E67 - Anu Kukar - 3 U’s of Data Security Risk Management

Anu Kukar is the Associate Partner - Cyber Security Strategy,
Risk & Compliance ANZ at IBM. She leads the ANZ Cyber
Security - Strategy, Risk & Compliance team for the critical
infrastructure sectors. IBM is a multinational company focused on
hybrid-cloud and Data & AI, operating in over 170 countries.


Anu is also the Director of Arascina that helps organisations and
professional associations through upskilling, reskilling and
cross-skilling services.


Anu has over 20 years of experience in both industry and
consulting in various executive roles, specialising in cyber,
data, technology and third-party risk, governance &
compliance.


She held many leadership positions in risk management, data and
technology risk and compliance at organisations like Deloitte
Australia, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac Group, KPMG Australia,
Latitude Financial Services and others.


She is also an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker at 49+
industry conferences in 9 countries. She has co-authored five
publications globally and across Australia in artificial
intelligence, emerging technologies and third party/supply chain
risk management.


She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAANZ), holds a B
Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems (UNSW), and holds
certifications in Data Science (Berkeley), AI, ML &
Automation (MIT) and Cyber Risk (HarvardX).


In this episode, Anu shares with us:


The story of her career progression - how she gradually grew
in her career and finally moved into data analytics and AI.

How all the different professional experiences have helped
her and enabled her to have a well-rounded and holistic
professional life.

All that you need to know about data security and risk
management.

The framework of 3 Us of data risk management.

How can you use that framework in your organisation?

How can data leaders safeguard their data?

The risk management framework to prepare for future
risk.

What are the core principles of building a modern risk
resilient organisation?

How you can upskill the employees in adopting new emerging
tech.

The risks of not upskilling your employees in this age of
digital disruption.



If you are a senior leader or data leader wanting to incorporate
new emerging technologies in your organisation, you must listen
to Anu to find out how you can manage all the risks related to
the emerging tech and prepare for the future risks as well.


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