Canon Think Big 2026 focuses on cyber detection, visibility and business resilience
At Think Big 2026, Canon and ESET address critical incident response gaps across Singapore organisations, showcasing multi-layered enterprise cyber defences.
Canon Singapore’s Think Big Leadership Business Series 2026 places comprehensive enterprise protection at the centre of corporate strategy. The event addresses key operational areas spanning cyber defence, document lifecycle management, remote endpoints, business continuity and physical workplace access. This focus arrives alongside newly released research from ESET, which identifies delayed threat detection and restricted visibility as the primary hurdles Singapore organisations encounter when trying to contain cybersecurity breaches.
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First established in 2010, the two-day forum convenes under the theme “Securing Tomorrow: Leadership, Innovation, Resilience.” It balances executive discussions on digital trust, operational continuity and artificial intelligence adoption with an interactive 360° Security Showcase detailing practical corporate controls across different parts of an organisation.
Detection and visibility dominate incident response concerns
Conducted by Blackbox Research on behalf of ESET in Q2 2026, the underlying survey gathered insights from 400 cybersecurity decision-makers across Singapore, representing diverse organisation sizes, industries and commercial verticals. When identifying the leading causes of security incidents, 36% of participants pointed to sophisticated phishing tactics. Furthermore, IT visibility gaps and internal skills shortages were each flagged by 34% of respondents, demonstrating that internal capability deficits and blind spots pose just as much risk as advanced external attack techniques.
These challenges become even more pronounced during containment and remediation phases. A substantial 55% of respondents cited delayed detection as a major barrier, whilst 49% pointed to deficient visibility across IT environments and 44% struggled with inter-team coordination.
To address these operational vulnerabilities, Canon has recently partnered with ESET to deliver an integrated cybersecurity suite featuring 24/7 Managed Detection and Response, Cyber Awareness Training and secured remote endpoints. Powered by ESET threat intelligence, the solution delivers continuous protection, pairing AI-driven Managed Detection and Response capabilities with round-the-clock monitoring by human specialists. The awareness training component, known as ECAT, specifically targets employee susceptibility to reduce phishing risks. Meanwhile, ESET-secured VAIO remote-work devices extend these robust safeguards beyond standard office perimeters, protecting staff operating in distributed working environments.
Five areas cover security across business operations
Within the 360° Security Showcase, Canon groups its capabilities into five distinct operational domains, starting with print and scan security. This segment incorporates secure print release and advanced scanning pathways into cloud platforms, safeguarding data as it moves between physical documents, office systems and hosted cloud services. Digital infrastructure is further protected through the cybersecurity domain, which bundles Managed Detection and Response, staff awareness training and hardened remote endpoints.
Business continuity is reinforced through managed security, operational assistance and professional services designed to maintain critical workflows during disruption. In parallel, comprehensive document management controls oversee the complete information lifecycle by implementing role-based access permissions, robust authorisation frameworks and detailed audit trails. These governance tools restrict file exposure while equipping enterprises with traceable activity logs for sensitive records. Rounding out the framework, physical workplace security leverages biometric access mechanisms and visitor verification tools within Canon’s smart-office ecosystem, uniting facility access controls with document governance and network defence.
Executive sessions examine security across industries
The conference programme translates these strategic security themes into practical, sector-specific dialogues across payments, automotive, education, technology and healthcare. Within the “Secure Velocity: Building Business Resilience” panel, executives from NETS, Eurokars Group and Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group explore how organisations can adopt new technologies safely while embedding operational resilience and customer trust into everyday business processes.
Keynote perspectives come from Parvinder Walia, President of the APAC region at ESET, who delivers an address titled “The Invisible Shield: Redefining Digital Trust” based on the company’s latest threat intelligence study. Building on these strategic insights, another dedicated session titled “The Trust Dividend: Winning With Cybersecurity” convenes industry experts from Google APAC, Vanguard Healthcare and the Centre for Cybersecurity. This discussion examines the development of digital trust alongside organisational agility, underlining the close coordination required between executive leadership and operational teams to maintain continuous operations.
