APAC Cyber Security Innovation Roundtable

The evolution of cyber threats has been a very rapid and impacting trend as witnessed in the last 20 years. The rising power of machines and the corresponding empowerment of the cyber criminal can only be countered through application of effective AI techniques for cyber threat detection. In this talk, I shall cover the broader evolution of AI as applied to threat detection in cyber space, whilst providing a holistic viewpoint to the audience and to help them envision future directions for AI-based cyber threat detection research and development.

My talk would cover ways of spreading cyber security awareness in a business and getting key business stakeholders on board with funding cyber security projects. I will also cover setting a cyber security roadmap and ways in making sure that all milestones are met. Will also cover about getting the infrastructure teams and applications team and devops teams on board with making sure that all their developments follow a set cyber security blueprint agreed upon by the IT governance group. Finally i will cover up about forming an IT governance group where cyber security is discussed, tracked and there are more talks on how an organisation is meeting industrial compliancy policies and legal policies.

Securing Digital transformation from the Cybersecurity threat landscape is the increasing trend in the current ICT industry. Being a Cybersecurity enthusiast, Aswin had recently completed the Advanced Computer Security Program from Stanford University with a wide-breadth of security topics by outstanding Stanford faculty with rich Silicon Valley experience.

Aswin has many lessons learnt from the program, research, Cybersecurity industry mentors and most excited to share them with the community. The talk will cover the essence of creating a strong Cybersecurity culture for every individual in an organisation and how it's quite helpful to a technology team in a shift-left approach to finding the vulnerabilities earlier. Also, covers the threat landscape across several areas of security - Web, Mobile, Network, Cryptography, Write Secure Code, Emerging Threats, and Defences.

Blockchain technology presents many promising opportunities to accelerate digital transformation and reshape how organizations around the world, including governments, address operational challenges. Policymakers are in the early stages of understanding blockchain and its potential use cases in regulated sectors, whether in financial services, healthcare, transportation, or retail and manufacturing. One of blockchain’s benefits is its inherent resiliency to cyber-attack. While not immune to all forms of cyber risk, blockchain’s unique structure provides cybersecurity capabilities not present in centralised systems and other legacy technologies. This session presents how common business lines could benefits of an enhanced cyber security if the data they process is protected with blockchain technology.

Traditionally, Identity & Access Management (IAM) deals with providing tools and technologies for controlled user access to critical applications and infrastructure. With the advent of Cloud, IoT, Blockchain and other cutting edge technologies, Identities are not just humans anymore but can also be devices, bots, IoTs, APIs.

In the constant state of evolution, more organisations are moving towards cloud and the conventional perimeters and firewalls are disappearing. Guess what, Identity is the new perimeter!

In this session, we will cover 4 major areas on IAM and their prominence in this digital era:

1. Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)
2. Access Management including Consumer IAM (CIAM)
3. Privileged Access Management (PAM)
4. Authentication including Biometrics, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), BYOID,…

We need cyber hygiene, but "best (predictable) practice" avoids thinking about the key issue today of trust, and how to address trust vulnerabilities. In this practical introduction to cyber security threats, Greg will described experiences in government, financial services, health insurance, and other sectors where a proactive approach kept ahead of cyber threats.