20 Jan 2026
The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok
Securing the Next Wave: Zero Trust, AI, and the Future of Thailand’s FSI
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Thailand’s financial services industry is embracing rapid transformation, advancing digital banking, expanding cloud adoption, and scaling AI-driven innovation. But as organizations modernize, they also face increasing challenges around data security, identity protection, and regulatory compliance. With the PDPA now fully enforced, financial institutions must ensure stronger data governance, safeguard customer information, and maintain audit readiness while accelerating digital growth.
At the same time, FSIs across Thailand are navigating real operational pressures with limited visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, cybersecurity talent shortage and a rise in identity-led and access-based attacks.
These challenges are driving many organizations toward Zero Trust security architectures, with a growing number across APAC planning to make ZTNA their primary access model.
AI adoption is also reshaping the financial landscape from fraud detection and credit scoring to automation, analytics, and personalized banking experiences. Supported by the National AI Strategy (2022–2027), Thai FSIs are scaling AI faster than ever, making secure data, workloads, and access essential to sustainable growth. This exclusive roundtable brings together senior leaders from Thailand’s banking, insurance, and fintech sectors for an in-depth discussion on the future of secure digital transformation. Join industry peers to gain insights, share challenges, and discover practical strategies to build a stronger, more secure, and AI-ready financial ecosystem in Thailand.
Key Takeaways
- Zero Trust frameworks can accelerate secure digital banking and cloud adoption
- PDPA-aligned governance and data protection can reduce compliance risks
- Modern SecOps and AI automation help address skill shortages and simplify security operations
- Identity security and data visibility strengthen protection across hybrid environments
- Cloud workload protection prevents lateral movement and enhances resilience
- AI-driven use cases can be scaled securely across financial service
Agenda
Securing the Next Wave: Zero Trust, AI, and the Future of Thailand’s FSI
One day event
Registration & Networking
Welcome Address
FSI Security in Transition: PDPA, Identity Threats, and AI-Driven Innovation in Thailand
Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, IDC
From Legacy Security to Zero Trust: How Thai FSIs Are Strengthening SecOps and Accelerating AI-Enabled Banking
Heng Mok
CISO in Residence – APJ, Zscaler
Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, IDC
Heng Mok
CISO in Residence – APJ, Zscaler
Summary & Close
Networking Lunch
Event Ends
Speakers
Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research
IDC
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Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Dr. Chris Marshall is Associate Vice President for IDC Asia Pacific, responsible for the Analytics, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence practice. Dr. Marshall’s core research coverage includes the development of Data Analytics and Machine Learning competencies and their implications – the threats and opportunities facing organizations as they seek to augment and automate their knowledge-based work.
Previously, Chris was a senior executive in IBM Watson Financial Services where he led their AI-enabled risk and analytics practice in Asia. Before joining IBM, he held senior business development and management roles in big data and analytics at KPMG, Oracle and UBS.
- MA in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.
- MBA from University of Chicago
- Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School
- Professor of Computer Science at National University of Singapore.
- Co-Founder and Director of NUS Program for Research in Intelligent Systems
- Co-Founder and Director of NUS Risk Management Institute
- Author of widely used textbook on Operational Analytics
- Frequent speaker, presenter and moderator at industry conferences
Event Sessions
Tuesday, January 20 2026 12:00 pm | Location:
Roundtable Discussion
Tuesday, January 20 2026 11:40 am | Location:
FSI Security in Transition: PDPA, Identity Threats, and AI-Driven Innovation in Thailand
Heng Mok
CISO in Residence – APJ
Zscaler
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Heng Mok
Heng Mok is a practical cyber leader with over 20 years of experience spanning a range of industries and cyber disciplines. Heng has worked on some of the largest transformation programs in Australia in the financial services and energy sectors. He has written security standards for the Open Data Center Alliance and currently sits on a number of CompTIA Cybersecurity Certification committees.
Prior to Zscaler, Heng was the CISO at Australia’s largest integrated energy company, AGL Energy where he led cyber, data governance, and technology risk functions responsible for keeping employees, customers, data, systems, and OT assets safe.
Heng believes that as the adoption of cloud, AI, data analytics, remote working, and digital transformation gains traction, organizations needs to have the right people, partners, process, and technology embedded to enable business outcomes.
Event Sessions
Tuesday, January 20 2026 12:00 pm | Location:
Roundtable Discussion
Tuesday, January 20 2026 11:50 am | Location:
From Legacy Security to Zero Trust: How Thai FSIs Are Strengthening SecOps and Accelerating AI-Enabled Banking
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Venue
Ritz-Carlton Bangkok
189 Wireless Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand