2025-12-13 –, Rookie Track 1
Cybersecurity isn’t just for hackers or specialists, it affects everyone involved in building and running digital systems. Yet, rookies and early-career tech professionals often overlook the security impact of their decisions, leaving organizations exposed to costly breaches.
In this session, I’ll show how anyone, business analysts, developers or aspiring tech leaders can play a meaningful role in securing systems from day one. Drawing on real-world experience leading cloud migrations, workflow automation and secure platform launches at Aviva and First Bank of Nigeria, I’ll share practical strategies to: identify hidden risks, translate security requirements into actionable tasks, collaborate effectively with security teams and embed security into agile delivery without slowing innovation.
Attendees will leave with an actionable mindset for making systems safer, understanding how early actions prevent massive security failures and why security is everyone’s responsibility.
Rookies and early-career tech professionals often assume cybersecurity is someone else’s responsibility. In reality, every decision from mapping workflows to defining requirements can introduce risks. This talk equips attendees with practical, non-technical strategies to safeguard systems from the start. Using real-world examples from cloud migrations, workflow automation and secure platform launches, you’ll learn how to spot risks, collaborate with security teams and embed security into agile delivery. Walk away ready to make a measurable impact on system security even without being a hacker.
Ozonuwe Onyenike is an IT business analyst and cybersecurity specialist with experience in cloud security, workflow automation and digital transformation. He has contributed to secure cloud migrations, platform launches and enterprise automation projects, helping organizations improve efficiency and strengthen security.
Passionate about knowledge sharing, Ozonuwe volunteers in cybersecurity communities and supports peers in developing technical and business skills. He advocates for making cybersecurity a shared responsibility across all digital roles.