HSBC joins EC-Council Cyber Security Summit as official bank

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HSBC has joined the ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2013’ on 25 June in Sri Lanka as the official bank. The summit will comprise a breakfast meeting with CEOs of top corporations and senior officials of the Government, Cyber Security Summit for IT professions targeting senior officials from the corporate and Government sectors and a ‘Night Hack’ evening informative session with live demonstrations on vulnerabilities. The summit will feature top international IT security experts including EC-Council President Jay Bavisi and local and foreign experts who have

worked with the Interpol and Fortune 500 companies. Titled ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2013’, the event is co-organised by CICRA Consultancies Ltd. –Sri Lanka’s premier cyber security education provider – and the Daily FT. EC-Council stands for International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants. “We are happy to have partnered this event, to help increase the knowledge and awareness on the increasing threat of cyber attacks and security that is beneficial for all organisations. As a global entity HSBC understands the importance of information breach, and hope this summit will impart key learnings and help build awareness on cyber security and counter measures in managing the risks involved,” James Rebert, Head of Cards, Products and Service of the HSBC Sri Lanka said. CICRA Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne said that they are pleased to see that HSBC has joined hands with ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2013’ in Sri Lanka. “As cyber security threats skyrocket and not even a day passes by without a cyber-security breach on a corporate or a Government entity on its IT infrastructure, there is a serious need to prepare against cyber-attacks,” Dayaratne said. “The main objective of this summit is to create awareness on the importance of Cyber Security and to provide top officers in the government, top private sector leaders, IT professionals with the best practices in acquiring, implementing, managing and measuring information security postures of their organisations and countermeasures,” he said. “The summit will also highlight latest flaws in information security that affects the global community including the corporations and the governments. Discussions and presentations will revolve around some of the most malicious attacks and potential threats surrounding the security field,” he said. “EC-Council is the world’s largest vendor neutral cyber security education provider based in USA. It is the owner and developer of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker course (C|EH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator program (C|HFI), License Penetration Tester (L|PT) program and various other programs offered worldwide,” Dayaratne said. “These certifications are recognised worldwide and have received endorsements from various governments including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill. Most recently, EC-Council has been approved and listed as a National Recognized Vendor by the Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS), and also been certified to have attained the NSA/CNSS 4011 training standard, a requirement for Infuse professionals working for the US Federal Government,” he said. “The Pentagon in US has also selected the EC Council as their training partner for Cyber Security,” he said. More details on the summit including registration process can be obtained at www.cicra.lk/summit. For registrations call 117209577