Zero Trust Reality Check.
Event details:
Thursday 27th November 2025 | 12pm – 2:30pm
Bambini Wine Room
Cut through the ZTA hype with fellow executives who’ve been there, done that. Let’s be honest, every vendor is selling Zero Trust as the silver bullet. But having the platform doesn’t mean you’ve solved security or changed your business. This isn’t another product pitch. It’s a private rountable where leaders share what really happened and what works (and what doesn’t)
What you will take walk away with:
- How to scale beyond pilot purgatory and operating models that actually stick.
- ROI metrics that get Board buy-in for your security roadmap.
- Identify-first security that doesn’t kill user experience.
- Real control across hybrid workers, cloud and third party apps.
- ZTA Strategies that align with business outcomes, not just compliance boxes.
This is a private, peer-led forum designed for open exchange of ideas and actionable insights.
About the speakers.
Jason Murrell, Cyber Security Leader
Jason Murrell is a cyber security strategist and independent advisor to boards and CISOs. He is cofounder of Murfin Group, former Chair of the Australian Cyber Network and Chair of DSI’s SMB1001 security standard. Jason also serves as Entrepreneur in Residence to the $100m Fusion Cyber/AI/Quantum Growth Lab.
He helps organisations translate regulation, identity risk and Zero Trust architecture into clear policy, funding and enforceable controls across AD/M365 and cloud. Jason has advised government agencies, ASX listed enterprises and high growth tech firms on ransomware resilience, privacy and security culture. He’s known for plain English, vendor neutral guidance and practical playbooks leaders can apply immediately.
Jason Atkins, Senior Solution Engineer
Jason Atkins is an accomplished IT professional with more than 30 years of experience across multiple IT domains including cybersecurity, LAN/WAN technologies and telecommunications. Jason’s current role with Netskope enables him to follow his passion of educating organisations about the many aspects of digital transformation and security modernisation.
Previously, at Aruba Networks (a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company), Jason held the role of Regional Consulting Security Specialist for the Asia Pacific region where he focused on driving growth and channel partner development across the region. Earlier work experience includes positions at Juniper Networks, Optus, and various engineering roles with system integrations companies.
Jason holds a Master of Networking and System Administration from Charles Sturt University and lifetime emeritus status for a Cisco CCIE R/S certification that he has held since 2002.
Jack Fullerton, Head of Product, Macquarie Telecom
Jack Fullerton is a technology and cybersecurity leader with over 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has a proven track record in driving technology innovation and secure network transformation, spanning SASE, cloud security, and managed network services.
Throughout his career, Jack has helped organisations modernise their cybersecurity frameworks while enabling business agility and growth implementing best practice zero trust principles to complex hybrid networks. Away from the office, he is an avid sailor who competes in local and national yacht racing — bringing the same focus, strategy, and competitive spirit from the water to the world of technology and security.
About Macquarie Technology Group.
Macquarie Technology Group, is a top 200 ASX-listed organisation, and is Australia’s most recommended cloud service provider. For close to 20 years the local team has provided private, public, hybrid, security and disaster recovery solutions to a range of ambitious Australian businesses.
Macquarie Technology Group is the fastest-growing Microsoft Azure practice in Australia, and the only Microsoft partner to be both an Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) and a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Organisation (MISA).
It is also Australia’s only truly sovereign private cloud, owned and operated by Tier III certified data centres. Its local team of +100 provide expert advice on aligning the right cloud platform or hybrid services architecture to business needs, and this dedication has seen Macquarie Technology Group achieve an industry-leading net promoter score (NPS) of +78. For customers this translates to consistent service, seamless portability, end-to-end security and commercial flexibility across hybrid estates.