Dear ISACA Auckland Chapter Members,
The ISACA Auckland Chapter is pleased to announce our next lunchtime hybrid event, to be held from 12pm to 2pm (NZST) on Monday, June 9th,2025.
Topic:
Turning the CIS Controls Into Reality
The CIS Critical Security Controls are an internationally recognised set cybersecurity controls designed to help minimise cybersecurity related risk. A question frequently asked about the Controls is “How do we make them work in real life?”.
In this presentation, Tony Krzyzewski, Ambassador for the CIS Controls, will talk about the methods he has used with many organisations to help embed the Controls into standard IT operations processes. He will also provide advice on how to structure the Controls so that maturity improvement can be expressed at the Executive and Board level.
This IT Operations focussed methodology developed here in New Zealand now forms the core of local government sector cybersecurity improvement programmes in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
Speaker:
Tony Stefan Krzyzewski FIITP – Director at Tonyk.NZ Ltd, Founder & Director at SAM for Compliance Ltd
Tony Krzyzewski has forty-seven year’s experience in information systems in New Zealand and internationally, with direct involvement in information security and related services for the past twenty-nine years. He is widely regarded as being one of New Zealand’s information security pioneers. He is highly respected, trusted within the information services sector, and is a Fellow of the Institute of IT Professionals.
He started his career as an IBM 370 mainframe computer operator before moving into mainframe engineering and then forward into microcomputer systems and large scale local area networking, He was responsible for the design and implementation of many of New Zealand’s core networks including those at Fisher & Paykel, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, The New Zealand Treasury, The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, New Zealand Parliament, the Royal New Zealand Navy Supply Depot and New Zealand Government House.
Tony has been involved with the establishment of information security related Policy at over 100 government departments, local government bodies, and businesses in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.
He has performed technical security assessments and information risk reviews at over 150 government agencies, local government bodies, and businesses in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands over the past twenty-nine years.
Tony has been active in the development of the CIS Controls since version 7.0. He is a contributor to the CIS Controls Cloud and IoT Companion Guides and to the mappings of CIS Controls to NIST CSF and ISO27002:2022. His outstanding contribution to the CIS Controls led to him being appointed as one of the first CIS Controls Ambassadors in 2022. He contributed to the Center for Internet Security’s development of a base set of policies aligned to the CIS Controls which were published in 2023.
Tony is the New Zealand Government appointed Convenor for ISO/IEC Standards Committee 27. In this role he holds New Zealand’s vote on the progression and final approval of ISO/IEC information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection standards.
Tony is an Ambassador to the Global Cyber Alliance, participates in their activities worldwide to help reduce the impact of cybersecurity related crime, and is a member of the Alliance’s Strategic Advisory Committee.
In November 2023 Tony was inducted into the Information Security Association of New Zealand Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to cybersecurity risk reduction in New Zealand and internationally.
Venue
- On-site: TBC
- Online
Agenda
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge, network with like-minded professionals, and advance your career. Whether you attend in person or online, this event promises to be a valuable experience for all participants.
Registration
ISACA Auckland members or non-members can register for the event through the official ISACA website by:
- 11:00 PM on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025, if you are attending in-person
- 11:00 PM on Friday, June 06th,2025, if you are attending virtually
A link to the webinar will be shared with all registered attendees. Online attendees can join the event from 10 am NZST onwards on June 9th,2025.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Abby Zhang
Vice President
ISACA Auckland