CSO30

Covering the APAC region, Chris keeps track of the latest happenings in the IT industry, directing editorial coverage, and serving the communities of IT leaders and professionals through the flagship brands of CIO, CSO, Computerworld, Network World Asia, and Channel brands. Through interviews, in-depth analysis, and opinion from leading CIOs, Chris addresses the top concerns faced by leading IT professionals every day, including leadership, managing budgets, business alignment, and transformation. Prior to Foundry, Chris worked as an industry analyst, eventually leading the IDC Industry Insights team for APAC covering manufacturing, retail, government, energy, health, BFSI and Telco. Chris has had a number of roles in industry and research, including working for Singapore research institute where he focused on technology planning, and in the aerospace sector in the UK. He holds a Docter of Engineering degree from Warwick University.

Edmund Kennedy is Editor of CSO Australia. In addition to his responsibilities surrounding the production of content for CSO, Edmund regularly hosts webinars, roundtables, conferences, and other industry engagement events among the Australian cybersecurity community.

Alongside a personal passion for cybersecurity, Edmund brings to this role over a decade’s experience in journalism. First commencing his career as a reporter and editor in his hometown of Melbourne, thereafter he worked for publications in wider Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Holding honours degrees in arts and law, Edmund’s daily work in the cybersecurity sector also continues to be informed by his academic background, and an enduring appreciation of the significance and sophistication of cybersecurity’s role in our world today.

He has more than 25 years of industry experience. Based in Sydney, he leads IDC's research programmes which examines security market trends, vendor performances, strategies, customer preferences, and buying behaviours for the Asia-Pacific region. It highlights unique perspectives in the Asia-Pacific region around emerging risks, cyber resilience, compliance, and digital trust issues. The service also provides an analysis of technology advancements, emerging trends, players, and best practices for the Asia-Pacific security market. Linus is a board member for IDC ASEAN, a founding member of IDC Global’s Future of Digital Innovation Council, and is on the judging panel of Australia's CIO50 as well as the CSO30.

Lim Xiou Ann is CSO ASEAN Editor, with a responsibility for developing the content, audience, and information security community for Foundry’s CSO title. Based in Singapore and with more than 10 years of editorial experience, she focuses on local insights and cybersecurity trends in Southeast Asian markets.

Ann is an experienced content strategist, event host, and moderator. She has facilitated bespoke briefing events as well as global and regional conferences and award events targeted at C-level audiences.

Associate Professor Dr. Manmeet Mahinderjit Singh is an educator and Cybersecurity researcher at the School of Computer Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM). She graduated from The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia in 2012 with a PhD Degree in Data Security. Prior to joining the academic field, she has vast experiences in the computer/laptop hardware and software services industry.

Presently, Dr Manmeet’s expertise includes Information Security and Cyber Security, Trusted System Architectures and Models, Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Smart devices Security and Mobile Security. Her research interests are in Data Mining and Smart devices technologies and applications such as Smart Home, Smart city, Wearable devices, and Brings Your Own Devices (BYOD). Her zeal in these areas is well demonstrated in her completed and ongoing research projects, academic grants, lecturing/tutoring courses and consultancy/training. In addition to research supervisions, she had published extensively in areas of her specialisations and research interests.

She has been awarded several security innovations and academic awards. Among the prestigious awards are the 2021 Top 30 Women in Security for ASEAN region, 2020 Top 10 Women In Security Malaysia and Gold medallist for the International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2020), 2020 Korea Academic Innovation and 2019 Innovation Award at Penang Science.

Based in Auckland, Cathy has worked in digital, print and broadcast media for almost two decades in newsrooms in New Zealand and Europe.

She has held senior news leadership roles at NZ’s largest media organisations, including the New Zealand Herald, Stuff, and Newshub.

Cathy is a founder of the Irish Business Network of New Zealand, a mentor for children’s Pillars New Zealand, and a board advisor for Take2, a New Zealand social venture that helps those going through the prison system create better lives by teaching them valuable web development and life skills. She is also a trustee for the St Patrick’s Festival and sits on the advisory panel for Enterprise Ireland in ANZ.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from University College Cork and a postgraduate certificate in Human Potential for the Digital Economy from Tech Futures Lab.