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Jim Kay is the Founder and CEO of IT Networks and a recognised cybersecurity and technology leader with more than 30 years’ experience helping Australian organisations strengthen resilience, reduce risk and embrace technology with confidence.
Drawing on leadership roles in banking, telecommunications and enterprise IT before founding IT Networks in 1995, Jim brings a rare combination of strategic business insight and practical technology expertise.
Under his leadership, IT Networks has become a trusted provider of managed IT and cybersecurity services, with particular expertise supporting organisations where trust, continuity and data protection are critical—including healthcare, financial services and not-for-profit organisations.
Known for translating complex cybersecurity challenges into clear business decisions, Jim regularly advises boards, executive teams and business leaders on cyber resilience, governance, AI risk and technology strategy. His presentations are practical, engaging and designed to give audiences actionable insights they can apply immediately.
Jim is available for keynote presentations, executive briefings, panel discussions and leadership events across Australia, where he shares insights on cybersecurity, inspiring audiences with practical strategies for success.
Jim’s central theme is always adjusted to the audience and theme of the event.
“Trust Under Pressure – Executive Insights for Australia’s Trust Sectors”
The Hidden Business Cost of Cyber Risk: Why Trust, Growth and Performance Fail Before Systems Do.
Financial Sector Audiences:
“Cyber Resilience in Financial Services: Protecting Trust, Livelihood and Business Continuity in an AI World”
Healthcare Sector Audiences:
“Cyber Resilience in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Trust, Data and Continuity of Care”
NFP | For Purpose Sector Leaders:
“When Trust Is the Target: Cyber Resilience for Not-for-Profit Organisations”
Sectors: Healthcare, NFP, Financial Services, Accounting.
Key roles impacted by cybersecurity: CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Founders and Owners, Practice Managers (Medical) and Office Managers (Accounting and Financial Services).
Who benefits most: Business leaders looking to build cyber-resilient organisations and culture.
Mobile: +61 407 661 130
Email: marketing@itnetworks.com.au
Jim Kay addresses audiences with focus on their specific sector.
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IT Networks is a trusted Australian provider of corporate-grade IT solutions tailored to small and medium-sized enterprises, nationally across many industry sectors, with focus on healthcare, financial and NFP sectors. Since 1995 IT Networks has been delivering secure and scalable services in network design, cloud integration, managed IT support, and – most critically – cybersecurity.
In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity is at the heart of everything we do. From protecting businesses from evolving threats, ensuring data integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity, we help organisations stay resilient and secure.
At IT Networks, we combine technical expertise with a client-first and no-surprises-no-risk pricing approach, to help you build a smarter, safer future.
Jim discusses the leadership and operational implications of one of Australia’s most significant healthcare cyber incidents. In a few seconds, Jim highlights:
Why healthcare is the “honey pot” for cyber criminals?
And what are the key dimensions of the impact a breach has: business, patients, trust?
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Speaking at the CPA Profit for Purpose 2026:
The biggest misconception about cybersecurity in Not-for-Profit sector is that you are protected.
Speaking at the CPA Profit for Purpose 2026:
How an understanding of the difference between a cyber secure and cyber resilient organisation – makes all the difference.
With focus on General and Specialist medical practice, Jim Kay explains the connection between cybersecurity and continuity of care.
Hear Jim at the RACGP Practice Owners Conference.
Optimising technology performance, including cybersecurity, in general and specialist medical practice to ensure continuity of patient care and business, is a key focus for IT Networks.
We see one issue consistently stand out in cyber incidents across clinics of all sizes. They rarely start with the systems. They start with a moment.
What this moment means in everyday operations of a general practice, is a conversation our CEO, Jim Kay, aims to inspire at the RACGP Practice Owners Conference 2026, in Sydney, 23–24 May.
Jim will be presenting a practical proposition – designed for practice leaders and not technical experts – on:
“Futureproofing the General Practice: Cyber Resilient Culture”
He will be unpacking these persistent questions:
Also, our Technical Director, Kim Pham, will be contributing to the panel discussion
“Thriving in the Age of AI: Cyber-Smart General Practice”.
Catch up with Jim Kay there or request a copy of his presentation.
One of the biggest misconceptions about cybersecurity in healthcare is that it’s primarily a technology problem. It isn’t. It’s about governance.
As healthcare becomes more digitally interconnected, medical practices are becoming operationally dependent on systems they often do not fully govern strategically.
For Practice Owners, Practice Managers and clinical practice leaders Governance is the topic no longer for discussion but for decision. Because when cybersecurity issue erupts, it:
Those aren’t IT outcomes. They’re business outcomes.
Is your medical practice equipped to answer these questions:
Can you answer the above questions honestly?
That’s the level of your business exposure.
IT Networks has a long history of working with Not-for-Profit organisations as a valuable technology partner.
Hence, we are thrilled to announce that, following a strong response to recent cybersecurity presentations at healthcare and finance forums, the CEO of IT Networks, Jim Kay, has been confirmed to speak at the CPA Profit for Purpose Conference, on 20-22 April in Melbourne.
This national conference brings together finance and leadership professionals driving impact across Australia’s evolving purpose sector.
Jim’s session, “Cybersecurity Essentials for Purpose Organisations,” will focus on the growing business impact of cyber risk within the purpose-driven sector, where reputation, trust, and continuity are critical.
Designed for non-technical finance and leadership professionals, Jim’s session will provide practical, actionable insights on how cyber risk affects donor confidence, service delivery, regulatory obligations, and long-term sustainability.
What is your cybersecurity score?
Jim Kay, CEO of IT Networks is a guest speaker at the WA Digital Health Summit 2026.
Pesenting the topic “Navigating risk and governance in a new digital world: Building a cyber-resilient culture in general and specialist clinical practice”, Jim is joined on stage by Professor David Playford.
Professor Playford is the Head of Cardiology Teaching and Research at the University of Notre Dame (Fremantle) and Consultant Clinical Cardiologist with Advara Heart Care, and comfortably straddles the clinical and technology domains.
Together, we’ll explore how healthcare leaders can move from reactive technology decisions to structured digital resilience—grounded in patient safety, accountability and clinical reality.
Cybersecurity insights from a national TV interview with cybersecurity expert, Jim Kay, CEO of IT Networks.
When the global giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) stumbled last week, shutting down activity of millions of users around the world, Network 10 News+ spoke to the CEO of IT Networks to help business leaders make sense of what happened, and what lessons can be drawn for Australian companies
IT Networks joins SmallBiz Week 2025 at the debut Sydney event to empower Australia’s small business community in navigating the complex cybersecurity landscape. Read the announcement from Ray Evans, CEO of Australian Business Forum.
Jim Kay delivers a powerful keynote at the SmallBiz Week 2025 in Sydney.
The lesson: Small business is a “low hanging fruit” for cybercrime. And few sectors are more vulnerable than small and medium healthcare organisations and financial services firms.
Explore articles authored by Jim Kay, sharing deep insights on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and the future of technology.
