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Main Conference
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08:30
Register; grab a coffee. Mix, mingle and say hello to peers old and new.
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08:50
Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson
Scott Flower - Co-Founder - CI-ISAC
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09:00
Speed Networking – Making new connections at CISO FSI Singapore!
During this 10-minute networking session, the aim of the game is to go and meet three people you don't already know. Use the questions on the screen to guide your conversation. Have fun!
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09:10
Keynote Headliner: Hacking the Digital Storm: Solving the Bad Actor Equation of 5G+IOT+ AI + Quantum Computing and beyond in the FSI Arena
Suresh Sankaran Srinivasan - Group Head of Cyber Security and Data Privacy - Axiata Group
With the rapidly changing and often turbulent landscape of the digital world, the combination of multiple bad actors has led to a higher complexity of digital risks especially within the financial sector. The amalgamation of 5G high speed connectivity, AI, IOT and quantum computing have exposed new vulnerabilities in the industry, mine rich in two things that influence the way the world turns – money and data.
Join us for a comprehensive deep dive into the digital storm, balancing the agility needed to combat this emerging threat.
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09:35
Banking Legacy Systems: Opening Critical Conversations in Vulnerability and Continuance
- Senior Representative - Thales
- Exploring traditional banking legacy systems and their continuity in the digital landscape of 2025
- Examine the cost-efficiency of replacing legacy systems and its decades established reliability with newer hybrid solutions
- From digital wallets to tokens, explore the potential downstream impacts of innovation in banks and non-financial institutions and the barriers that persist
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10:00
Panel Discussion: Cultivating a Culture of CISO Collaboration for Tactical Offensive Strategies
- Shifting from reactive to proactive offensive tactics by leveraging shared and coordinated efforts amongst CISOs across industries
- Breaking the silos to foster cross-industry cyber-collaboration
- Creating community and united front to maintain cybersecurity as a ‘shared responsibility’
Moderator
Jenny Tan Immediate Past President ISACA Singapore Chapter
Panellists
Suresh Sankaran Srinivasan Group Head (Cybersecurity & Data Analytics) Axiata GroupFrankie Shuai APAC CISO Global Asset Management Organization
Henry Ong Senior Manager of Security Engineering – APJ Tenable
- Shifting from reactive to proactive offensive tactics by leveraging shared and coordinated efforts amongst CISOs across industries
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10:35
The Power of Certainty
Erik Gaston - VP & CIO, Global Executive Engagement - Tanium
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11:00
Coffee and Connect
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11:30
Cybersecurity 360: Cybersecurity 360: Governance, Process, and People
Hoi Wai Khin - Partner/Chief Information Security Officer - RSM Singapore
- Proactive vs Reactive Security: Which Approach Best Protects Against Vulnerabilities?
- Beyond Compliance: Policy Driven vs Paper Exercise
- Security: A Business Accelerator or a Roadblock? Striking the Right Balance for Financial Institutions
- Turning Awareness into Action: Leveraging Automation for Stronger Cybersecurity
- Proactive vs Reactive Security: Which Approach Best Protects Against Vulnerabilities?
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11:55
The CISO Guide to Crisis Management and Recovery
- Senior Representative - HCL Software
- Posturing agility as the forefront in a time of action for cyber-resiliency
- Ensuring a seamless incident response for large, medium and small financial enterprises
- Creating comprehensive guidelines and policies that enhance cyber-maturity to shorten recovery time during heavy attacks
- Posturing agility as the forefront in a time of action for cyber-resiliency
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12:20
Regulatory Race – Blockchain and Crypto Security in Fintech Ecosystems
Pasi Koistinen - CISO - Coinhako
- Looking into regulatory issues in the usage of blockchain applications, including 3rd party licensing, and safeguarding customer assets
- Exploring potential new applications and protocols in the ecosystem such as tokenisation of real-world assets, stablecoin insurance etc
- Showcasing the tools and measures to mitigate cyber-risk for developers including audits and smart contracts
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12:45
Lunch and Networking
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TRACK A
Chaired by: Dr. Kawin Boonyapredee - Chief Strategy Officer – APAC - Applied Quantum
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13:45
Cloud-First Banking: Securing Digital Transformation from the Ground Up
Hardik Thaker - Executive Director, Cybersecurity - Singapore’s Leading Digital Bank
- Evaluating build, buy, and leverage strategies using a one-way or two-way door approach.
- Embedding secure-by-design principles to strengthen banking infrastructure.
- Implementing shiproom, continuous compliance, and security processes as enablers, not blockers.
- Driving awareness through phishing simulations, rewarding secure behaviours and tracking key effectiveness metrics.
- Ensuring safe integration of cloud identity platforms and Secure GenAI in banking operations.
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14:10
The Silent Threat to Financial Innovation - Why Your DevSecOps Toolchain Could Be Your Next Security Crisis
Andrew Haschka - CTO Asia Pacific & Japan - Gitlab
As financial institutions race to embrace AI and combat increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, there's a critical vulnerability hiding in plain sight: the fragmenting DevSecOps toolchain itself.
This isn't just another tool consolidation story – it's a wake-up call about how the very infrastructure meant to secure our financial systems might be our biggest vulnerability. This session reveals how leading FSIs are transforming their security posture and development velocity by consolidating fragmented toolchains into a unified, AI-powered platform.
Drawing from real-world implementations with some of the largest financial institutions in the world, we'll explore:
- How disconnected security tools and inconsistent entitlement models create hidden vulnerabilities in your delivery pipeline
- Why traditional multi-tool DevSecOps approaches are incompatible with modern AI-driven security requirements
- How platform consolidation enables faster deployments while strengthening their security controls
- Practical strategies for unifying security governance across the entire software delivery lifecycle
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14:35
Cyber Insurance: Lighting the Path of End User Needs vs Reality
- Explore how higher maturity levels in cybersecurity frameworks are influencing underwriting decisions and how insurers and banks can align their risk management strategies to meet market demands
- Examine how banks assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks through tailored insurance products, balancing coverage and costs
- Discuss the growing importance of cybersecurity insurance in the banking sector as a key component of risk management strategies
Moderator
Zhou Zhihao Vice President ISC2 Singapore ChapterPanellist
Kok Yew Toh Vice President Audit and Regulatory NomuraAndrew Mahoney Head of Financial Institutions, Financial Services & Professions Group - Asia AON
- Explore how higher maturity levels in cybersecurity frameworks are influencing underwriting decisions and how insurers and banks can align their risk management strategies to meet market demands
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15:00
APAC Case Studies: Safely Integrating AI into Business Ops and SDLC
Phillip Ivancic - Head of APAC Solutions - Black Duck
Join us as we delve into real-world case studies on safely introducing AI into business initiatives, highlighting the unique challenges faced in Singapore and APAC:-
Prior to starting the AI pilots, how are APAC FSIs conducting detailed threat modelling assignments.
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Best practices in LLM code security and establishing a SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) of the LLM packages being deployed.
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Reviewing cloud landing zone configurations and endpoint security controls to ensure proper monitoring of LLM model installations for malicious activity
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How APAC BFSI organisations are already automating security and their use of LLMs in agile software development.
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15:25
CISOs on the Frontline: AI & Quantum Innovations in Financial Crime Defence
- Addressing challenges in digital currencies and cross-border transactions with next-generation technologies.
- Lead strategies that combat sophisticated threats within banking
- Discussing the central role of CISOs in shaping an organizational approach and fraud prevention
Moderator
Tobias Klingel Head of Information Security Aspire AppPanellists
Shebani Baweja CISO, Consumer, Private, Wealth & Business Banking Standard Chartered
Dr. Kawin Boonyapredee Chief Strategy Officer – APAC Applied Quantum
Picklu Paul Senior Engineering Leader - Cybersecurity Grab
- Addressing challenges in digital currencies and cross-border transactions with next-generation technologies.
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TRACK B
Chaired by: Scott Flower - Co-Founder - CI-ISAC
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13:45
Revolutionising the Adoption of AI to Shape Cyber-Enterprise Transformation
Balaji Kapsikar - Head of Technology and Cyber Risk - Funding Societies Singapore
- Delve into the current hurdles in operational efficiency and how AI and ML can aid cybersecurity in banking, insurance and wealth management
- Broaching the challenges in scaling AI across FSI verticals such as regulatory compliance, data privacy and user experience
- Explore strategies to seamlessly integrate AI into FSI industry workflows
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14:10
If you’re Serious about Improving Resilience - then Segmentation is Essential
Ivan Lee - Senior Systems Engineer - Illumio
The Financial Services industry is firmly putting enhancing cyber resilience at the heart of regulations and guidelines being rolled out globally. Examples include the MAS Technology and Risk Management Guidelines, EU DORA and Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines. All of these accept the inevitability of cyber-attacks, and prioritise the ability to contain their impact, something that segmentation is essential for. In this session you will:
- Understand why prevention is becoming economically unviable and containment is realistic
- See how a Zero Trust strategy delivers better resilience
- Learn why segmentation is the key capability that makes this possible
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14:35
AI Driven Security: Fraud Prevention and Real Time Protection for Digital Wallets.
Varun Srivastava - APAC Head - Cyber Security Operations - Major Banking Corporation
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- Explore how AI and machine learning can enhance detection accuracy, reduce false positives, and improve overall efficiency in identifying suspicious transactions
- Examining how AI can monitor high-volume, low-value transactions in real time, especially in digital wallets and cryptocurrency platforms
- Discovering potential challenges in integrating AI into existing legacy AML and fraud systems within financial institutions
- Explore how AI and machine learning can enhance detection accuracy, reduce false positives, and improve overall efficiency in identifying suspicious transactions
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15:00
Securing Sensitive Financial Data in the Cloud: The Rise of Public Cloud Adoption
Wing Churn Leong - Cloud Solution Specialist - APJ - Tenable
- Prioritising zero-trust security models and continuous monitoring to enhance safety across public cloud environments
- Challenges associated with 3rd party cloud providers and preparing strong SLAs (service-level agreements), robust security controls and clear shared responsibility models for risk management
- Highlighting response strategies for cloud-based disaster recovery
- Ensuring business continuity in the event of security breaches and data losses within cloud environments
- Prioritising zero-trust security models and continuous monitoring to enhance safety across public cloud environments
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15:25
Scaling Security: Tackling Cybersecurity Challenges and Compliance for FSIs in the SME Space
Ken Chew - Chief Technology Officer - OxPay Financial Limited
- Explore strategies to address limited budgets, talent shortages, and rising cyber threats in financial services.
- Practical tips for meeting stringent regulations without overextending resources.
- Leverage partnerships, affordable tech, and a security-first culture to stay competitive.
- Explore strategies to address limited budgets, talent shortages, and rising cyber threats in financial services.
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15:45
Coffee and Connect
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16:15
Panel Discussion CISO Leadership: Navigating the Talent Crisis of Cyber-Fintech Skills
- Proactively closing the gap between traditional cyber-training programs and FSI specific needs such as forensic capabilities and threat intelligence
- Driving hardline initiatives to appeal cybersecurity roles to professionals while training current employees to meet new challenges
- Dissolving present challenges with new investments in technology and education for organisational and academic transformation.
Moderator
Neha Agarwal Vice President of Technology Audit Citibank
Panellists
Jannem Yong Senior Vice President, Head of IT Security SBI Digital MarketsAbbas Kudrati Chief Identity Security Advisor – APAC Silverfort
Anshul Johri Group CTO Validus
- Proactively closing the gap between traditional cyber-training programs and FSI specific needs such as forensic capabilities and threat intelligence
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16:50
Building a Future-Ready Tech Strategy: Aligning Innovation with Business Goals
Sourabh Chitrachar - Regional VP (APAC) – Technology Strategy & Ops - Liberty International Insurance APAC Retail
- Ensuring emerging technologies align with long-term business outcomes, not short-term fixes.
- Navigating regulatory pressures while staying agile and competitive in a fast-evolving digital economy.
- Identifying and prioritising technology investments that deliver lasting value and resilience in a volatile threat landscape.
- Building a tech strategy that secures buy-in from leadership by connecting cybersecurity, innovation, and business growth.
- Ensuring emerging technologies align with long-term business outcomes, not short-term fixes.
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17:15
Chair Closing Remarks and End of CISO FSI Singapore
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17:20
CHEERS WITH PEERS - JOIN US FOR A TIME OF NETWORKING AND DRINKS!
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