Avertro

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Fulltime - Founder and CEO

We are often pressured to aim high and use "leading practice". This is no different in terms of managing cyber risk. A far more common question that leaders want answered is: "Are we ok? How does everyone else do it?" This session outlines what "ok" looks like, opposed to "good", which is the next step up. The reality is, most organisations are not ok, because they either do nothing, or try to do too much.

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Technology: How to determine if your organisation is "ok" when it comes to cyber risk.

Ian is the Founder and CEO of Avertro, the cyber-why company. Avertro is a venture-backed cybersecurity software company based out of Sydney, Australia.

He has held a variety of leadership, advisory, strategy, sales, marketing, product management, and technical roles across Asia Pacific and Europe in some of the world's leading companies including McAfee, Ernst & Young, and IBM.

Ian has built, led and managed teams with multi-million-dollar sales, operational and delivery targets, defined and executed go-to-market strategies based on market analysis and needs, set corporate and product strategy, brought new products to market, run major cyber transformation programs and engagements, delivered keynote presentations at industry events, been interviewed and quoted in the media, and contributed articles to a variety of publications.

McAfee APAC

Ernst & Young

Director, Cybersecurity

CA Technologies

Security Business Lead

NetIQ

Product & Business Manager, Asia Pacific

Managing Consultant

Various

Cybersecurity Roles Across Europe

Senior Security Consultant

UNSW Kensington

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Macquarie Bank

Developer 

Ian Yip / Fulltime - Founder and CEO

Founder and CEO

Avertro

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