Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry, ICTA support Cyber Security Summit 2014

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The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology and the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) have announced their support for the EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2014. This year ICTA is offering its partnering in the summit for the second consecutive year. The summit will be held on 5 August in Colombo. It will include a Leadership Forum with CEOs of top corporations and a Cyber Security Summit for IT professions targeting senior officials from the corporate and Government sectors. In addition it will also have a ‘Night Hack’ – an informative evening. The summit will feature high profile international IT security experts including those who have worked with the Interpol and 500 Fortune companies.

Titled ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2014,’ the event is co-organised by CICRA Consultancies Ltd. – Sri Lanka’s pioneering cyber security training and consultancy provider – and the Daily FT. “Cyber security is an area of utmost importance for the Government since we have prioritised ICT-led development in the country,” said Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitya. The Minister pointed out that the Government has heavily invested on ICT infrastructure in the country and is very earnestly concerned about cyber security at every level. “Cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation and national level conferences and workshops like this help to shape the national cyber security blueprint,” the Minister added. CICRA Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne said that Cyber Security Summit 2013 was a tremendous success and that he expected this year’s summit to create more awareness in organisations on cyber security risks and how to mitigate them. “As cyber security threats skyrocket and not even a day passes without a cyber security breach taking place in a corporate or Government entity in their IT infrastructures, we are pleased to see that the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology and ICTA have joined hands with ‘EC-Council Cyber Security Summit 2014’ in Sri Lanka,” Dayaratne said. The main objective of the summit is to create awareness on the importance of cyber security among the relevant top leaders. It aims to provide top officers in the Government, top private sector leaders and

IT professionals with awareness about the best practices. Its goal is to provide this awareness in reference to acquiring, implementing, managing and measuring information security postures of their organisations and with regard to appropriate countermeasures. The summit will also highlight latest flaws in information security that affect the global community, including corporations and governments. Discussions and presentations will revolve around some of the most malicious attacks and potential threats surrounding the security field. EC-Council stands for International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants. “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.