Accelerating Digital Transformation

Chairperson’s welcome and opening remarks. 

• Incorporating IAM elements into the program such as MFA, to prevent ransomware attacks. 
• Teaching employees how to use programs correctly, so there is more awareness across departments. 
• Highlighting the importance of zero-trust architecture, policy-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Establishing best training practices for employees, so that insider threats do not occur. 
• Keeping your organisation protected against hackers once away from the office network, especially when working in public. 
• Remaining vigilant when using personal devices, as they could be more vulnerable to cyber security risks. 
• Emerging threats with mobile applications; which ones are becoming the most prominent? 

• Detailing the classes of cyber threat intelligence, e.g. Tactical, Operational, Technical, Strategic, and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), along with their specific advantages. 
• Collecting and analysing information successfully, using the best solutions, to defend against threat actors. 
• Utilising data effectively and informing the right people at the right time, to stay ahead of the game. 

• Protecting AI programs and ML algorithms from cyber security attacks. 
• Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance business decisions. 
• Focusing on the next steps for AI and ML in terms of digital transformation. 

– Explore the concept of a multi-cloud strategy, highlighting its advantages and distinguishing it from other cloud approaches.

– How to navigate the complexity of a multi-cloud strategy by understanding the challenges.

– How to optimise the success of a multi-cloud strategy.

• Information on major distributed denial of service attacks in recent times, e.g. Amazon Web Services and Google. 
• Differentiating between DDoS and DOS to eliminate confusion between the two. 
• Tips on how to apply fixes between your network and the threat actor. 

• Predicting new potential developments between cyber and the metaverse to solve real-world problems. 
• Information on virtual reality and augmented reality. 
• Common metaverse cyber security challenges when adopting to the metaverse. 
• Top metaverse platforms to know about in 2023. 

• Providing examples of deepfake technologies being used, and the harm caused. 
• How to spot a deepfake, the signs to watch out for. 
• Useful methods and frameworks which can be applied to combat deepfake attacks. 

• Developing a security infrastructure which is up to date with current organisational challenges and can monitor activity effectively, using automated tools. 
• Choosing a team who possess a varied skill set, to enable powerful threat detection and response. 
• Exploring the most common uses of managed SOC services. 

• Common TTPs when defending against ransomware. 
• Cyber security issues brought about by IOT, 5G, quantum computing, and AI. 
• Benefits of blockchain technologies. 
• Considerations when taking out cyber insurance to prevent attacks. 

• Understanding various cloud computing services and how they are used.  
• Discussing best practices within cloud security, in order to be proactive rather than reactive. 
• Choosing the right cloud provider which protects against misconfigurations, cyber-attacks, authentication, and access management. 

End of Day 2 – Chairperson’s closing remarks.