AISA's Queensland Security Day Conference, BrisSEC is a one day conference with a program featuring sessions designed to foster dialogue, share best practices and help shape Australia's cyber security future.  The conference theme for BrisSEC 2026 is The race to secure the Sunshine State.  

The BrisSec 2026 conference theme, The race to secure the Sunshine State, recognises that cyber security is a continuous contest. We compete across technology, governance, and people, to protect, detect, and respond to threats that are always gaining speed. BrisSec 2026 will include discussions about how to face adversaries that adapt faster than control design and implementation, governance decisions made under pressure, and helping our teams, and each other, across the finish line.

Speaking Themes

1. Staying ahead of a fast moving threat landscape

Queensland organisations face adversaries that adapt faster than traditional control cycles and technical security is a contest of anticipation and speed. This stream is suitable for speakers who want to share information about: 

• AI security, AI enabled threats, and AI used defensively
• Identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery under real time pressure
• Identity, data, and platform security across government and critical services
• Threat intelligence sharing and operational readiness

2. Risk, regulation, and accountability under pressure 

Cyber security outcomes are increasingly shaped by governance decisions made in compressed timeframes, where scrutiny is immediate and consequences are public. This stream is suitable for speakers who want to explore: 

• Cybersecurity risk ownership at the board, executive, and ministerial levels
• Regulatory expectations, assurance obligations, and incident disclosure
• Supply chain risk and third-party dependency
• Investment decisions balancing security, delivery, and public trust

3. People, culture, and performance

Building, retaining and growing winning teams is achieved through consistency rather than heroics. This stream is suitable for speakers who want to examine:

• Workforce capability, shortages, and long term sustainability
• Security culture and behavioural risk
• Leadership during incidents and prolonged threat activity
• Collaboration across government, industry, and community

Speaking Session Styles 

All sessions are 40 minutes in duration and the conference program will feature the following session types:

Session
Up to two presenters will share insights on a focused topic, drawing from their relevant experience and unique perspectives. A session highlights voices with recognised impact in their area of expertise, offers valuable insights and takeaways.

Panel
A moderated discussion featuring three panellists and a moderator who bring diverse experiences and perspectives to a focused topic. A panel session offers a dynamic exchange of ideas, insights, and stories from voices recognised for their contributions and thought leadership in their field. 

Interactive Session
The interactive sessions will start with a 15 minute presentation from the speaker.  Following this, the session becomes interactive, with a focus on gaining audience participation, whereby the speaker turns facilitator, garnering audience engagement through Q&A, and discussion.