CISO Luncheon | Defending Against Cyber Threats

Overview

The Asia-Pacific region continues to face a surge in financially-motivated cyber threats, with Initial Access Brokers (IABs) acting as key players in the cybercrime supply chain. By selling access to compromised enterprise environments, IABs enable ransomware, data extortion, and other high-impact attacks across industries.

This Factor roundtable brings together CISOs to unpack how the business of initial access is evolving—and why defending against it is no longer just a technical challenge. The conversation will explore how executive engagement, empowered cross-functional teams, and organisational preparedness are as critical as endpoint detection and network hardening.

With insights from Group-IB’s 2025 High-Tech Crime Trends report, we’ll discuss how organisations in APAC can better align cybersecurity strategies with broader business objectives to detect, disrupt, and deter modern breach tactics.

Key Discussion Points:

Initial Access as a Service: The New Frontier of Financially-Driven Threats How Initial Access Brokers are reshaping the cybercrime economy and what this means for enterprise defence strategies.

Cybersecurity as a Business Priority How CISOs can embed security into boardroom conversations, align risk profiles with budgeting, and build cross-functional accountability through executive education and empowered teams.

From Awareness to Action: Building Organisational Readiness Practical strategies to prepare your organisation—from fire drills and simulations to soft/hard KPIs and approval workflows for security-impacting projects.

What to expect

• Discussions Interactive
• Hours
• Panelists & Industry Analysts 3+
• Senior Executives 10+
• Networking Peer-Driven

What we will cover

• Initial Access as a Service: The New Frontier of Financially-Driven Threats How Initial Access Brokers are reshaping the cybercrime economy and what this means for enterprise defence strategies.
• Cybersecurity as a Business Priority How CISOs can embed security into boardroom conversations, align risk profiles with budgeting, and build cross-functional accountability through executive education and empowered teams.
• From Awareness to Action: Building Organisational Readiness Practical strategies to prepare your organisation—from fire drills and simulations to soft/hard KPIs and approval workflows for security-impacting projects.

Agenda

• 11:45 am Delegates arrival Registration(CISO Lunchean)
• 0:00 pm Welcome Drinks and Refreshments(CISO Lunchean)
• 0:15 pm Opening Remarks(CISO Lunchean)
• 0:30 pm Interactive Discussions(CISO Lunchean)
• 1:45 pm Closing Remarks(CISO Lunchean)
• 1:50 pm Networking Drinks and End Of Session(CISO Lunchean)

Partners

• Group-IB

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