Knowledge that builds resilience.
A shared platform for business leadership, security expertise, and a safer digital future for Sri Lanka.
Bringing cyber risk
into the boardroom.
Launched by CICRA and Daily FT in 2013, the summit series creates space for practical learning and informed leadership.
Its formats have included a full-day conference, a CEO Forum, practical Night Hack demonstrations, and youth-focused events. The initiative connects international expertise with the needs of Sri Lankan organisations.
The summit’s purpose is to improve cybersecurity awareness and share practices for assessing, managing, and strengthening organisational information security.
Edition 1
Daily FT and CICRA launched the summit series with EC-Council support, combining a leadership forum, full-day summit, and Night Hack.
Edition 2
The second summit brought international and local experts together to discuss national and enterprise cyber risk.
Edition 3
The third summit explored security architecture, cybercrime law, mobility, and practical organisational defence.
Edition 4
The fourth annual summit continued the CEO forum, day conference, and Night Hack format.
Edition 5
The fifth edition brought ethical hacking, a day conference, Night Hack, and executive discussion together. A separate youth summit was held on 28 June.
Towards a Secure Digital Future
The sixth summit explored connected devices, financial cyber risk, data leakage prevention, and digital forensic investigation.
Prevent Tomorrow’s Threats, Today!
Digital intelligence, IoT in financial services, digital forensics, and security across social networks were central discussion areas.
Edition 8
The day conference and CEO Forum examined digital payments, digital currencies, network standards, and 5G security.
Edition 9
A CEO breakfast forum on 11 October preceded a full-day conference exploring payment card data protection, cloud security, and Zero Trust.
Edition 10
A focus on cyber scams, sensitive information, and organisational resilience, with a CEO Forum on boardroom preparedness.
AI & Cybersecurity: Proactive Defence for the Future
Exploring artificial intelligence as both an emerging cyber risk and a tool for proactive defence.