Session 2.4c: Update - Strengthening Defence’s Digital Trust and Data Dominance with Zero Trust and DevSecOps adoption
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Menzies Theatre |
Details
In the face of evolving cyber threats and contested information environments, it is imperative for Defence to accelerate digital transformation to enable mission readiness, coalition interoperability, and cyber resilience at scale. This briefing will explore the need for a unified Zero Trust and DevSecOps approach to meet this unique challenge.
As a market leader in systems integration services, DXC Technology can address this unique problem space with a tailored solution for Defence, leveraging technology from a broad partner ecosystem. Cisco’s Comply-to-Connect (C2C) and separately, Cisco’s model-driven DevSecOps offerings, can help address specific aspects of security and application delivery. This approach enforces dynamic security compliance, continuous monitoring, and secure software delivery across complex, multi-domain ICT environments. DXC brings over 50 years of trusted partnership with Defence and extensive experience in orchestrating sovereign, mission-critical environments with a rich ecosystem of strategic and technology partners.
In this session, DXC will share how it can leverage advanced Zero Trust architectures and automated CI/CD pipelines, including insights from Cisco as a technology partner, to embed security and compliance into every stage of the application lifecycle. Cisco’s C2C capability enables continuous device visibility, real-time policy enforcement, and endpoint integrity validation, in alignment with US DoD Zero Trust pillars. Additionally, Model-driven DevSecOps tooling, including those available from Cisco, is critical to accelerating the secure delivery of applications and services without compromising accreditation or operational agility.
This presentation details reference architectures, integration patterns, and operational outcomes, demonstrating how Defence can achieve digital overmatch and sovereign cyber resilience.
Speaker
Mr Mohammad Siddique
Cto- Defence Industry
Dxc Technology
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Biography
Mohammad Siddique is a visionary technology leader with over 20 years of experience delivering secure, scalable, and mission-critical digital solutions across the industry including Defence and federal government sectors. As the Chief Technology Officer – Defence Industry at DXC Technology Australia, he leads strategic engagements and provides thought leadership for modernise Defence capabilities through his extensive industry experience.
Mohammad has successfully delivered large and complex transformation programs in the private and public sector industry. He has held senior technical and leadership roles at Leidos Australia, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, and acted as a trusted advisor to Defence as an Enterprise Architect over the years.
A Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and Fellow of Engineers Australia, Mohammad holds an MBA (Technology), M.Eng in Telecommunications, and B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Science. He is TOGAF and SAFe certified and a trusted advisor on strategic technology planning, enterprise architecture, DevSecOps, and digital sovereignty.
Driven by a passion for outcomes, Mohammad combines deep technical expertise with business acumen to align technology with Australia's national security objectives. He is known for fostering trusted relationships, delivering results under pressure, and empowering teams to thrive in complex, multi-domain environments.
