CTO Cyber Security Conference Key Note Address by UK Security Minister
CTO-CybersecurityForum-2010-Daisy francis
1. Strengthening Cooperation Between Nations to Better Prevent and Defend Against Cyber Threats Daisy Francis Manager, International Cooperation 18 June 2010
2. Issues and Challenges Cyber laws between nations are not harmonised Many developing nations do not have effective mechanism in handling cyber incidents Cybersecurity is a dynamic field – lack of information security professionals and skills Evolving cyber threats - The threat landscape has evolved Attacks are focused and targeted Attacks are motivated by financial gains Criminals capitalising on internet technology Lack of concerted effort - attacks are borderless and there is a lack of cooperation to effectively combat cyber threats 2
4. IMPACT The world’s foremost cybersecurity alliance. IMPACT brings together governments of the world, industry and the academia to operationalise cybersecurity initiatives across ITU’s 191 Member States. 4
5. Global Coalition Industry Experts Academia International Bodies Think Tanks IMPACT’s Global Alliances Expertise Technology Skills Resources Experience Cybersecurity services 191 Partner Countries 5
12. IMPACT International Advisory Board Dr. HamadounTouré Secretary General of International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Prof. Fred Piper Cryptologist, Group Founder of the Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London Eugene Kaspersky Founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab John W. Thompson Chairman of Symantec Corporation Steve Chang Founder and Chairman of Trend Micro MikkoHypponen Chief Research Officer of F-Secure Ayman Hariri Chairman of Oger Systems 10
39. Cybersecurity Workshop IMPACT conducted cybersecurity workshop for East Africa and West Africa East Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia West Africa - Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal Session conducted in Kampala, Uganda Session conducted in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 21
40. Training & Skills Development IMPACT-Microsoft Network Forensics & Investigation Course – Brunei Darussalam Closed session for law enforcement agencies – 5 countries IMPACT Network Forensics Course – IMPACT Global HQ, Malaysia Class conducted for 22 participants from 5 countries 22
41. Training & Skills Development IMPACT-SANS IPv6 Security Training at IMPACT Global HQ, Malaysia Training conducted by Dr Johannes Ullrich (SANS) – 72 participants 23
42. Partner Engagement IMPACT-Trend Micro seminar on “The Botnet Storm: Challenges & Global Cooperation” Session conducted by Raimund Genes, CTO of Trend Micro IMPACT-Kaspersky Seminar on Formulating Effective Global Counter-Phishing Efforts Session conducted by Michael Molsner, Malware Analyst, Kaspersky Lab, Japan 24
43. Partner Engagement IMPACT-Microsoft Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Seminar at IMPACT Global HQ, Malaysia Session conducted by Angela McKay & Paul Nicholas – Microsoft Corporation, US 25