Bernard Cacayan
Senior Manager of Application Security for the Westpac Group
Bernard Cacayan is the Senior Manager of Application Security for the Westpac Group where he leads a high performing team responsible for ensuring software developers deliver secure applications at scale.
Bernard Cacayan is the Senior Manager of Application Security for the Westpac Group where he leads a high performing team responsible for ensuring software developers deliver secure applications at scale.
With over 15 years of cybersecurity experience in a major Australian bank, Bernard has driven success across all cybersecurity domains. Between 2017 and 2021, Bernard was the Lead Information Security Architect where he drove the technical direction of Westpac’s next generation of cyber security capabilities and significantly improved the bank’s ability to manage cyber risk. Prior to this, Bernard spent over 7 years defending Westpac’s systems and customers from cyber threats in a variety of operations, incident response and consulting roles.
Bernard is a passionate lifelong learner since graduating with a Bachelor of Information Technology (with honours) from the University Sydney in 2006. He enjoys solving problems using technology and inspires the people around him to do the same.