Session 1.5 Lunch Product Brief: Zero Trust & AI: Shaping a new era of secure collaboration
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Open Session
| Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Royal Theatre |
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As cyber threats accelerate in scale and sophistication, organizations must rethink how they protect their sensitive information, enable seamless collaboration, and build trust across distributed teams. This panel brings together four leading technology vendors, Pexip, Mattermost, Janusnet, and Archtis, to share their capabilities, expertise, and real-world insights on establishing Zero Trust architectures and integrating artificial intelligence into secure collaboration environments from the enterprise to the tactical edge.
Our experts will explore how Zero Trust principles, “never trust, always verify”, are being applied across video conferencing, secure messaging, data classification, and controlled information sharing. In a panel style session, each vendor will answer targeted questions about how their solutions address the unique security and compliance challenges faced within Defence and the Defence industry. This is Industry collaborating to ultimately support the warfighter with seamlessly integrated capabilities
The discussion will highlight the role of AI in collaborating across language barriers, automating security controls in line with ZT, and enabling effective, context-aware collaboration. Attendees will gain practical perspectives on balancing user experience with stringent security requirements, integrating best-of-breed tools, and ensuring interoperability without compromising protection.
Whether you are at the beginning of your Zero Trust journey or seeking to enhance existing capabilities, this session offers actionable strategies and vendor insights to help you design and operate collaboration systems that are resilient, intelligent, and secure by design.
Join us for a candid, solutions-focused conversation with Pexip, Mattermost, Janusnet, and archTIS, and leave with a clearer roadmap to secure collaboration in the age of Zero Trust and AI.
Speaker
Mr Nick Ross
Head of Defence
Pexip
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Biography
Nick is head of defence at Pexip, a global leader in video collaboration software. Nick leads on engagement with defence and the aerospace industry to improve video collaboration capabilities for human-centered command and control and programme delivery. He has previously been a programme director for national mission critical communication projects and has first hand user experience from operational deployment with the military. He is based in the UK.
Travis Franklin
Technical Solutions Manager
Archtis
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Biography
Travis Franklin is a seasoned technology professional with over 19 years of experience spanning defence, engineering, and cybersecurity. He served 16 years in the Royal Australian Air Force as an Electrical Engineer, gaining extensive expertise in mission-critical systems, technical leadership, and operational readiness.
For the past three years, Travis has worked at archTIS as a Technical Solutions Manager, where he specialises in delivering advanced security solutions to government and defence clients. His focus is on zero trust architectures and software applications that enable secure information sharing, data protection, and compliance with sovereignty requirements.
With a strong foundation in defence engineering and a proven ability to bridge technical and business needs, Travis is passionate about helping organisations navigate complex security challenges and adopt innovative technologies that safeguard sensitive information.
Dr Bill Anderson
Product Manager
Mattermost
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Biography
Dr. Bill Anderson is a seasoned security industry expert with a distinguished track record in founding, funding, and scaling high-growth cybersecurity companies. With deep expertise in building and leading high-performance teams, he excels at aligning product innovation with customer needs to drive significant business value.
Recognized for his strategic vision and leadership, Dr. Anderson has been twice recruited by venture capital and private equity firms to accelerate growth in their portfolio companies. His ability to craft compelling company strategies has consistently resonated with customers, employees, and investors alike, making him a trusted leader in the cybersecurity space.
Strategy Advisor Kym Welsby
Strategy Advisor
Janusnet
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Biography
For over 20 years, Kym has been implementing data-centric security solutions for sensitive national security and trade-controlled information. His experience includes founding and successfully exiting a technology start-up to a UK-based acquirer, serving as Global Product Manager, and later driving significant growth as the APAC Regional Director.
Kym is a defence sector strategic advisor at Janusnet and additionally provides advisory services to defence industry SMEs and Primes. Through his role at Secure State, he collaborated with major companies such as BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin to ensure their supply chains meet the U.S. Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements. In addition to this extensive information security experience, Kym has director-level education, including postgraduate study at the Australian National University and the International Directors Programme at INSEAD.
