Zenith Live 2026 | Where Zero Trust Architecture Beats AI Threats

Thursday, 17 September

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08:15 AM 09:00 AM

Registration

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09:00 AM 09:20 AM

Keynote

Lessons from Cricket

Playing to win. A discussion with Adam Gilchrist & Georgie Tunny: What does it take to face the fastest bowler in the world? In this exclusive facilitated conversation, cricket icon Adam Gilchrist takes us...

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09:20 AM 09:25 AM

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Welcome Message: Australia & New Zealand's Agentic Future

The future of business will be increasingly agentic. The organisations that lead will be those that enable autonomous innovation within a security architecture built for continuous trust.

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09:25 AM 09:45 AM

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Securing Australia’s Next Horizon: Building Resilience in the Age of AI

From SolarWinds to the rise of agentic AI, major shifts in the cyber threat environment have forced governments to rethink how security is built. This session will trace...

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09:45 AM 10:15 AM

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Reimagining Zero Trust SASE for the AI Era

AI and market shifts are redefining the enterprise. You cannot win by outrunning attackers with better AI; you out-architect them. This keynote shares Zscaler’s vision for...

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10:15 AM 10:40 AM

Break

10:40 AM 11:05 AM

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Technology Leadership in an Agentic World

The panel session facilitated by Eric Swift, will explore the strategies and perspectives of a CISO and CTO in navigating the speed of AI agent deployment versus the pace of security governance. The real world challenges they face as technology leaders, offering different perspectives.

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11:05 AM 11:35 AM

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Securing the AI Era: AI Security, Data Protection & Agentic Defence

AI accelerates innovation but introduces risk at every layer. This session explores how to govern data access, control what every agent can do, and modernise...

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11:35 AM 11:50 AM

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Digging Deep, Defending Smarter: Komatsu's Zero Trust Story

Komatsu Australia's Cyber Security Manager Henry Wright joins us for a live Z-Cellular demo and candid interview on moving 4,000 users across...

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11:50 AM 11:55 AM

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The Next Innings

Our opportunity to shape a future in which Agentic AI drives growth, resilience, and competitive advantage, within a cybersecurity posture built for what comes next.

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12:00 PM 01:00 PM

Lunch, Expo

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01:15 PM 01:50 PM

Breakout

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Making Data Protection Work: Three Lessons from the Field

AI is reshaping how sensitive information moves across increasingly complex environments, and traditional data protection approaches are...

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Secure AI Access for Users: Protect Innovation and Empower Adoption

Explore how organisations can give users safe, seamless access to AI tools without slowing progress. Learn how to balance...

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Zero Trust Cloud: Extending Zero Trust to Workloads and Applications

Hybrid and multicloud environments expose workloads to lateral movement that traditional perimeter security cannot contain. Learn how the Zero Trust Cloud...

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01:50 PM 02:00 PM

Break

02:00 PM 02:35 PM

Breakout

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Securing the Agentic AI Era on AWS with Zscaler

AI is evolving from chatbots to autonomous agents that reason, access data, call tools, and act across cloud environments. As organizations adopt...

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Data Security Everywhere: Discover, Classify & Protect

Disjointed data security leaves blind spots across endpoints, public clouds, and SaaS applications. See how unifying AI-powered...

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Zero Trust SASE: Modernising the Branch & Campus

Legacy MPLS, complex SD-WAN, and hardware firewalls make branch networking costly and fragile. Discover a Zero Trust SASE blueprint that...

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02:35 PM 02:45 PM

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02:45 PM 03:20 PM

Breakout

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Securing Custom AI Applications: AI Red Teaming & Guardrails

Discusses proactive appraches to protecting in-house AI apps through security testing, policy controls, and resilient design. Learn how...

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Cyber Risk Reduction in the Frontier AI Era

As Frontier models become more accessible and the world observe their breakout of safeguards we are seeing global warnings of what is to come. Frontier AI accelerates innovation and changes...

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Security at the Edge: IoT/OT Use Cases & Secure Cellular Connectivity

Connect and protect distributed devices, industrial systems, and remote environments within a Zero Trust framework. Learn how secure...

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03:20 PM 03:30 PM

Break

03:30 PM 04:05 PM

Breakout

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Managing Enterprise AI: Asset Discovery, Visibility, Policy & Governance

Examines best practices to identify AI assets, gain visibility into usage, and apply consistent governance and policy controls. Learn how a strong...

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Security Operations (SecOps): Detect Threats, Unify Alerts, and Reduce Attack Surface

Fragmented telemetry and endless alerts overwhelm SOC teams, allowing machine-speed adversaries to slip through the cracks. Learn how Agentic SecOps...

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Zero Trust as a Journey: Real-World Architectures for a Changing Threat Landscape

This session explores Zero Trust as an ongoing security journey rather than a one-time project. Through real-world case studies, it will highlight...

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01:15 PM 04:00 PM

PartnerConnect

PartnerConnect Hall

PartnerConnect

Secure your seat at the forefront of the next era of partnership at Zscaler PartnerConnect, designed to foster collaboration among the sales and technical engines driving our mutual success.

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04:00 PM 06:30 PM

Zenith Live Afterparty

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Zenith Live Speakers

Don’t miss this world-class lineup, including Zscaler CEO and founder Jay Chaudhry’s debut at Zenith Live in Australia and cricketing legend Adam Gilchrist AM. Plus get the inside track from the technology executives and government leaders shaping Australia’s agentic future. Then sharpen your skills in your choice of technical breakout sessions.