The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting people around the globe: millions of people got sick, the global economic growth dropped by more than 9%, and we are in a horse race to speed up medical progress and secure vaccine resources.

But besides all these direct impacts, there is another massive, long-term impact that needs to be addressed. Industries as well as ordinary users across the globe are faced with new cybersecurity risks and threats that could significantly impact the way they go about their dailies. In this session, Martin will look at some of the new cyber risks, threats, and challenges the world is facing today.

Connected technology has permeated even into the most intimate units of human life, while simultaneously making strides in wider and more encompassing aspects of society. Today, organizations aim to remain at the cusp of the latest technological trends and developments to improve their operations as well as remain competitive and relevant in the global market. This transformation introduces an unprecedented level of convenience and functionality, but it also demands the prominent presence of cybersecurity in every connected environment.

In this session, Myla will examine how countries and organizations are being disrupted by a myriad of digital threats and risks, and why it's crucial that they reexamine their existing security architecture to make it robust against present cyber threats.

2020 has been a year of change far beyond even the wildest predictions. Besides the toll on our health, the pandemic has disrupted entire industries and fast tracked changes in digitisation that would otherwise have taken years to happen. This speed of change makes events and the ways we worked and interacted online in the past seem like a distant memory, despite being only a few months ago. If you want to confirm this time distortion for yourself, close your eyes and think of how long it feels since you last heard the words ... "Taal Volcano Eruption".

But Cybercrime is an industry like any other, and it too has experienced its fair share of negative impacts from Covid-19 ... and of course a rise in new opportunities as well. In this talk we'll explore these effects, the state of Cybercrime today, and predict (as best as we can predict anything in 2020) where Cybercrime will evolve to in the near future

Critical infrastructures and services are fragile. The pandemic has caused the world to work from home and learn from home - using the technologies that had actually been available for at least the past decade. Telemedicine, remote learning, and on-line education were among the early adopters of these technologies out of necessity. But even the Global 1000 businesses adapted and adopted quickly and have reported positive results regarding their increased productivity and meeting key performance criteria. And while our internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies are trying to build more capacity in the system, they are also experiencing more and more outages, knocking us offline when we need to be online. The supporting digital infrastructures are fragile and, in addition to glitches and outages, malicious actors are taking advantage of our increased reliance on digital tools and broader exposure to cyber risks to ramp scam individuals, ransom businesses, disrupt critical infrastructures, and attack governments at all levels.

Philip will share timeless principles that he learned in his over two decades journey as a cybersecurity professional.

His presentation aims to strengthen the mindset, persona, and posture of current and aspiring cybersecurity leaders in this evolving cyber threat landscape. Learning these principles can help cybersecurity leaders be consistent in decision making, opinions and recommendations.

Fighting cybercrime is a task that no organization can effectively do on its own - not law enforcement agencies, governments, or private organizations. This is because cybercrime is a unique breed of crime - the cybercriminal can be on the other side of the world, but a huge chunk of useful evidence and intelligence can sit on the logs of ISPs, hosting providers, and cybersecurity companies, among other entities.

In this session, Craig will discuss why it is crucial that law enforcement agencies and private partners collaborate in investigations to thwart cybercriminal operations and reduce the risks it could pose to ordinary users and enterprises.

Security incidents, data breaches, and the media: these three terms generally go hand in hand in today's world of fast-paced threats driven by highly motivated threat actors. In an incident, facts are uncovered that are not necessarily appropriate to be provided to the general public and, most often, are passed on via word-of-mouth. Such tidbits of information are often kept within the knowledge of defenders (blue teams, IT professionals, or incident responders) who are left to deal with these security incidents so that involved businesses can continue to operate.

In this talk, Jay will be discussing some key learnings surrounding the incidents he and his team had been involved in, giving a peek into the conversations he had with multiple business owners and top-level executives.