Cyber-threats – How are they different across the sectors?

Paolo Miranda, Vice President, Partnership Director, (ISC)2 Singapore, moderated a panel discussion around “Cyber-threats – How are they different across the sectors?”

Panelists included:

David Gee, Head of Cyber Security (regional CISO), HSBC
Amanda Bluett, Head Cyber Defence and Assurance, CBRE
Ganesh Krishnaswamy, Chief Information Officer, NatSteel Holdings

This panel discussion addressed:

  • How are the cyber-threats different across the sectors? Do we see cross sector threats, do we have cases where as an example the FI sector gets hit first followed by the other sectors? Alternatively, do we have cases where the non-FI sector acts as a ‘test-bed’ for the treat-actors, before the actual attack on the FIs.
  • How could the sectors be working closer together, to share threat-indicators, and work cohesively?
  • Are regulators helping the FI sector, by pulling up the level of security hygiene? Should other regulators follow suit?
  • How are privacy laws different across the sectors, and how challenging has it been to implement PDPA or GDPR or other laws?
  • Insider threats versus cyber threats, what are the main pain areas across the sectors?

ABOUT DAVID GEE
David is Head of Cybersecurity for HSBC Asia Pacific. He has worked on transformation from the CIO position for the last 19 years. Before joining HSBC, David was CIO and SVP at Metlife Japan, responsible for 8 million customers for the insurer’s largest retail market. David won CIO of the Year 2014, at Credit Union of Australia for successfully completing a large transformation programme that delivered new Core Banking, Online and Mobile Banking systems along with a total infrastructure revamp. David has a strong fintech background. He has been an advisor to many startups and consulted for VC firms. He has also been a partner-level IT consultant with KPMG, EY and ICG. David has been a regular writer for numerous IT publications including CIO Australia, Computerworld, ITNews and CSO (Cyber Security) magazines.

ABOUT AMANDA BLUETT
Amanda is an enthusiastic Information System Risk and Security practitioner. She has 18 years experience and have been involved in assisting some of the world’s largest businesses in all areas of the cyber security realm. Specialty areas include investigations, mobile forensics, internet intelligence, information system audit, information system analysis and risk management, information system security architecture, information governance and management, eDiscovery, security strategy, and enterprise security.

ABOUT GANESH KRISHNAWAMY
Ganesh has 19+ years of experience in IT, spanning global MNC’s across-industries covering, CPG, Telecommunication and Metals. He is passionate about providing best-in-class IT services that deliver a competitive advantage to the business and enable business growth. As the CIO for NatSteel he is also responsible for enabling the strategic objective of the organization to “Go Digital”.

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