ISC2 SECURE Asia Pacific 2023: Experts Assess the Challenge of AI and the Workforce Growth Opportunity

nnTomorrow’s two-day conference provides members and attendees with a deepndive into some of the key cybersecurity concerns across the Asia Pacificnregion.nn

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nThennISC2 SECURE Asia Pacificnnconference on December 6-7 at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Convention Centrenis happening at a critical moment in this geography’s cybersecurityndevelopment.n

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nAccording to thenn2023 ISC2 Workforce Study, the Asia Pacific workforce grew by 11.8% to 960,231, a record high, withnJapan showing the highest growth rate of any country measured in the Studynat 23.8%. Despite this demand, the region’s workforce gap rose 23.4% to 2.67nmillion, making APAC the largest contributor to the nearly 4 million globalnworkforce gap while also underlining the huge opportunity and need fornworkforce and skills growth.n

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nThe two-day ISC2 SECURE Asia Pacific event provides the perfect opportunitynfor ISC2 members and cybersecurity professionals from across the countriesnof the region to tap into the latest thinking of industry experts as well asnnetwork with their peers. ISC2 members can also earn up to 11 CPE creditsnacross the two days of the event.n

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nTopics aired at ISC2 SECURE Asia Pacific will explore prominent themes,nincluding:n

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• n The growing role of AI in cyber-defensen
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• n Addressing the workforce and skills gap in APACn
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• n Why cybersecurity should pay attention to disinformation and ‘cognitiven hacking’n
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• n The realities of achieving cybersecurity resiliencen
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• n Managing cyber-risk using frameworks such as NISTn
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• n The evolution of cloud access controlsn
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Keynotes

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nThe day one keynote will be a presentation by Francesca Bosco,ChiefnStrategy and Partnerships Officer for the CyberPeace Institute, who willnexplore how cybersecurity is evolving from being a technical issue to one ofnpublic good and social resilience. For that reason, closing the workforcengap across Asia Pacific will be critical to future economic stability,nespecially in the public sector. Bosco will share insights on why diversitynwill also be important, not only to expand the available talent pool but tonallow cybersecurity to reflect the community it must protect.n

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nIn the day two keynote, Ivo Peixinho, Head of Cybercrime Intelligence Unitnat INTERPOL, will give an address on the topic of cybercrime and the role ofncomputer forensics in combating it.n

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Day One Sessions

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nAfter the keynote, attendees will have a choice of sessions, the first ofnwhich is a presentation by Steven Coomber, Senior Manager Cyber of SynergynGroupon how attackers are looking to exploit psychologicalnweaknesses in nation states and organizations. The spearhead for this arendisinformation campaigns and social media manipulation, which are proving tonbe an effective way to sow social discontent. Often ignored or unseen, willnnew regulations and intervention by big tech be enough to address thisntactic?n

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nIlia Tivin,CISSP-ISSMP, Managing Director of Locked Jarnwill look at how traditional Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is giving waynto Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) in cloud native infrastructure, andnthe advantages of the latter over the former in terms of security describednin real-world examples.n

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nAfter lunch, a CISO panel session entitlednnEmerging Technologies and Their Effect on The Security Landscapennwill be an opportunity for a range of experts to assess the impact ofnemerging technologies such as AI, the ability of regulation and frameworksnto keep up with this development, and whether automation can help bridge thenskills and workforce gap. Featured speakers are Daryl Pereira, APAC CISO,nGoogle; Thomas Kok, Group Head of Information Security & Digital RisknManagement (ISDRM) for OCBC Bank; Pei Yuen Wong, Group CISO and VicenPresident, Group Cyber Resilience, Singtel; and Shao Fei Huang, CISSP-ISSMP,nGroup CISO, SMRT Corporation.n

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Day Two Sessions

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nArjun Narayanan, Product Security Architect for Keysight Technologies, andnSiowTien Lee, Technology Risk Governance Practitioner, will lead a panelndiscussion on the topic of young professionals entering cybersecurity. Theynwill outline what encouraged them to enter the field, what goals they thinknthe young might have as they develop, and how easy it is to attract thentalent needed to bridge the APAC cybersecurity workforce gap.n

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nEdward Farrell, CISSP, SSCP, Director & Principal Consultant, MercurynInformation Security Services and ISC2 Board Memberwillnoffer insights gained during 15 years of involvement in penetration testingnand red teaming on how organizations should model the behavior of threatnactors through real-world scenarios. This will include looking at thenevolution of threat modeling, his experiences in the field, and how tonassess what can and can’t be delivered by this modus operandi.

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• Then n full agenda and event informationn n for ISC2 SECURE Asia Pacific can be found here.
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• Register your interestn n in ISC2 Security Congress 2024 in Las Vegas here.
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