Building Financial Services Cyber Resilience in the AI Era:

Mandiant Red Teaming to Agentic SOC

The threat landscape facing financial services institutions has never been more sophisticated and the regulatory expectations have never been more demanding.
This exclusive executive session brings together a select group of financial services leaders for a candid, peer-level conversation on what it takes to build genuine cyber resilience in today's AI-driven threat environment, from how adversaries think and operate, to detecting and responding at machine speed. We are joined by practitioners from Mandiant (part of Google Cloud), one of the world's foremost cyber incident responders and red teaming organisations, alongside senior leaders from Scybers, JP Morgan Chase bringing together global expertise and local context in one room.

5:30 P.M - 7:30 P.M

followed by Dinner

16th July 2026

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Courtyard by Marriott Colombo

The Speakers

Each speaker brings frontline experience in defending organisations at scale.

Amit Pradhan

Consulting Leader, Mandiant

A threat intelligence and incident response specialist with deep expertise in adversary behaviour across the SAARC region. Amit has led some of the most complex breach investigations in the industry.

Shahan Sudusinghe

Global Head of Cybersecurity Monitoring and Response - JPMorgan Chase Bank

As Global Head of Cybersecurity Monitoring and Response at JPMorgan Chase Bank, Shahan oversees one of the world's largest banking Security Operations Centres. He is also a Founding Research Partner at the MITRE Engenuity Advisory Council, contributing to research that shapes the future of global cyber defence.

Kugan Kulothungan

CEO, Scybers

Recognised security executives in the region, Kugan has led programmes at Standard Chartered, Mox Bank, and Virtusa, and was named to the Global CISO 100 list in 2020. He brings that experience to his role as CEO of Scybers.

Channa De Silva

CEO, LankaPay

As Chief Executive Officer of LankaPay, Channa de Silva has led Sri Lanka’s national payment network since 2015, driving the country’s digital payments transformation and achieving 5X growth under his leadership. He also serves on the India-South Asia Regional Engagement Board of the PCI Security Standards Council, chairs the Fintech Forum Sri Lanka, and recently concluded a five-year tenure as a Board Director of Sri Lanka CERT.

Madu Ratnayake

President, Scybers

A seasoned cybersecurity leader and former CIO at Virtusa, Madu brings extensive experience building security practices across Asia Pacific. He leads Scybers' strategic vision and regional growth, working with enterprises to strengthen their security posture from the boardroom down.

Chamath Rathnasekara

Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Scybers

With over a decade of experience in Security Operations Centres and incident response, Chamath leads cyber threat intelligence and response operations at Scybers. He specialises in threat detection, threat hunting and managing complex security incidents, bringing frontline defensive security experience to organisations navigating an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.

What's on the Table

Here's what we'll cover.

The Threat Landscape in 2026

What are adversaries actually doing right now? A briefing on active threat actors, attack trends targeting the region, and what your peers are getting wrong.

Security Priorities

An open, off-the-record conversation. What's keeping the room up at night - and what are people actually doing about it?

Agentic SOC: Detect and Respond to Threats at AI Speed

Legacy SOCs are losing the battle, overwhelmed by alert volumes, constrained by manual processes, and always a step behind sophisticated adversaries. An Agentic SOC changes the equation, combining Google SecOps with AI-driven automation to continuously monitor, detect, and respond to threats in real time reducing response from hours to minutes.

Elite Red Teaming: Understand How Adversaries Think, Design and Execute for Maximum Outcomes

Unlike routine penetration testing, elite red teaming simulates the full lifecycle of a sophisticated adversary — from initial reconnaissance through to the ultimate objective. Mandiant’s practitioners bring frontline experience from the world’s most significant breaches, with attack scenarios drawn from adversaries that are active, targeted, and in many cases already operating inside organisations like yours.