Cyber SyncUp 2026 – Auckland Event

By rosaliew | 15 December 2025

CYBER EDUCATION FOR BROKERS

Cyber SyncUp Auckland

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CHECK-IN & LIGHT LUNCH

12:30 - 13:00

Welcome

13:00 - 13:10

Troy Filipcevic, Emergence

Navigating New Zealand’s Cyber Future: Key Trends and Guidance from the NCSC

13:10 - 13:40

Tom Roberts, National Cyber Security Centre

Ransomware: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines

13:40 - 14:10

James Finlay, Coveware

First-Hand Lessons: An Insured’s Cyber Incident Story

14:10 - 14:30

AFTERNOON TEA

14:30 - 14:50

Demonstrating Real-World Threat Actor Tactics: Cyber-Attack Simulations

14:50 - 15:30

Brendan Payne & Andrew McMaster, McGrathNicol

The Anatomy of Cyber Incident Response

15:30 - 16:30

Joe Fitzgerald, Wotton & Kearney
Russell Pilcher, NCSC
Shane Bell, NSB Cyber
Troy Filipcevic, Emergence

NETWORKING DRINKS

16:30 - 17:30

Speakers

Tom Roberts

Team Lead for Response and Investigations

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

James Finlay

Lead Director of Incident Response, APJ

Coveware

Brendan Payne

Partner

McGrathNicol

Andrew McMaster

Manager

McGrathNicol

Russell Pilcher

Strategic Communications Principal

National Cyber Security Centre

Shane Bell

Co-Founder & CEO

NSB Cyber

Joseph Fitzgerald

Partner

Wotton & Kearney

EVENT SLIDES

Auckland Cyber SyncUp

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Partner Resources

NSB Cyber

Specialist Services

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NSB Cyber

Cyber Simplified – Cyber Insurance Edition

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McGrath Nicol

Ransomware - A shift from payment dependent strategies - 2025 Survey

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