CERT CEO to moderate webinar on ‘Cyber Security and Data Protection’

Retd. Air Cdre Jayasiri Amarasena

The new Sri Lanka CERT CEO and Sri Lanka Air Force former CITO Retd. Air Cdre Jayasiri Amarasena will be the moderator and a resource person at a webinar on ‘Cyber Security and Data Protection’ on 9 February from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

The Road Map of Sri Lanka CERT is of importance to the financial sector in particular to cyber security and data protection in Sri Lanka.

Udara Dharmadasa, Cof-Funder and CEO of Thomas Peer Solutions (Australia), a technology consulting firm that provides IT consulting services to government and enterprise level organisations across the APAC region, will be the main speaker at the webinar detailing successful implementation of cyber security systems for large financial institutions in Australia and the region.

Globally, threat intelligence systems have reported a near 40% increase in cyber-attacks since the start of COVID-19. The accelerated demand for agile and flexible work systems, with the necessity to ‘work from home’ and the use of Internet-based apps, have provided cyber attackers an excellent environment to exploit financial systems.

The foundation of a financial system is trust. To win the trust of their stakeholders, financial institutions must strictly preserve their confidentiality. Increase in communications and technology interdependence within the Sri Lankan financial systems makes it more vulnerable to cyberattacks. With Sri Lanka rising as a South Asian and a global financial hub, it will attract numerous cyber-attacks due to large volume of financial transactions.

The first line of defence against any attack is to detect and prevent it through continuous security monitoring of your information systems. However, in the event of an attack, the next step is the immediate recovery and to ensure business continuity by being back online. For this, organisations have to backup and protect data that is essential for business operations.

The other resource persons at this webinar will be Jayantha Fernando, Director/Legal Advisor ICTA and Chairman Data Protection Drafting Committee and Shihan Annon, Principal Consultant, Founder DeltaSpike/Eguardian.

Areas that will be focused at this webinar will be protection against faceless intruders, cyber vault in modern data centres, an overview of the proposed legislature and technicalities in cyber investigations.

The seminar is meant for IT professionals of banks, finance and leasing companies, telecommunication companies, stockbrokers and primary dealers, other financial institutions, insurance companies and brokers, accountants, lawyers and regulators.

For registrations call Jane on 0770715595 or John on 0706420642.