First-ever EC-Council Cyber Security Summit in Sri Lanka on 25 June

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As cyber security threats skyrocket and not even a day passes by without a cyber security breach on a corporate or a government entity on its IT infrastructure, the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) will hold a top cyber security summit in Sri Lanka on 25 June 2013.

The summit will comprise a breakfast meeting with CEOs of top corporations and senior officials of the Government, Cyber Security Summit for IT professions targeting senior officials from the corporate and Government sectors, and a ‘Night Hack’ – evening informative session. The summit will feature top international IT security experts including EC-Council President Jay Bavisi and Vice President Sean Lim and agents who have worked with the Interpol and Fortune 500 companies.

Titled ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2013,’ the event is co-organised by CICRA Consultancies Ltd. – Sri Lanka’s premier cyber security education provider – and the Daily FT.

“The main objective of this summit is to create awareness on the importance of cyber security and to provide top officers in the Government, top private sector leaders, IT professionals with the best practices in acquiring, implementing, managing and measuring information security postures of their organisations and countermeasures,” CICRA Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne said.

“The summit will also highlight latest flaws in information security that affects the global community including the corporations and the governments. Discussions and presentations will revolve around some of the most malicious attacks and potential threats surrounding the security field,” Dayaratne said.

“EC-Council is the world’s largest vendor neutral cyber security education provider based in USA. It is the owner and developer of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker course (C|EH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator program (C|HFI), License Penetration Tester (L|PT) program and various other programs offered worldwide.

“These certifications are recognised worldwide and have received endorsements from various governments including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill. Most recently, EC-Council has been approved and listed as a National Recognised Vendor by the Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS), and also been certified to have attained the NSA/CNSS 4011 training standard, a requirement for Infuse professionals working for the US Federal Government. The Pentagon in US has also selected the EC Council as their training partner for Cyber Security,” he said.

More details on the summit including registration process can be obtained at www.cicra.lk/summit.