Francine is a Director with KPMG’s Data team focusing on building trusted data practices. She has helped build, assure and audit multiple frameworks including governance, data management, data analytics practices, privacy, risk and compliance. Having started in audit, she leverages her combined experience to help build evidenced based, human centric, ethical and trustworthy data practices. She’s helped teams build AI Assurance frameworks to ensure safer and reliable deployment of AI based outcomes. She passionately believes that humans are accountable for the right use of data and therefore the sufficient and appropriate risk management of data operations in all its forms – including AI and automation. The future of data driven outcomes including AI is dependent and strengthened by the partnership of a diversity of thinking, where humans collaborate with tech.

Kate Raulings

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 cyber security 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.

Richard Magalad

Richard is a 30 year veteran of the ICT industry starting at the Commonwealth bank and was a 10-year IT director from 2010 at a mining company with gold and diamond projects in Australia, Laos and Canada. Current projects are systems integration for two of the large Telcos, several agencies in the Australian Federal Government. He is a hands-on tech with a philosophy to never separate Cyber Security from Information Technology, just as he was trained in highly secure arena in banking and government He consulted and trained cyber security in SE Asia to governments and critical infrastructure enterprises on missions for Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with RMIT University, where he now lectures cyber security to professional students. He was an executive committee and secretary at the Australia Computer Society (Victoria) until 2022 and the current chairperson of Cloud Branch with the Australian Information Security Association.

Sam Mackenzie

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.

Wayne Rodrigues

Wayne Rodrigues is currently a Security Architect at Insignia Financial and an active member of the cybersecurity community.

Having been involved with ISACA Melbourne in the very early stages of his career, he has remained an active member and volunteer for the past 12 years. He is also part of various other initiatives such as the Purple Team Australia mentoring program and the EC-Council Career mentoring program. Being a keen advocate for continuous learning and growth, he loves mentoring others in the industry. Wayne believes these initiatives an excellent opportunity to give back to the community and help mould the next generation of industry professionals.