Program Highlights

The threats are escalating—here is how we fight back. Our agenda brings together the brightest minds in cybersecurity to tackle human error, strengthen governance, and build the "highly resilient" organizations of tomorrow.

DAY 1: Morning

Building the Foundation for Cyber Resilience

10:00 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks

Ms. Marylen Ramos-Velasco, Founder & CEO of Customized Training Solutions Pte. Ltd

10:10 AM From Risk to Resilience: Building a Secure Digital Nation

This keynote sets the urgent, strategic tone for the entire summit. Delivered by a senior government leader, it moves beyond a list of technical threats to frame cybersecurity as the foundational enabler of national economic ambition—from digital transformation to financial inclusion. It articulates the government’s strategic priorities for the coming years, clarifies the direction of the regulatory landscape, and issues a direct call for a deeper, more collaborative partnership between the public sector and enterprise leadership.

* Understand the National Blueprint

* See Regulation as a Strategic Enabler

* Embrace Your Role as a Critical Partner

10:25 AM The Board's Agenda: Cyber Resilience as a Pillar of Enterprise Value

Lawrence Ferrer, President & Chief Executive Officer, CIS Bayad Center, Inc.

This session delivers a powerful, non-technical perspective for business leaders, framing cyber resilience not as an IT cost center but as a core component of enterprise value and strategic advantage. The speaker, a CEO or Board Director, will translate complex cyber risks into tangible business impacts—such as shareholder value, brand equity, and market competitiveness—and outline the board’s critical role in governing this key area of risk and opportunity.

* Measure Cyber Risk in Business Terms

* Define Clear Board-Level Oversight & Accountability

* Leverage Resilience as a Market Differentiator

10:40 AM Panel Discussion: The Compliance Labyrinth Managing Third-Party Risk in an Age of Regulatory Overload

Catherine de Joya Urtola, CAMS, SVP and Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited - Manila Branch

Kristoperson (Tops) Laguatan, Head - IT Risk Management Section / Deputy Data Privacy Office, Bank of Makati

John Patrick Lita, Founder, Unit 1870

Bram Ketting, Vice President of Business & Product Strategy, 3rdRisk

In today’s hyper-connected ecosystem, your organization’s resilience is inextricably linked to your vendors’ security and compliance postures. Yet, navigating a maze of evolving local and global regulations—from the Data Privacy Act and BSP circulars to GDPR and sector-specific mandates—makes managing third-party risk exponentially complex. This panel brings together regulators, CROs, CISOs, and legal experts to cut through the noise and provide a strategic roadmap for building a compliant, secure, and agile partner network

* Learn how to consolidate overlapping regulations into a single, adaptable control framework and prioritize third-party risks based on business criticality and data sensitivity.

* Discover essential clauses for vendor contracts, effective cross-departmental workflows (Legal, Procurement, Security), and how to leverage technology for continuous compliance monitoring and evidence collection.

* Gain clarity on where liability falls during a third-party breach, what evidence demonstrates "due diligence," and how to foster a collaborative—not just punitive—relationship with oversight bodies.

11:25 AM Morning Networking Coffee Break & Visit Booths

11:40 AM Reimagining Compliance in a Frictionless Financial Ecosystem

Josh Quinto, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, PayMongo

As financial services move toward real-time payments, embedded finance, and seamless digital experiences, traditional compliance frameworks are being challenged. In a frictionless financial ecosystem, compliance must evolve from a reactive control function into a strategic enabler of digital trust.

* How organizations can embed compliance into digital architecture

* Leverage technology for real-time risk monitoring, and adopt risk-based approaches that balance regulatory obligations with customer experience

* How modern compliance strategies can support innovation while safeguarding trust in the digital economy.

12:00 NN Data Stewardship: The Unseen Pillar of Cyber Resilience

Magie Antonio, Country Head, Asia Pacific Data Privacy Organization

A deep dive into the principles of data stewardship, its role in building trust, and its intersection with privacy, security, and AI governance.

* Moving beyond viewing data privacy as a mere regulatory obligation to embracing data stewardship as a strategic function

* Exploring how effective data stewardship creates a unified framework that balances data protection (security) , individual rights (privacy) , and the ethical use of data (AI governance)

* Practical strategies for embedding data stewardship into organizational culture,

12:20 PM The Enterprise Defense Framework: Building a Measurable, End-to-End Security Program

Teddy Theane, CEO & Consultant, GVX Consulting

This session introduces the Enterprise Defense Framework (EDF) , a structured approach that maps security use-cases to control objectives, and control objectives to measurable evidence and KPIs. Using a practical, five-layer model—from mobile app security to fraud management to governance—attendees will learn how to build a defensible, data-driven security program that proves value to auditors, regulators, and the board

* Closing the Gap Between Threats and Actions

* Discover how to define and collect evidence and KPIs that prove each control objective is being met

* Integrating Fraud Management, SOC Monitoring, and Governance

12:40 PM Networking Lunch & Visit Booths