Past and Coming Activities
Upcoming Seminar
- Topic: Make your Application Programming Interface more secure: a guide for setting up the GraphQL tool without going around in circles
- Speaker: Kirk Jackson
- Date: 11th December at 8:00 am NZDT (via Zoom)
- 📄 View Seminar Invitation (PDF)
2025 Seminars
| Month | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| November | Gehan Gunasekara | The Limitations of Data Privacy Laws: Global and New Zealand Developments |
| October | Brian Cusack | Supervising Artificial Intelligence Powered Cyber Security & Forensic Tools |
| September | Conan Bradley | Incident Response Unplugged: Stories, Strategies & Survival Tips |
| August | Austin Chamberlain | Military Cyber Operations vs Cyber Security |
| June | Lauren Veenstra | CRITICAL NEXUS: The role of policy and cybersecurity in critical infrastructure resilience |
| May | John Ayoade | IoT Emerging Trends, Security Concerns and Australia Cyber Security ACT |
| April | Hinne Hettema | Risk Wizardry: The dark art of wrangling data to assess risk |
| March | David Harvey | AI and Software Code – Some Legal Issues |
| February | Natasha Wilson | Securing the Scales of Justice: Tackling Cybersecurity Challenges in Law |
2024 Seminars
| Month | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| December | Austin Chamberlain | OWASP Top 10 Introduction |
| November | Stephen Coates | The CISO’s relationship with the Board |
| October | Rizwan Ahmad | Towards a Unified Framework with ISO 27001:2022 |
| September | Igor Portugal | Introduction to DevSecOps |
| July | Kriv Naicker | The Artificial Intelligence of Things, from New Zealand perspective |
| June | Ndukwe Ukeje | Secure Cloud Adoption in Government |
| May | Alastair Miller | Comments on the Findings from Kordia’s 2024 “New Zealand Business Cyber Security Report” |
| April | Sean Lyons | Online Scams and Fraud: Supporting Consumer Resilience |
| March | Francois Marais | Navigating the World of Cybersecurity Micro-Consulting Services |
| February | Dogan Kesdogan | Mobile Sensor Data - A Challenge Between Potential and Privacy |
2023 Seminars
| Month | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| December | James Hitchiner | Assurance is easy, I assure you |
| November | Stephen Coates | Like ISO/IEC 27001 but backwards |
| October | Tim Goddard | Third-Party Dependencies and a Pragmatic Take on Software Bill of Materials |
| September | Peter Gutmann | Revenue Assurance to Assurance: The Importance of Measurement in Computer Security, Ten Years On |
| August | John DiLeo | Show Me the Threat Model! Embracing threat modelling mandates for strategic advantage |
| July | Farzan Kolini | Share or not to share: Investigating factors that influence Cyber Security Intelligence Sharing (CIS) across Organizations in New Zealand |
| June | Chris Hails | Securing NZ - Predictable Pain Points for Kiwi Companies |
| May | Tony Jenkins | Navigating AI-Driven Cyber Threats: Comparing Traditional Security Practices and Continuous Validation |
| April | John DiLeo | The OWASP “State of Application Security in New Zealand” Survey |
| March | Lech Janczewski | Can we trust Artificial Intelligence? |
| February | Mark Jones | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Security Standard Upgrade: What it means to you and your business |