Seminar on Issues, Concerns and Solutions on Data Protection and Cyber Security

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Globally, Threat Intelligence Systems have reported a near 40% increase in cyber-attacks since the start of COVID-19. The accelerated demand for agile and flexible work systems, with the necessity to ‘work from home’ and the use of Internet-based apps, have provided cyber-attackers an excellent environment to exploit financial systems.

The foundation of a financial system is trust. To win the trust of their stakeholders, financial institutions must strictly preserve their confidentiality. Increase in communications and technology interdependence within the Sri Lankan financial systems makes it more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. With Sri Lanka rising as a South-Asian and a Global financial hub, it will attract numerous cyber-attacks, due to the large volume of financial transactions.

The first line of defence against any attack is to detect and prevent it through continuous security monitoring of your information systems. However, in the event of an attack, the next step is the immediate recovery and to ensure business continuity by being back online. For this, organisations have to backup and protect data that is essential for business operations.

This seminar will introduce you to the proposed legislation on Data Protection and Cyber Security, whilst providing an insight into attacking techniques used by cyber-attackers. Finally, you will be presented with technical solutions which are currently used by global finance institutions.

The speakers at the seminar will be Thomas Peer Solutions – Australia CEO Udara Dharmadasa, Director/Legal Advisor ICTA and Chairman Data Protection Drafting Committee Jayantha Fernando and Founder DeltaSpike and EGUARDIAN Principal Consultant Shihan Annon.

Areas that will be focused at this seminar will be providing protection against faceless intruders, ‘cyber-vaulting’ in modern data centres and an overview of the proposed legislature and technicalities in cyber-investigations.

The seminar is mean for IT professionals of banks, finance and leasing companies, telecommunication companies, stockbrokers and primary dealers, other financial institutions, insurance companies and brokers, accountants, lawyers and regulators.

A special presentation on Australian migration opportunities for professionals will be made by Australian Business Migration Managing Director Manjula Kulatunga.

For registrations, call Jane on 0770715595 or John on 0706420642. Early registration is recommended, due to seat restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 health regulations.