CyberWins ANZ Episode 1: Prashant Singh – Why Governance Fails Before the Breach Even Happens

What if your biggest cyber risk isn't a hacker it's a board that hasn't decided who pulls the plug? In this episode, host Hayden Loader sits down with Prashant Singh, Manager of Cyber Security (CISO) at the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Director at ISACA Perth, and CSO30 AWARD WINNER 2023 a leader whose mandate covers CYBER RESILIENCE, ENTERPRISE RISK, AND SECURITY CULTURE across an entire state's education sector. Prashant's core argument: IF CYBER IS STILL BEING TREATED AS AN IT UPDATE, GOVERNANCE HAS ALREADY FAILED. Real resilience isn't built in the middle of a crisis it's built in the TABLETOP EXERCISES, PLAYBOOKS, AND PRE-DECIDED ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORKS that turn panic into reflex action. He also makes a compelling case for SOVEREIGN AI arguing that outsourcing your nation's digital future to an overseas AI service isn't just a privacy risk, it's a CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RISK. If the cables get cut, the services go down. Australia needs to be able to SKID THE WATER BEFORE THE RESCUE ARRIVES. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: Meet Prashant Singh 1:00 – Securing Schools, Staff and Students: The Education Sector Mission 2:30 – If Cyber Is an IT Update, Governance Has Already Failed 4:00 – Tabletop Exercises and Pre-Decided Accountability Frameworks 5:30 – Train How You Fight: Playbooks, Reflex Action and Chain of Command 7:00 – The Education Sector Is a Target: Lessons From Victoria's Incident 8:30 – ERP Cloud Transformation: Securing $2B+ in Payments to 6,000+ Suppliers 10:00 – Security Is Not the Icing — It's Part of the Cake 11:30 – Electronic Invoicing: How a Supply Chain Win Paid Small Businesses in 3 Hours 13:00 – The Sovereign AI Debate: Why Australia Can't Pipe Its Future Overseas 16:00 – AI as Opportunity: Productivity, Prosperity and the Indo-Pacific 18:00 – The Real CyberWin: Changing Hearts and Minds 20:00 – What the World Should Learn From Australia's SOCI Act 23:00 – Final Takeaway: Informed Risk, Enabled Business, Resilient Nation #CyberSecurity #CISO #CyberGovernance #SovereignAI #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberWinsANZ #AustraliaCyber #RiskManagement #InfoSec #digitaltransformation Join the CyberWins community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberwins...