Industry Insights:Beyond IT-protecting the connected enterprise in the age of operational technology
Join us for the first edition of the 2026 Industry Insights series featuring a captivating fireside chat with Christopher Neal, Group CISO at Ramsay Health Care.
About this event
Join us for the first edition of the 2026 Industry Insights series featuring a captivating fireside chat with Christopher Neal, Group CISO at Ramsay Health Care.
Key Takeaways and Discussion Points include:
- Beyond Traditional IT: The evolving cybersecurity challenges of medical devices, operational technology (OT) and connected healthcare environments.
- Cybersecurity and Patient Safety: How cyber risk impacts operational resilience and the continuity of patient care.
- Managing Enterprise-Wide Cyber Risk: Communicating cyber risks to executives and boards, and balancing security with business needs.
- AI in Healthcare: Emerging cybersecurity, data privacy and governance considerations as healthcare organisations explore AI adoption.
- Looking Ahead: Key cybersecurity priorities and challenges for the future of connected healthcare
The session will conclude with a online live Q&A, giving the audience an opportunity to ask questions directly.
Agenda
5:30pm - Fireside chat with Christopher Neal, Group CISO, Ramsay Health Care
6:10pm - Audience Q&A
6:30pm - Live stream ends
Speakers
Christopher Neal, Group CISO, Ramsay Health Care (LinkedIn)
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David Norris MACS Snr CP, Chair, ACS Technical Advisory Board -Cyber Security Committee
Speakers
Throughout his career, Chris has built and unified security organisations spanning cyber and operational security, with a proven track record of engaging government, defence and large enterprise customers at the most senior levels. He brings a critical infrastructure operator mindset and the executive presence to serve as a market-facing security leader — enabling business growth while maintaining rigorous security posture and regulatory compliance in complex, large-scale environments.
At Ramsay Health Care, Chris established information security as a standalone enterprise function and scaled it globally. He introduced unified governance frameworks, drove adoption of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework across nine international markets, and established board-level cyber risk reporting, giving the global executive committee clear visibility of security posture and investment priorities across all regions. He also led the convergence of traditional IT security with medical operational technology, creating an integrated function responsible for managing joint biomedical and cyber risk.
Prior to Ramsay, Chris spent more than a decade at Telstra, holding a series of senior security leadership roles across the enterprise and government segments. He led the establishment of Telstra’s Security Operations Centre, achieving accreditation to handle Protected classified material. He also led pre-sales security support across Telstra’s Enterprise and Government customer base, translating complex technical security capabilities into commercially compelling propositions for some of Australia’s largest organisations and government agencies.
Chris is passionate about security as a business enabler — not a blocker — and thrives in complex, high-stakes environments where security strategy, commercial outcomes and regulatory obligations need to be carefully balanced.
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