CISO FSI Singapore schedule

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• Examine how executive decisions on cyber risk shape resilience strategies across banking, fintech, and insurance.
• Debate whether leadership priorities are keeping pace with the evolving threat and regulatory environment.
• Identify blind spots in board-level oversight that could undermine long-term trust and stability.
• Highlight leadership models that successfully align resilience, innovation, and compliance.

AI is rapidly becoming one of the biggest drivers of productivity and innovation in the enterprise — and one of the fastest-growing sources of data security risk. As copilots, assistants, and public AI tools become integrated into daily work, sensitive data is flowing into systems that most security teams can’t fully see, understand, or control.

The problem is that traditional data security controls were never built for this. In fact, many organizations were already struggling to operationalize data security before AI accelerated the challenge. The good news? AI isn’t just creating the problem — it’s also enabling a smarter, more effective way to solve it.

In this session, attendees will learn:

• Why AI has become one of the fastest growing and least visible sources of enterprise risk.
• How GenAI is creating new exposure points for sensitive data.
• Why legacy data security tools have failed to keep up — and why AI is making those gaps harder to ignore.
• How context-aware, AI-driven data security can deliver more accurate visibility, stronger controls, and real-time enforcement.
• What organizations can do to enable AI innovation without expanding their risk surface.

• Implement dynamic defence models that adjust to evolving cyber threats in real time.
• Leverage AI, ML, and analytics to anticipate attacks before they disrupt operations.
• Integrate resilience into core processes so cyber risk is managed alongside business growth.
• Align adaptive strategies with regulatory and governance expectations to maintain trust and compliance.

• Elevate workforce security training beyond check-the-box compliance.
• Address the cybersecurity skills gap and its impact on BFSI resilience.
• Build a security-first culture where employees act as the first line of defence.
• Reimagine talent pipelines and upskilling strategies for tomorrow’s threat landscape.

Panellists

Zhou Zhihao Deputy Director, Security Architecture and Consultancy Monetary Authority of Singapore   

Panellists

Arjun Chib MD Financial Crime Surveillance Ops Transformation Leading Industry Bank

Sourabh Chitrachar Chief Technology Officer MS First Capital Insurance Ltd. 

Fenil Pathak Vice President, Regional Cyber Risk and Controls Manager State Street Bank 

• Analyse the evolving threat landscape targeting digital wallets and payment platforms.
• Explore encryption, tokenisation, and secure architecture strategies for wallet ecosystems.
• Understand regulatory and compliance challenges in safeguarding digital transactions.
• Equip your institution with frameworks to mitigate fraud and identity compromise in wallet-based payments.

• Balance innovation with security: How to enable agile development without compromising risk posture.
• Address regulatory complexity: Navigating global compliance requirements in digital-first models.
• Strengthen third-party and API security by managing vulnerabilities in open banking and fintech integrations.
• Prepare for emerging threats: AI-driven fraud, ransomware, and supply chain attacks in financial ecosystems.

Moderator

Patrick Tay Board Director, Cybersecurity & GRC Program & Seminar ISACA Singapore Chapter 

Anthony Lim Senior Research Fellow Center for Strategic Cyberspace & International Studies

Speakers

Chivy Chan Chief Compliance Officer DigiFt

• Practical risks from generative AI in threat detection and exploitation.
• Case studies of early incidents and vulnerabilities.
• CISO priorities: securing AI models, data pipelines, and endpoints.
• Exploring talent and skills needed for AI-era defense.

• Stress-test the ability of institutions to operate under ransomware or outages.
• Identify single points of failure across supply chains and cloud ecosystems.
• Explore regulatory expectations for service continuity and recovery.
• Share strategies for embedding resilience into business operations.

• 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.

• Explore how higher maturity levels in cybersecurity frameworks are influencing underwriting decisions
• Aligning risk management strategies to meet market demands
• Examine how banks assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks through tailored insurance products, balancing coverage and cost
• Discuss the growing importance of cybersecurity insurance in the banking sector as a key component of risk management strategies.

• Unlock new efficiencies in banking and insurance by leveraging AI for hyper‑personalised services, risk modelling, fraud detection and operational automation.
• Showcasing the new opportunities of quantum in financial services.
• Strengthen ethical frameworks by addressing data privacy, algorithmic transparency, responsible AI governance and the human oversight needed for trust‑building in financial systems.
• Mitigate emerging threats by proactively managing AI‑driven fraud and other cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Moderator
Michael Lew Quantum Security SIG EXO Lead AiSP (Association of Information Security Professionals)

Panellists
Bala Kishore Pasumarthi Head of Information Technology India International Insurance

Saloni Verma Senior Information Security Officer Citi

Andrew Lim Head of Information Technology Wrise Group