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PAST EVENT · EDITION 7

Prevent Tomorrow’s Threats, Today!

Digital intelligence, IoT in financial services, digital forensics, and security across social networks were central discussion areas.

201924–25 September 2019Cinnamon Grand, Colombo
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Prevent Tomorrow’s Threats, Today!

Preventing cyber threats in a fully digitalized complexed atmosphere appears to be an uphill task. In this challenging environment, mitigating cyber risks in financial services and prevention of data leakage are paramount. So, is the wholistic look at cyber security in the IOT era, especially when multiple social networks compete the sphere.

While preventive measures are utmost important, digital forensic dynamics play a key role in investigating and prosecution of cyber criminals.

Mesmerized with digital technology, many people are deploying IoT devices today at their living and work spaces at a rapid pace; but they often pay scant attention to the security of these systems. Unpatched and unmonitored IoT devices present attackers with opportunities to infiltrate networks.

Meanwhile, the advent of network-based ransomware crypto worms eliminates the need for the human element in launching ransomware campaigns. And for some adversaries, the prize isn’t ransom, but destruction of systems and data.

Self-propagating malware is dangerous and has the potential to take down the Internet, according to Cisco threat researchers. Adversaries are also becoming more adept at evasion—and weaponizing cloud services and other technology used for legitimate purposes.

Cybercriminals are also adopting attack channels that rely on legitimate Internet services like Google, Dropbox, and GitHub. The practice makes malware traffic almost impossible to identify.

Thus, the seventh annual Cyber Security Summit explores our path towards Preventing Tomorrow’s Threat Toda

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Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva2019 · Guest of Honour

Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva

WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, psc, Commander of Army

Sri Lanka Army
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Sam Bowne2019 · Keynote Speakers

Dr. Sam Bowne

Founder

InfoSec Decoded, Inc. - Defcon (USA & China) Speaker
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

Vipin Surelia2019 · Keynote Speakers

Vipin Surelia

Head of Risk for India and South Asia

Visa
About the speaker

Suralia is responsible for championing security in the industry and maintaining the integrity of the payments ecosystem for Visa. This complex and fast evolving ecosystem includes issuing and acquiring clients, merchants, cardholders, and service providers such as processors, device manufacturers, and payment gateways. Earlier, Vipin was founder Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for Paytm Payments Bank. Vipin was head of Products at National Payments Corporation of India before and has also worked with Reserve Bank of India, IBM and HSBC

Bhairav Acharya2019 · Keynote Speakers

Bhairav Acharya

Public Policy Manager

Facebook
About the speaker

Acharya works on privacy, cyber security, encryption, and emerging technologies at Facebook. Prior to joining Facebook, he was a Program Fellow at New America’s Open Technology Institute in Washington DC where he worked on transatlantic encryption regulation. Earlier, he was the Law and Policy Advisor for the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore where he led a multi-stakeholder project on future Indian privacy law

Ashraf Ali2019 · Keynote Speakers

Ashraf Ali

Technical Solutions Architect, Cyber Security

Cisco
About the speaker

Ali specializes in strategic projects involving cyber security solutions such as SOC for Enterprise, Managed Security Service Providers and IT Services Providers. He works with Big-4s and other consulting firms to influence and enable them on Cisco Security solutions. Earlier, he has worked with Tata Communications and Sify Technologies, leading engineering functions for their MSSP, Cloud and ISP engineering functions

Guest Speakers

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe2019 · Guest Speakers

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe

Senior Deputy Governor

Central Bank Sri Lanka
About the speaker

Dr. Weerasinghe is also the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Foreign Reserve Management Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He currently functions as Senior Deputy Governor supervising the Departments of Economic Research, Statistics, International Operations, Domestic Operations, Macroprudential Surveillance, Exchange Control, Currency and Communications. Prior to his appointment, he was the Alternate Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Dr. Weerasinghe has a Ph.D and Master’s Degree in Economics from the Australian National University and a B.Sc. Degree from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka.

Arthur Veinstein2019 · Guest Speakers

Arthur Veinstein

Managing Director

Cellebrite APAC
About the speaker

Prior to joining Cellebrite, Arthur held several leadership positions at Qognify, NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), Starhome Mach, Comverse (NASDAQ: CMVT) and other international companies. He brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience in Security and Telecom markets in the APAC region.

Tuan Tong2019 · Guest Speakers

Tuan Tong

Director

Kela Group
About the speaker

With a focus on technology evangelising and new market penetration, Tong is an expert in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for cyber security since 2010. Earlier, he served in the telecom and IT network infrastructure fields for over a decade.

Udi Shaked2019 · Guest Speakers

Udi Shaked

Chief Executive Officer

UDC Pte Ltd
About the speaker

With a focus on technology evangelising and new market penetration, Tong is an expert in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for cyber security since 2010. Earlier, he served in the telecom and IT network infrastructure fields for over a decade.

Panelists

Senior DIG M.R Latiff2019 · Panelists

Senior DIG M.R Latiff

Commandant Special Task Force

Sri Lanka Police
Jayantha Fernando2019 · Panelists

Jayantha Fernando

Director Legal ICTA

Chairman SLCERT
About the speaker

Dr. Weerasinghe is also the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Foreign Reserve Management Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He currently functions as Senior Deputy Governor supervising the Departments of Economic Research, Statistics, International Operations, Domestic Operations, Macroprudential Surveillance, Exchange Control, Currency and Communications. Prior to his appointment, he was the Alternate Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Dr. Weerasinghe has a Ph.D and Master’s Degree in Economics from the Australian National University and a B.Sc. Degree from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka.

Ayesh Ariyasinghe2019 · Panelists

Ayesh Ariyasinghe

Deputy Director/FIU

Central Bank Sri Lanka
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

Lal Dias2019 · Panelists

Lal Dias

Chief Operating Officer

SLCERT
Ramesh Shanmuganathan2019 · Panelists

Ramesh Shanmuganathan

Executive Vice President Group CIO

John Keels Holdings
Indika De Soysa2019 · Panelists

Indika De Soysa

Senior Consultant,

ICTA
Damith Pallewatta2019 · Panelists

Damith Pallewatta

Deputy General Manager Risk/ CRO/ CISO

Hatton National Bank PLC
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

Channa De Silva2019 · Panelists

Channa De Silva

General Manager

LankaClear
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

Conrad Dias2019 · Panelists

Conrad Dias

CEO, LOLC Technologies Ltd Board Member

LOLC Holdings Plc
About the speaker

Dr. Bowne is the proprietor of Bowne Consulting and an instructor at City College San Francisco, USA. Since 2007, he had been a frequent speaker at Defcon, world's largest annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, USA, where he has been honoured with Black Badge. He is also a speaker at several other top security conferences such as HOPE, RSA BsideLV and BsideSF. He has been teaching hacking and security classes for more than 10 years all around the world.

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