EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE
Next-Gen Finance: Embracing Agentic AI to Accelerate Business Insights and Boost Efficiency
- 21 July 2026, Tuesday
- 9:00am - 1:30pm (MYT)
- Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
Catalyst on Tour
ABOUT THIS EVENT
As AI reshapes the enterprise, organisations are facing new challenges in protecting critical data, managing evolving cyber risks, and enabling innovation across increasingly complex environments.
According to Gartner, today’s CISOs should establish a structured framework to map AI agents, ensuring the necessary oversight to safeguard and advance their organisation’s strategic AI initiatives. Their leadership must emphasise building cyber resilience, recalibrate board expectations, and foster close collaboration with the CIO, CRO, and CDAO to enable sustainable scaling.
Building resilience is no longer just about recovery, it is about creating the confidence to innovate, adapt, and grow in an AI-driven world. For leaders in Malaysia, the challenge is particularly urgent. Malaysia’s upcoming AI Governance Bill and AI Technology Action Plan 2026–2030 will impose enforceable obligations across the AI lifecycle, requiring CISOs to integrate AI risk management into cyber resilience strategies alongside existing cybersecurity, data protection, and regulatory mandates.
With enterprises accelerating digital transformation and adopting AI at scale, IT security leaders in Malaysia must balance regulatory compliance with innovation, strengthen cross-border data protection, and lead cultural change around security awareness. CISO’s role is evolving from gatekeeper to strategic enabler — ensuring that resilience is embedded not only in systems but also in people, processes, and partnerships.
On Tuesday, 21 July 2026, FutureCISO, in partnership with Cohesity, will host an Executive Dialogue themed Cyber Resilience for the Agentic Enterprise an exclusive, peer-led strategy session for senior technology and security leaders in Malaysia. This half-day event aims to explore the strategies, priorities, and capabilities shaping resilient enterprises.
Through expert insights, peer discussions, and real-world perspectives, attendees will examine how organisations are balancing innovation with resilience while preparing for the next generation of intelligent operations.
Key topics of discussion:
- The next era of cyber resilience
- Balancing innovation, risk, and resilience in AI-driven world
- Building the foundation for AI and modern recovery
- Strengthening data trust, compliance and governance in AI-powered ecosystems
- Crafting your organisation’s resilience playbook
Why should you attend this event?
- Gain perspectives from industry leaders and peers navigating AI-driven transformation
- Discover approaches to strengthening resilience while enabling innovation
- Explore emerging trends shaping cyber resilience and enterprise readiness
- Network, exchange ideas and experiences with fellow technology leaders
Who should attend?
- CISOs, Directors/Heads of IT Security
- CIO, CTO, Head of IT
- IT and IT Security leaders
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AGENDA
| Time | Topic |
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| 9:00am | Registration and networking |
| 9:30am | Welcome Remarks and Housekeeping Alvin Rodrigues, Editorial Consultant, Cxociety |
| 9:35am | Opening Remarks: Why Resilience Matters From ransomware and regulatory pressures to AI-driven transformation, leaders across ASEAN are being challenged to balance innovation with resilience. This session sets the stage for the decisions and priorities shaping resilient organisations today. Hsin Yin Lim, VP ASEAN, Cohesity & Emily Chua, Country Manager, Cohesity |
| 9:50am |
Keynote: Cyber Resilience for the Agentic Enterprise In an era where AI is redefining the enterprise, resilience must evolve from a reactive safeguard into a proactive enabler of growth. For CISOs in Malaysia, the challenge is to embed resilience into every layer of the organisation, ensuring that intelligent operations remain trusted, compliant, and future-ready. This keynote will explore the strategies, capabilities, and leadership priorities essential for building resilient, AI-driven organisations.
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| 10:10am |
Executive Panel Discussion: What it Takes to Win the Resilience Imperative In today’s volatile digital landscape, resilience is no longer optional—it’s a strategic imperative. This session discusses strategies and best practice in managing agentic AI risks and addresses operational realities of the National AI Technology Action Plan.
Alvin Rodrigues, Editorial Consultant, Cxociety Panelists: Daniel Goh, Regional Sales Engineering Leader, Cohesity Senior representative, HPE Azril Rahim, Senior Cybersecurity Manager, Tenaga Nasional Berhad |
| 10:55am | Networking Coffee Break |
| 11:10am |
Keynote: Modernising Recovery for an AI-Driven Future
As enterprises in Malaysia accelerate their adoption of AI, recovery strategies must evolve to meet the demands of resilience, compliance, and trust in a digital-first economy. This keynote will examine how organisations are modernising their technology foundations to support long-term resilience and sustainable growth.
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| 11:45am |
Catalyst Exchange: The Resilience Playbook Confronting Real AI Challenges for Malaysia’s Leaders
As Malaysia accelerates its national AI agenda, the integration of Generative and Agentic AI has moved from experimental pilots to mission-critical workflows. This rapid integration has created new opportunities but also exposed significant operational and security gaps that demand urgent attention. For Malaysia’s CISOs and enterprise leaders, resilience must evolve into a strategic capability — enabling trust, compliance, and sustainable growth in the face of disruption.
Through facilitated peer discussion and real-world scenarios, participants will exchange perspectives on the decisions, priorities and actions that that define resilient organisations in Malaysia’s fast-changing digital landscape.
Facilitator: Alvin Rodrigues, Editorial Consultant, Cxociety |
| 12:20pm | Closing Remarks Emily Chua, Country Manager, Cohesity |
| 12:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00pm | End of Event |
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