Alastair MacGibbon, former National Cyber Security Adviser & founding head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre

AI is transforming financial services — but it is also transforming the threat landscape.

In this keynote, Alastair will explore what the next generation of AI-enabled threats means for Australian lenders and the trust they have built with customers, partners and the broader financial system.

Drawing on his recent warnings about the capabilities of frontier AI models, Alastair will examine whether Australia’s finance industry is prepared for a threat environment that is evolving faster than conventional risk, governance and security frameworks.

From AI-enabled attacks and sophisticated social engineering to the implications for resilience, security and trust, this is a conversation about what happens when the technology designed to accelerate progress also accelerates the threat.