5th Future CISO Conference Singapore

5TH ANNUAL

SINGAPORE

Forging Future Advantage

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EVENT OVERVIEW

As Singapore’s digital infrastructure advances, along with a plethora of complex cyberthreats and stricter regulations, cybersecurity leaders will face great shifts in 2026.

According to IDC, AI related investments in APAC will grow 1.7x faster than overall digital technology spending. Amid growing concerns of AI-related cyberthreats, AI governance emerges as a critical priority for cybersecurity leaders.

In Forrester’s 2026 predictions, quantum security will be a strategic priority for over 90% of enterprises in APAC. With the governments introduction of Singapore’s National Quantum-Safe Network Plus, this will drive investments into post-quantum technologies to counteract emerging threats.

As cybersecurity leaders stay vigilant and innovative for the rest of 2026, they will need to stay a step ahead, anticipate increasingly sophisticated cyber tactics, secure hybrid environments and balance regulatory compliance with business growth.

The 5^th Annual FutureCISO Singapore Conference 2026, themed “Forging Future Advantage” will gather senior cybersecurity decision makers, in Singapore, to exchange sharper strategies, innovative ideas and share practical experiences. This conference will highlight how cybersecurity leaders can evolve as fast as the threats and technologies around them. Attendees will gain perspectives from industry experts on critical topics such as:

Developing effective practices to combat AI-related cyberthreats
Shifting to proactive threat intelligence
Monitoring real-time threat detection frameworks
Navigating complex and ever evolving cyber regulatory landscape
Redefining the convergence between cybersecurity and data privacy
Nurturing a cyber vigilant culture within the enterprise

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

The FutureCFO Conference aims to give CFOs, who also act as their company’s strategic business partner and catalyst, insights on ensuring corporate growth and successfully mitigating risks and challenges amidst the current economic and political uncertainties in their countries. The conference will also address strategies and best practices on how CFOs can reimagine finance functions and their organizations to survive and thrive in today’s fast-paced and digitally driven landscape.

This by-invitation only one-day event will gather over 120 senior finance leaders from multiple industries and offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in incisive panel discussions that discuss real-life business cases, updates and strategies to meet the most pertinent challenges facing the finance function in 2020.

High-Level Industry Speakers

We gather 20+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices important to your finance function management and transformation.

Interactive Discussions

Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent finance leaders on stage.

Networking Opportunities

Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with fellow finance and treasury leaders in the region, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.

Targeted In-Depth Sessions

8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized country-specific conferences we crafted for you - FutureCFO Conferences.

FUTURECIO & FUTURECISO CONFERENCE SERIES

2026 AGENDA

09:15

Panel Discussion: From Strategy to Readiness: Building Resilient Cyber Defenses against Emerging Threats

The rise of AI-driven social engineering and ransomware/extortion attacks are viewed as the most significant cyber threats facing organisations in 2026. With the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, organisations and CISOs in Singapore will have to move to a defence-oriented posture that is prepared before an attack rather than after.

Strengthening enterprise-wide cyber preparedness and resilience
Ensuring swift restoration of full operational continuity after a cyber attack
Leveraging crisis simulations that emulate authentic cyber threats

Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, Cxociety

Panelists:
Jon Lau, CISO, A*STAR – Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tan Hwee Cher, Group Head, Information Security & Data Governance, CGS International Securities Group
Raju Chellam, Chairman, Cloud & Data Standards, ITSC (IT Standards Committee)

09:50

Keynote: Finding Data – A Journey to Resilience in a Sea of Threats

From cloud sprawl to compliance, the data and AI trust journey starts by knowing where sensitive data lives, securing it, building resilience, and unleashing it to deploy safe AI solutions. Increasing compliance requirements and tool overload makes it harder to gain the visibility and control needed to protect critical information. This session will share practical strategies to identify and mitigate hidden risks, strengthen access controls, surface toxic combinations, and build a foundation for trusted data and AI.

David Allott, Field Chief Information Security Officer, APJ, Veeam