Exciting updates, amazing turnout at CISO Singapore 2023

Thank you once again to Singapore’s information security industry for a fantastic turnout at CISO Singapore 2023!

The event was a huge success, with high-level presentations, engaging discussions, face-to-face networking and so much more!

One of the key themes across multiple sessions at CISO Singapore was the importance of collaboration and communication – be it with your stakeholders, other departments, or your partners. It is only through two-way communication and collaboration that you can truly showcase the value and protection that cybersecurity can offer to businesses.

The key takeaways from CISO Singapore 2023 are:

·???????Collaboration removes the fear around cybersecurity – get the organisation to see the value in what you do!

·???????Maintaining a healthy working environment and relationship among employees is a critical step in managing insider threat.

·???????Generative AI – seize the opportunities it offers but be careful of unknown risks and keep an eye on the changing landscape.

·???????Demos and drills are critical when preparing for a breaching incident.

·???????User education or enablement could change the mindset of organisations or people who think AI as a threat.

·???????Get the basics right – it is easy to get swept away with innovation and new ideas, but sometimes all that needs tweaking is the basics.

·???????Failure to plan is the plan to fail: Always be prepared for a breach and have your action steps and contacts ready.

·???????Having the right mindset: Continuously upgrade yourself to meet and manage new threats.

·???????The 3Cs in cybersecurity: Communicate, collaborate and coordinate. Getting people to talk to each other can be challenging, but it can also be the solution you need.

·???????Remember the 3Rs: Risk appetite, risk tolerance and risk capacity to make decisions for the business.

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Day 1 kicked off to an amazing start!

We opened with Tzer Yeu Pang delivering an insightful talk about how media manages cybersecurity crises.

Chris Wang followed up with a highly topical session on the top cloud threats of 2023 and what we need to do.?

?Next, we had the privilege of having Senior Minister of State Kiat How Tan deliver the opening keynote, addressing Singapore’s cybersecurity community.

SMS Tan addressed the risks AI poses, such as heightened malware risk, storage and data sharing management, the need to further protect cloud environments, and supply chain risks. He also spoke about the valuable resources provided by the government to support all organisations, from SMEs to major corporations.

Closing the session before the morning break, Maiwand Youssofzay shared his thoughts on protecting organisations against the dark side of Generative AI.

We came back with an all-star panel featuring Jenny Tan , Too Ping Tan , Sim Steven , Manan Leo Q. , and Thomas Kok .

The panel shared their thoughts on the advancement of AI/ML in cybersecurity and how automated tools are changing the cyber landscape.

The morning plenary featured fantastic speakers Nan Hao Maguire , Yaron Slutzky , Jacquie Young , and Andrew Kay .

In the afternoon we had the privilege of hearing valuable insights from senior speakers MARCUS Y. , Hed Kovetz , Daniel Toh, CISSP , Toh Shang Yee, Dr. hc. DBA FCIIS FBCS CCISO ChCSP CISM , Pedric KNG and Kelvin Lim .

The afternoon sessions rounded up Day 1, with Sanket Bhasin , Viren Mantri and Balaji Kapsikar , which each speaker sharing new and interesting insights into their respective topics.

Day 2 boosted a strong line up.

The opening session was delivered by Veronica Tan , who shared her insights on the new evolving threats and what should prepare to mitigate them.

We also had Alvin Tan and Pasi Koistinen share their thoughts on the value of time and standards and certifications, respectively.

Post morning tea, we had a great presentation by Lawrence Crowther on managing risk in cloud native applications, followed by an exciting panel titled ‘scenario setting for the panel: You received a call from your team that your data is found on the dark web. What do you do next?’ The panel featured insights from Chin Tang, T. , Frankie Shuai , Yogesh Madaan , Balaji Kapsikar and Jannem Y. .

Next, we had a presentation by Brett Winterford . Brett gave an interesting presentation titled ‘resist, how to achieve phishing-resistant authentication’.

Following, we had our third panel of the event on a critical topic, managing expectations from the board.

The panel featured senior level speakers, 黄韶斐 ???? , Fenil Pathak, CISSP , Joey Chua , Pritish P. , and Hed Kovetz , and the attendees benefited from great learnings and a few good laughs.

The final speaker before lunch was Saranga Rajan , who shared his thoughts on a key challenge in cybersecurity, which was titled ‘addressing vulnerabilities: The imperative for prioritisation and remediation.’

Post lunch, we had the privilege of an informative and energetic session by Anthony Lim on supply chain risk.

Our final panel of the event feature an excellent speaking lineup, Neha Malhotra , Sanjeev Gathani , Neha Agarwal and Bruce Leong on the topic “Foot printing your cybersecurity for stronger practices and secure innovation growth”.

We concluded the event with an interactive solutions clinic, which allowed the attendees to engage and interact with each other.

We had so much fun at CISO Singapore 2023 with meaningful discussions and insights-driven content showing us what cybersecurity leaders have been doing to protect their organisations.

I would like to end this year’s wrap up with advice from Thomas Kok , which is ‘embrace the technology, but be careful of technology infatuation risk’.

Special thanks goes out to:

Lead partner: Snyk

Platinium partners: Semperis , Wiz , Abnormal Security , Tanium , HCLSoftware , Okta

Our valued sponsors: Checkmarx , Illumio , Silverfort , AppOmni , Imperva , 新思科技 , CrowdStrike , Rapid7 , GitLab & Cymulate .

And as always, thank you to the Corinium team Rhys Ghorashi , Siobhan Hady , Bryane Kwok , Jacky Chang , Rusty D. , Alphy Nangani , and @Revelina.

Photography credit goes to Lutfi Hady at Moving Images Sydney .

Thank you so much for your support and see you next year at CISO Singapore 2024!?