Cyber Risk Meetup launched in Singapore

It was indeed a very special and exclusive evening in Singapore last night where nearly 70 guests were gathered and treated to the insights of industry experts, including an APAC Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer and APAC Head of Security Intelligence, as well as Ted-talk style presentations on ‘Phishing versus Vishing’ and artificial intelligence and how Cyber is evolving with it.

Cyber Risk Meetup has been launched in Singapore!

With thanks to the venue host, JustCo, the meetup kicked off with a panel discussion addressing the impact of Singapore’s Cyber Security Act and the key regional trends being observed. Cyber Risk Meetup Organiser Shamane Tan was joined by Ian Yip, APAC CTO at McAfee, Ricardo Gonçalves, APAC Head of Security Intelligence at Barclays Group and Prashant Haldankar, Co-founder at Privasec, now operating in Singapore. Ricardo gave particular guidance on what all businesses need to be doing, particularly given the third party risks that supply chains carry in cyber environments – it is not just the big end of town taking the threat seriously – the larger enterprises are now making their suppliers accountable. Also an extra warning to cryptocurrency traders to take special care with crypto-currencies and exchanges under sustained and sophisticated attack.

Noordin, CISO at NTUC Link delivered an entertaining Ted-Talk Session ‘Are You Feeding The Phish?’ Getting an awareness campaign into an enterprise is no easy task, however Noordin’s presentation showed it can be done, as well as the grave importance on getting staff and stakeholders to STOP clicking on those links and worse – freely giving out their credentials!

And to top off a great night of food, drinks and networking, the charming Charles Crouspeyre, Head of Accenture’s Artificial Intelligence ASEAN practice gave an eye-opening presentation on where AI is and likely to be taking us with his Ted-Talk Session ‘Cyber Security & AI: A New Paradigm?’ – hang on to your hats folks – AI is taking us to a realm of making the unreal appear real – Fake News is just the start of where we are likely to be heading.

Congratulations to Ms Yuk Lin for winning the evening’s door prize, a free conference pass to the RSA APJ Conference 25 – 27 July in Singapore – Yuk worked hard to win by being the most active Tweeter for the night #cyberriskmeetup – Congratulations Yuk! And thanks for the great and to quote “awesome” feedback!

Finally – a special thanks for the Platinum Sponsor – McAfee. We sat down with Ian Yip today to capture Ian’s insights to share further – Stay tuned on the Cyber Security Weekly Podcast

For all event pics visit the APSM Facebook page.

Speaker Profiles:

Ian Yip has worked with organisations globally on Cyber Security initiatives and projects. He has held a variety of leadership roles across Europe and Asia Pacific in some of the world’s leading companies, including McAfee, Ernst & Young, IBM, CA Technologies and NetIQ. In addition to being a published author, Ian has built, led and managed teams with multi-million dollar sales, delivered major cyber transformation programs & engagements, delivered keynote presentations at industry & corporate events, been interviewed & quoted in the media.

Ricardo Gonçalves joined Barclays in 2017 to head their APAC security intelligence efforts. Before that, Ricardo worked for the last 3.5 years with Commonwealth Bank of Australia shaping the internal cyber intelligence function and working next to the IR and CyberCrime teams. His tasks would range from executive communication to dissecting malware web-injects. A key aspect of his role was the creation of a solid (and fruitful) network between law enforcement, industry peers, and internal business stakeholders. Outside of work, Ricardo likes to contribute back to the community by volunteering his time to security-focused not-for-profit organisations.

Prashant Haldankar is a Co-Founder at Privasec which is an independent security consulting firm. He gained extensive IT security experience within Australia and internationally and overall has over 15 years of experience in information technology and information security. He has worked in various roles in Australia and overseas, in Senior positions for government, private sectors and consultancy firms to establish and implement information security strategies and frameworks.  He has planned, managed and developed security assessment and audit methodology in Australia and internationally to achieve security compliance objectives for global organisations. He is also a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Qualified Security Assessor (PCI QSA) and has successfully assisted many merchant organisations and service providers to achieve and maintain PCI DSS compliance.

Shamane Tan is the Cyber Security Advisor at Privasec, a premium Australian Security Consulting Firm and PCI QSA Company. In her previous roles, she has worked with exciting start-ups all the way to global organisations extensively across Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia. Shamane advises the C-Suite and IT Executives on the reality of the challenges they faced from the regulatory issues to cybercrime. This led her to take up this APAC role with Privasec and provide advice to businesses on uplifting their Security posture. Shamane has a passion for disruptive technologies and human factor and is the founder of the Cyber Risk meetups across Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. The meetups offer Security Enthusiasts and Executives a unique platform to impart and exchange innovative insights. As member of the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN), Shamane is also a huge advocate and champion for women in IT Security and is keen to encourage more people to take the step forward in the world of Cyber.

Mohamed Noordin has over 16 years of experience in diverse roles ranging from Cybersecurity, IT/Operational Audits, Compliance, Investigations and Forensics. He started his career with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and then worked in companies such as Ernst & Young and Barclays. He took up a role after as an expatriate with an oil and gas company in the middle east to help set up and formalise the Special Investigations team, which later became the Ethics & Compliance section within the Internal Audit department. Noordin came back to Singapore as an Associate Director with the Cybersecurity team in KPMG where he led cybersecurity services for the government sector and was also the privacy service line lead. He also headed the internal IT Security team as Deputy CISO and DPO in KPMG Singapore and its regional offices. At the start of 2018, he took up a role to head cybersecurity and infrastructure in NTUC Link, and concurrently leads the Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CoE) function in NTUC Enterprise across the group. Noordin is also the co-founder of PhishNow – a SaaS and subscription-based Phishing Simulator.

Charles Crouspeyre has 11 years of experience in the Artificial Intelligence field where he has successfully implemented Machine Learning solutions across multiple industries: Homeland Security & Military, Fintech, Advertisement etc. Charles has been living in South East Asia for the last 6 years where he has created 2 startups (one focused on predictive maintenance for the Oil & Gas industry – in Singapore and Indonesia, one on fraud detection and credit scoring for unbanked populations – in Singapore and Philippines). Prior to joining Accenture, he was leading the Innovation Centre of a multinational Advertisement company.

Privasec is a leading provider of Cyber Security Services to Government, Financial Services, Retail, IT, Health, Entertainment and Not-for-Profit sectors. Privasec GRC are the specialists in Governance, Risk and Compliance including ISO 27001, IRAP Assessments and PCI DSS. Privasec RED are leaders in Red Team Attack simulations, Physical Intrusions, Theft simulations, Open Source Intelligence Gathering (OSINT), Social Engineering, Phishing and Drone Security. We believe in partnering with our customers and building long-lasting relationships, integrity and care. We build our success on trust and are completely vendor agnostic. We hold numerous accreditation and are ISO27001:2013 certified. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland, we are on several State and Federal Government panels.

JustCo is Singapore’s largest co-working space in the Central Business District (CBD). JustCo was established to meet the growing demand for creative, collaborative workspaces integrating lifestyle, community and technology into the work environment. It offers an open and dynamic environment which includes an expansive common area for networking and collaboration, as well as a games room for clients to relax and unwind. Clients have the flexibility of getting a desk or a dedicated and secured studio space with access to all shared facilities.

McAfee is the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company. Inspired by the power of working together, McAfee creates business and consumer solutions that make our world a safer place. For businesses, McAfee helps orchestrate holistic cybersecurity environments that work smarter, not harder. For consumers, McAfee helps by securing their digital lifestyle at home and away.