The traditional definition of attack vectors has not necessarily evolved. On the other hand, the methods, means and ease of access most certainly have. It is debatable whether it is now easier for exploits to reach the public domain, however their impacts leave little doubts. Ingenuous hackers, each with his own agenda, are constantly sharpening th…

Roghen Sabapathee, Director Engineering - APAC & Middle East, WinMagic Inc.

Opportunistic and highly profitable, digital hostage-taking using ransomware is now rapidly developing into a favorite technique of the strategic, enterprise-focused attacker. For a variety of end goals, be it hacktivism, nation-state revenge or financial gain, the methodology is simple. Quite often the first you'll hear of an attack is: "We have e…

Geetha Nandikotkur, Managing Editor, Asia & the Middle East, ISMG---Harshal Mehta, Regional Information Security Officer, Carlson Wagonlit Travels---Paolo Miranda, Membership Director, (ISC)2 Singapore---Robert Poh, Director Asia, Financial Services Information Sharing And Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), Singapore

KBA and simple password authentication are antiquated in the age of the data breach. With rapid global growth in online and mobile banking and the rise of worldwide real-time payments, financial institutions are implementing innovative authentication methods aimed at improving customer experience while securing evolving ecosystems. Yet these authen…

Tom Wills, Director, Ontrack Advisory Group

The old economy is made up of transactions - the exchange of value between two trusted parties. It's a question of trusting the person you're transacting with. It is facilitated by a physical trust ecosystem - bank branches, cheque books, EMV credit cards, cash and KYC processes that depend on a signature and a face-to-face check. The new digital e…

Zhifeng Koh, Senior Product Manager, V-Key Inc

The criminal underground harbors marketplaces where criminals coordinate sales of illicit merchandise and stolen data such a leaked credit cards, intellectual property, information, malware samples, exploit kits, etc. which professional cybercriminals use to target and compromise organizations around the globe. This session will focus on highlighti…

Christian Karam, Global Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Global Financial Institution

Enterprises are pouring billions of dollars into preventing threat actors from infiltrating the organizations. Yet, the rising level of breaches shows that dedicated threat actors will penetrate the organization. This suggests the problem is not a technological one, but rather one of strategy in dealing with cyber threats. This session will discus…

Ken Soh, CIO, CISO & Director e-Strategies, BH Global Corporation Ltd.

Mobile is quickly establishing itself as the payment channel of choice for a majority of Asians to conduct billions of mobile transactions in the coming months. As users increasingly adopt new payments platforms, including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, cybercriminals are devising new ways to compromise with new malware exploiting application vulnerabi…

Andrew Koh, Deputy Chief Manager, Risk Management, China Construction Bank, Singapore

Cyberattacks are coming from everywhere and targeting everything. Millions of new devices are being connected, providing larger attack surfaces for attackers to exploit. Sophisticated attacks are being devised every day to circumvent current security controls. Organizations are spending a lot of time and money in responding to cyber incidents post …

Kumar Ritesh, Senior Vice President - Cyber Security, Antuit