Defence Secy., CB Chief to headline Daily FT-CICRA Cyber Security Summit on Tuesday

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Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa will inaugurate the first-ever international summit on cyber security on Tuesday 25 June at the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, whilst Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal will be the Guest of Honour. Held under the aegis of the US-based EC-Council, the world’s largest vendor neutral cyber security education provider, the summit is co-organised by the Daily FT and CICRA Consultancies, a premier cyber security education provider in Sri Lanka. Given the widespread threat to cyber security, the thrust to enhance awareness and likely solutions to mitigate risks, 25 June will also see a Leadership forum targeting CEOs and a ‘Night Hack’ an evening informative session with live demonstrations on cyber-related vulnerabilities.

The full-day summit will feature top international IT security experts including EC-Council President Jay Bavisi, and individuals who have worked with Interpol and Fortune 500 companies. Several local experts will also provide key insights to dangers as well as preventive solutions. See details on p13 and for registration visit www.cicra.lk/summit or call 117209577. Breaches on cyber security have increasingly and more recently Sri Lanka had been identified as world’s eighth most vulnerable for attacks as the use of computers, internet, intranets, emails, social media, and mobile devices and overall technology grows rapidly. The threat of cyber security is no longer the area of concern for IT departments only but affects all functions in an organisation, all sectors across the economy and individuals alike.

In that context the three back-to-back events on 25 June will provide participants insights to best practices in acquiring, implementing, managing and measuring information security postures of their organisations and countermeasures. They will also highlight the latest flaws in information security that affects the global community including private sector corporations and governments. Discussions and presentations will revolve around some of the most malicious attacks and potential cyber threats. The EC-Council 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 globally and have received endorsements from various governments including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill. The Pentagon in US has also selected the EC Council as their training partner for Cyber Security. Considering the importance of enhancing awareness and available remedial actions at public and private sector level via the national summit, the event has drawn widespread support. ICTA has endorsed the event as strategic partner whilst international industry organisation Business Software Alliance is lending its support as advocacy partner. Cisco is the Principal Sponsor, Dialog Axiata is the Platinum Sponsor and HSBC is the Official Bank. The venue of all three events, Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, is the Hospitality Partner and Union Assurance is the Official Insurer. Creative Partner is Triad Digital and Electronic Media Partners are TV Derana, FM Derana and ada derana.lk.