Cybersecurity Conferences in Australia

The 4th CISO 360 Asia & Oceania Conference will be held on 5-6 February 2025 in vibrant Melbourne, Australia. Engage, learn, and shape security strategies alongside world-leading CISOs. Expect answers to your toughest security dilemmas from a collective pool of expertise. Driven ‘by, with, and for’ CISOs and esteemed cybersecurity leaders spanning diverse industries, our international speaker line-up spans Australia, Asia, Oceania, and beyond, ensuring a global perspective on security challenges. This exclusive gathering is your portal to join a powerhouse community of C-suite executives and senior cybersecurity leaders. Immerse yourself in face-to-face interaction, dynamic learning sessions, and networking opportunities that foster trusted connections.

COSAC APAC: Melbourne, 25-27 February 2025. For 30 years COSAC has delivered a trusted environment to provide information security value from shared experience and intensive, productive, participative debate and development.

The "Are you ready to lead your organization through a cybersecurity crisis?" bootcamp is a one-day event designed for senior executives, board members, and communications professionals to enhance their cyber crisis response skills. Limited to 80 participants, it features expert keynotes on cyber threats, an immersive cyber crisis simulation, and workshops on crisis communication. Attendees will gain insights into the latest cyber-attack trends, experience realistic scenarios, and learn effective communication strategies, while also having networking opportunities with peers and industry leaders.

The Aus Gov Data Summit 2025, the longest-running data conference for the Australian public sector, aims to support the government's agenda of leveraging data as a strategic asset. Gathering over 500 leaders from various government levels, the summit focuses on enhancing missions, boosting efficiency, and delivering top-tier public services while building public trust in the government's data management capabilities.

The 11th Annual Australian Government Data Summit, held from April 1-3, 2025, in Canberra, focuses on leveraging data as a national asset. It covers data leadership, AI, cybersecurity, and workforce development, aiming to enhance APS capabilities. Key themes include the roles of Chief Data and Analytics Officers and CIOs in driving innovation, the integration of AI in decision-making, and strengthening cybersecurity and data privacy in the public sector.

BSides Adelaide - the cyber security ‘unconference’ follows an ‘open spaces’ format. This varies from structured presentations to smaller break-out groups, through to workshops and capture the flag events; any medium that provides a direct connection between members of the cyber security community, across the entire spectrum of beginners to experts.