AI, CYBER RESILIENCE AND CRITICAL SYSTEMS

Building Trusted, Secure and Recoverable Systems

Date to be confirmed
Adelaide, South Australia

Event Overview

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how organisations analyse information, automate decisions, serve customers, manage infrastructure and deliver essential services.

At the same time, organisations are becoming increasingly dependent on interconnected digital platforms, cloud services, data environments, operational technology, external providers and automated systems.

This creates substantial opportunity, but it also introduces new vulnerabilities, dependencies and consequences when systems fail or are compromised.

AI, Cyber Resilience and Critical Systems will examine how organisations can adopt artificial intelligence and digital technologies while maintaining security, accountability, continuity and recovery capability.

From Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Cybersecurity focuses on protecting systems and information from unauthorised access, damage or disruption.

Cyber resilience recognises that prevention alone is not sufficient.

Organisations must also be able to:

  • Detect unusual activity

  • Contain incidents

  • Continue critical services

  • Operate safely under degraded conditions

  • Recover systems and data

  • Communicate with stakeholders

  • Learn from incidents

  • Adapt controls as threats and technologies evolve

This is particularly important for critical infrastructure, government, health, aged care, defence, energy, water, transport, finance, telecommunications and other essential service sectors.

Key Discussion Areas

The event will examine:

  • Artificial intelligence opportunities and operational risks

  • Governance and accountability for AI systems

  • Data quality, privacy and control

  • Cybersecurity and cyber resilience

  • Critical infrastructure and essential services

  • Cloud and platform dependency

  • Software and technology supply chains

  • Third-party and managed service provider risk

  • Operational technology and industrial control systems

  • Identity and access management

  • Ransomware and business interruption

  • Incident detection, response and containment

  • Backup integrity and system recovery

  • Crisis communications

  • Board and executive responsibilities

  • Regulation, assurance and compliance

  • Scenario exercises and cyber simulations

  • Trusted adoption of emerging technology

  • Human oversight of automated decisions

  • Continuity planning for critical digital services

Who Should Attend

This event is relevant to:

  • Board members and executives

  • Chief information officers

  • Chief technology officers

  • Chief information security officers

  • Cybersecurity professionals

  • Risk and governance leaders

  • Business continuity professionals

  • Critical infrastructure operators

  • Government agencies

  • Defence and national security organisations

  • Health and aged care providers

  • Energy, water and transport organisations

  • Universities and research organisations

  • Technology and telecommunications businesses

  • Legal, insurance and professional advisers

  • Artificial intelligence developers and users

Event Outcomes

Participants will gain a clearer understanding of:

  • How AI changes organisational risk and dependency

  • The relationship between cybersecurity and business continuity

  • Why critical systems require tested recovery capability

  • How boards and executives should govern digital resilience

  • How third-party technology risk can affect essential operations

  • How organisations can continue operating during a cyber incident

  • How to balance innovation, security and trust

  • How recovery capability should be incorporated into technology decisions

Event Format

The event is proposed to include:

  • Opening remarks from C4R - CENTRE FOR RESILIENCE

  • Expert presentations

  • Technology and critical infrastructure panel discussion

  • Practical case studies

  • Moderated questions and answers

  • Audience discussion

  • Professional networking

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