2-4 Sep 2026 | ICC, Sydney
For 40 years, the Security ASIAL Conference has provided expert knowledge to help keep communities safe. The conference underscores the vital role of an innovative and technologically advanced security industry in addressing new security challenges.
As Australia’s security environment intensifies, security leaders are navigating escalating regulatory demands, technological disruption, workforce pressures and evolving threats. The 2026 ASIAL Security Conference will examine how organisations can strengthen operational resilience while remaining agile and future focused. This theme explores practical strategies to build adaptive capability, integrate risk intelligence, leverage emerging technologies and cultivate leadership that thrives in uncertainty. Delegates will gain actionable insights to enhance preparedness and position their organisations to respond decisively in a climate where change is the only certainty.
Sessions are structured around eight themes, each reflecting the priorities and pressures facing security practitioners today.
Theme 01
National Security, Geopolitics & Strategic Risk
Theme 02
Critical Infrastructure Protection and the SOCI Landscape
Theme 03
Intelligence Led & Risk Based Security
Theme 04
Technology, AI and the Future Security Stack
Theme 05
Workforce, Leadership and Professionalisation
Theme 06
Emerging Threats and Operational Realities
Theme 07
Commercial Models, Procurement and Industry Economics
Theme 08
Trust, Ethics and Social Licence
ASIAL members receive 10% off conference registration. Contact the ASIAL team to claim your discount code.
Peter Jennings AO PSM
Peter Jennings Strategy Consultants
Hamish Hansford
Department of Home Affairs
Amanda Spencer
Cloudfare
Shane Brady
Premier’s Department NSW
To understand what’s happening in the world we need to get into the minds of three of the most extraordinary leaders in the 21st century.
One of Australia’s leading strategists, Peter Jennings will discuss the personalities, experiences, aims and aspirations of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. What impact will these leaders have on prospects of war and peace in the second half of the 2020s? What does this mean for Australia’s position in the world, for our defence and security outlook and for domestic stability?
Never shy in voicing his opinions, Peter will set out his predictions for Australian security in coming years and show how businesses need to prepare for a world of increasing risk.
Cybersecurity professionals often rely on technical jargon, acronyms, and complex terminologies that often alienate stakeholders and inadvertently create barriers between security teams and business leaders. This session is designed to help communicators refine cybersecurity discussions, making them accessible, engaging, and actionable for non-technical audiences, particularly key stakeholders and business leaders.
Using real-world examples and proven communication techniques, we’ll learn how to effectively connect cybersecurity risks and threats to overall business objectives and strategies in the simplest terms possible.
This presentation provides practical strategies for transforming technical cybersecurity discussions into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with business leaders.
Key Takeaways:
• Develop a clear framework that bridges communications gaps between technical and non-technical audiences/collaborators.
• Refine complex technical conversations into relatable business analogies.
• Effectively align cybersecurity risks with organisational objective and outcomes.
• Enhance stronger partnerships and collaboration between security teams and business leadership.
Protective security encompasses efforts to safeguard people, assets, and information from threats including terrorism, cyberattacks, espionage, and insider threats. As threats grow in complexity and scale, a collaborative approach between government and industry has become essential to effectively mitigate risks, build resilience and safeguard society. Government and industry collaboration is vital in addressing protective security challenges and achieving advances in national and global security.
Key Takeaways
• Key challenges in protective security settings
• Links between protective security in Government and critical infrastructure protection
• The importance of Government and industry collaboration
• Key protective security challenges
• Shared threat intelligence, joint response and disclosure
• Working together to enhance preparedness and resilience
