EC-Council: ASEAN Cybersecurity Summit 2018 to address the vision of the ASEAN leaders affirming the importance of digital literacy and cyber wellness

Brussels, Belgium, 2018-Aug-07 — /EPR Network/ — EC-Council, has announced the agenda for the ASEAN Cybersecurity Summit which includes a dynamic offering of thought-provoking and engaging sessions. The summit will be hosted on Friday, 17 August 2018 at the Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, Singapore.

Government officials and security experts in the Asia Pacific Region are emphasizing that cybersecurity has become an international issue – threat actors are deliberately launching their attacks across borders, making international and regional cooperation, as well as private and public-sector collaboration, highly essential. The summit offers a platform for robust discussion and debate on the industry’s most pressing challenges.

Singapore is at the forefront of global cyber solutions in the Asia region. From developments in fintech, critical infrastructure, energy, and big data, Asia is leading the way for technological innovation. ASEAN Cybersecurity Summit provides attendees with a unique and special opportunity to get acquainted with the latest innovations and solutions featured by the international cyber community. The summit will additionally provide attendees with opportunities to network, strengthen alliances and form new connections. ASEAN Cybersecurity Summit also provides an incredible platform for Business to Business interaction.

The summit will feature sessions covering a range of salient topics, curated to engage regional attendees. This year’s agenda will focus on supporting the vision of “Building a resilient and innovative ASEAN”. The summit will focus on topics like  data security and data sharing vulnerabilities, cyber threat intelligence, challenges in building a smart nation and artificial intelligence, policy, government & regulations, global perspectives; threats, analytics & threat actors, eFraud & law enforcement and cloud, end-point security mobile & IoT security.

With every summit, our priority is to bring together the strongest voices from the public sector, private sector and academia, to help attendees navigate digital complexity and safeguard their organizations’ critical assets.”

We have an international array of speakers at the summit which includes H.E. Chun Vat, Director General, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Cambodia; Ngo Quang Huy, Deputy Director General, Vietnam Computer Emergency Response team (VNCERT), Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam; Dr. Rudi Lumanto, Chairman, Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure, Indonesia; Zurkarnain Mohd Yasin, Chief Officer, Network Security and Enforcement Sector, Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission; Josephine Romero, Senior Adviser to the Philippines Presidential Adviser (Minister Level), ASEAN Business Advisory Council and many more.

Additional program highlights include ASEAN Stakeholders Panel Discussion, Special Address: Cybersecurity – Where we are and what to do next, The CISO Challenges- Bridging the IT OT Gap, Prepare or Perish- Responsible use of AI in the ASEAN, Smart Cities Panel Discussion,and many more.

To view the full agenda, please visit: bit.ly/2Nbj7UN

About EC-Council

EC-Council has been the world’s leading information security certification body since the launch of their flagship program, Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), which created the ethical hacking industry in 2002. Since the launch of CEH, EC-Council has added industry-leading programs to their portfolio to cover all aspects of information security including EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (C|HFI), Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO), among others. EC-Council Foundation, the non-profit branch of EC-Council, created Global CyberLympics, the world’s first global hacking competition. EC-Council Foundation also hosts a suite of conferences across the U.S. and around the world including Hacker Halted, Global CISO Forum, TakeDownCon, and CISO Summit.

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