Singapore Continues To Lead the Way in Asia in Judicial Blocking of Illegal Streaming Sites, but More Can Be Done

The Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) commends the Singapore High Court for its latest Order to block another 20 illegal streaming sites and associated domains responsible for the distribution of illegally streamed content in Singapore. Under the Order, Internet Service Providers must disable access to these illegal sites and their associated domains.

The Order is the latest in an ongoing campaign by CAP members, BBC Studios, LaLiga, the Premier League and TVB International, that has seen the blocking of hundreds of illegal streaming sites that were offering access to some of the most sought-after content including premium sports, drama and entertainment.

The Order comes as CAP releases its latest YouGov consumer surveys that highlight the effectiveness of site blocking, particularly in Singapore. “It’s no coincidence that after almost ten years of blocking pirate sites, the research shows that Singapore has one of the lowest piracy rates in the region, but given the inherent time and cost inefficiencies in the system we can only imagine how much more effective it could be if rights holders were able to block more often and at a higher volume,” said CAP’s General Manager, Matthew Cheetham. The YouGov surveys also show that Singapore consumers are being educated about the dangers and risks associated with accessing illegal content online. Cheetham noted, “In blocking access to these illegal streaming sites, Courts are not only protecting the rights of content holders, but just as importantly continuing to educate and protect consumers who are often unknowingly exposed to viruses and malicious content when accessing illegal sites, including malware that can access a user’s sensitive data such as banking details.”

Site blocking continues to have multiple positive benefits as the YouGov research shows that in addition to Singapore having the highest consumer awareness in the region of the dangers and risks associated with accessing illegal content online, it also has the highest rates of subscription to legitimate content channels. Cheetham further noted, “Protecting content and providing easy access to legitimate sources go hand in hand. There are now a multitude of ways in which consumers can easily and affordably access legal content, and in doing so protect themselves from the risks associated in accessing pirate sites.”

About the Asia Video Industry Association
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia Pacific. It serves to make the video industry stronger and healthier through promoting the common interests of its members. AVIA is the interlocutor for the industry with governments across the region, leads the fight against video piracy through its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and provides insight into the video industry through reports and conferences aimed to support a vibrant video industry.

For media enquiries and additional background please contact:
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CoriniumCorinium presents: CISO ASEAN Online

For the first time, cyber incidents, including data breaches, are classified as the most serious risk to businesses in ASEAN. In fact, the average cost of a single data breach to an ASEAN organisation averages at SGD3.6 million. Singapore alone saw 96% of its businesses report a breach between 2018 and 2019. *According to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2020

CISOs now stand at the vanguard of a business’ defence with the task to protect their most valuable assets – data and the cyber defence perimeters. To stay one step and more ahead of their attackers, CISOs need to know the best strategies, technologies and partners to prevent and rectify data breaches.

CISO Online ASEAN, a virtual forum taking place on 30 May 2023 is the one-stop platform you need to benchmark new best practices and drive change in the ASEAN cyber security community. Through an interactive, virtual platform, attendees will engage in the hottest and most crucial cybersecurity discussions through a series of keynotes, panels, interviews and other engaging sessions.

Join your peers and learn how to successfully implement effective cloud protection, mitigate third party risk, defend your virtual walls from supply chain and hybrid ransomware attacks, integrate a Zero Trust approach, identify breaches early, engage with the latest, emerging technologies, analyse the current ASEAN threat landscape, stay one step ahead of hackers and more.

2023 Key Themes:

  • CISO: how to keep up with your changing role
  • People: improving cybersecurity culture and awareness
  • Remote work & operations: embracing the future with confidence
  • Identity management: exploring access control, IAM, PAM, federated identity
  • Mind the gap: adopting effective incident planning and vulnerability testing and assessment
  • Governance & compliance: breaking through complexity
  • Cloud: how to protect data, applications and infrastructure
  • Supply chain: managing of your digital assets and services risks
  • IoT security: what it means to businesses

This event is Free – Register Today!

For Further details regarding this event and to register, visit our website: https://bit.ly/3zPHD8u

You can contact us at: info@coriniumintel.com

18th Edition of BFSI IT Summit: Singapore

The Singaporean banking sector has long been a powerhouse in Southeast Asia, playing a pivotal role in the region’s financial landscape. Trends in this dynamic industry have evolved considerably in recent years, driven by factors such as technological advancements, changing customer expectations, and mounting regulatory pressures.

The 18th Edition of BFSI IT Summit, is taking place on 12th May 2023 in Singapore. The summit will bring together thought leaders, and leading industry experts to share their knowledge and experience on the latest technologies and trends shaping industries in the region.

The Summit is taking place with the support of Singapore Fintech Association, ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association)Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

At the summit, you will hear from top IT experts on emerging technologies, strategies, action plans and best practices towards building an agile digital organization. We will have panel discussions, industry keynotes and solution showcases that will enable IT leaders to chart out the optimal strategic path.

The event will focus on topics like Web 3.0, Open banking, Implementing zero trust security, Fintech, Future of insurance and Vision 2025: Towards Digital Sovereignty.

Experts joining the conference are:

  • Arjun Chib, MD Global Head, Consumer, Private, and Business Banking On Boarding Operations Hub, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Reuben Lim, Chief Operating Officer, Singapore FinTech Association
  • Viren Mantri , CISO, SC Ventures
  • Sourabh Chitrachar, Regional VP Asia- Technology Strategy & Ops, Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Frankie Shuai, APAC Regional Information Security Officer, DWS Group
  • Qamar Saleem, Regional Manager Asia & Pacific, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation

The event agenda will focus on the following: 

  • Vision 2025: Towards Digital Sovereignty
  • Transitioning into the Future with Web 3.0
  • Cloud & Cyber Security the pillars of Technology in Singapore
  • A Leap Forward in SEA Open Banking Space
  • Fin-Tech as a gateway to Innovation
  • Customer Experience Powered by Technology
  • Singapore’s future of Insurance in a Data Driven World

The summit is expected to attract 120+ attendees from across the region, making it a must-attend event for everyone in the industry.

For more information and to register for the event, Visit: https://bfsiitsummit.com/singapore/

About Exito

We are a global B2B business events company focused on crafting bespoke solutions and contexts by designing platforms that create new business opportunities for our clients across concepts and industries. We cherish the trust over the last 12 years garnered from our partnering organizations globally, and with a growing team of young, vibrant, and creative individuals, Exito aims at success and perfection!

Contact: Mithun Gopinath
Manager-Projects
Exito Media Concepts
mithun.gopinath@exito-e.com

Health-ISAC Reached Over 8,000 Global Healthcare Security Professionals in 2022 With Targeted Alerts, Indicators, Intelligence Reports and More

  • 2022 Annual Report Exemplifies Global Collaboration for Resilience in Healthcare

Health-ISAC, a nonprofit, member-driven organization, has released its 2022 Annual Report, capturing the value it delivers to the global healthcare security community.

Collaborating for Resilience in Healthcare – 2022 Annual Report. Nautilus shell with healthcare, cybersecurity and Health-ISAC event photos inside the chambers

The report highlights the many important services delivered over the year, including developing a customized exercise program, publishing its first Annual Threat Report, devoting resources and expertise to Medical Device Security, and producing 275 Targeted Alerts, 87 Threat Bulletins, 144 Vulnerability Bulletins and 197 Finished Intelligence Reports among other vital information. In addition, Health-ISAC shared over 21,000 highly curated Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and 2 pre-public vulnerability notifications with its members.

“The 2022 Annual Report reflects the commitment to fulfilling our mission of advancing physical and cyber resilience in the global healthcare community,” says Denise Anderson, President and CEO, Health-ISAC. “I’m pleased to share the numerous and amazing accomplishments we have made as an ISAC and as a community over the past year. We truly are individual organizations coming together for the good of all.”

The publication is a quick read and documents relevant numbers, activities, threat operations, and events undertaken in 2022 as well as top incidents and vulnerabilities covered over the year. To learn more and download the report, go to https://h-isac.org/health-isac-2022-annual-report-exemplifies-global-collaboration-for-resilience/.

ABOUT HEALTH-ISAC
Health-ISAC – a nonprofit, private sector, member-driven organization – plays an essential role in providing situational awareness around cyber and physical security threats to the Healthcare Sector so that companies can detect, mitigate and respond to ensure operational resilience. Health-ISAC connects thousands of healthcare security professionals worldwide to share peer insights, real-time alerts, and best practices in a trusted, collaborative environment. As the go-to source for timely, actionable, and relevant information, Health-ISAC is a force-multiplier that enables healthcare organizations of all sizes to enhance situation awareness, develop effective mitigation strategies, and proactively defend against threats every single day.

Contact Information:
Julia Annaloro
Marketing and Communications II
contact@h-isac.org
+1-321-593-1470

SOURCE: Health-ISAC, Inc.

ScamAdviser Coin ‘Scams’ the Internet for April Fools

UK’s Companies House lacks safeguards to identify investment scams

To prove how easy it is for anyone to launch a scam site, the Global Anti Scam Alliance and ScamAdviser launched ‘ScamAdviser Coin’ in the lead-up to April Fool’s Day 2023. The goal of this campaign was to highlight the importance of forming better policies to combat scammers.

Investment Options ScamAdviser Coin

Last year, nearly 300 million consumers lost more than $55 billion, according to the Global State of Scams 2022 report. Especially, investment scams continued to rise, caused by digitalization, high inflation, and the increasing cost of living.

Within a matter of days, a website was set up that promised investors 100% returns in 14 days. Setting up the site was just $250, including purchasing a website template, registering the domain name ‘scamadviser.club’ and purchasing website hosting.

UK’s Companies House lacks a Due Diligence process
To create a sense of trust, a fictitious company named ‘ScamAdviser Coin Limited’ was registered in the UK’s Companies House Registry, using as Directors names the notorious fraudsters Charles Ponzi and Bernard Madoff for just $15.

This is possible as the Companies House itself states, “Companies House does not verify the accuracy of the information filed”. However, few, if any, people know that Companies House does not do any due diligence. Many people, especially from abroad, believe that if a company is registered in the United Kingdom, it must be legit.

Promoting the Scam on Facebook and Google
The fake investment website was even advertised on Facebook for a brief period before being reported by users. The ads were disapproved by Google’s search engine advertising platform, citing their policies regarding ‘Unacceptable business practices’.

Several ‘experts’ on a popular freelancing platform offered to help advertise the scheme on Facebook and Google. Their advice: You need to “warm up” a Google Adword or Facebook account. After three weeks and not using specific keywords like “coin”, it’s easy to promote any kind of investment scam.

The Result: $11,000 earned in 10 days
ScamAdviser Coin only has been up for 10 days. Many could not spot the signs of a scam as 144 users signed up to join the waitlist for the program, which was supposedly set to launch on 1 April 2023. With the users pledging to invest a total of $11,010, the scheme would have generated an ROI of 4400% for the scammer.

Jorij Abraham, General Manager of GASA, said regarding the campaign, “For only $250, you can not only set up an investment scam but also a legitimate-looking company. The way Companies House operates is hurting consumers. Many believe that a company registered in the UK must be trustworthy. Instead, it seems to be the opposite.”

About the Global Anti Scam Alliance
Our mission is to protect consumers worldwide from scams by raising awareness and facilitating knowledge sharing. The full article can be found on ScamAdviser ( https://pr.report/CEG9N2Wu) and GASA ( https://pr.report/cZbHvWtd ).

Contact Information
Jorij Abraham
General Manager
jorij.abraham@gasa.org

SOURCE: Global Anti Scam Alliance

First-of-its-kind study explores the minds of CEOs in managing cyber risk and provides a playbook on how they can improve

ISTARI, a Temasek-founded global cybersecurity firm dedicated to helping clients build cyber resilience, and Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford today revealed the findings of their joint CEO Report on Cyber Resilience. The report applies a top-management lens to cybersecurity risks and underscores the critical role CEOs play in building cyber resilience.

It shares insights from thirty-seven, one-hour-long face-to-face interviews with American, Asian and European CEOs whose businesses’ average annual revenue is $12 billion, employing an average of 40,000 employees. One-third of the interviewees are from Asia. Nine of the CEOs interviewed had guided their company through a serious cyberattack.

When cyberattacks happen, CEOs are inevitably at the centre of the incident and act as the face of the company. And in a cyber climate where cyberattacks have become a question of “when” and not “if”—with the Asia Pacific region facing the highest number of cyber-attacks in 2022—CEOs are naturally expected to take accountability when such unfortunate incidents occur.

What CEOs really think about cyber risk: secret fears, uncertainty and discomfort

Under the condition of anonymity, the CEOs spoke with remarkable honesty about their feelings, frustrations and regrets about cyber threats and security.

The CEOs acknowledged that they are formally answerable to regulators, shareholders and their boards for cybersecurity. Yet the majority (72%) said they were uncomfortable making decisions about it, often leading them to delegate responsibility for, and understanding of, cybersecurity to their technology teams, which can jeopardise resilience.

Co-author of the report, Dr Manuel Hepfer, Head of Knowledge and Insights at ISTARI and a Research Affiliate at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, says: “Many CEOs we spoke with highlighted the agonies of having to make existential decisions on imperfect information under extreme pressure in an area they lack familiarity and intuition.”

Four mindsets CEOs need to lead cyber resilient businesses

The study outlines four mindsets CEOs should adopt to build cyber resilience:

  • All CEOs interviewed said they feel accountable for cybersecurity. However, a parallel ISTARI survey of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) found one in two European (50%) and almost a third of US (30%) CISOs did not believe that their CEOs feel accountable. This gap in perception, according to the research, lies partly in the meaning of accountability: instead of seeing themselves as accountable – being the face of the mistake – CEOs should assume co-responsibility for cyber resilience together with their CISO.
  • CEOs should stay away from blindly trusting their technology teams. Instead, they should move to a state of informed trust about their enterprise’s cyber resilience maturity.
  • CEOs should embrace what the authors call the ‘preparedness paradox’: an inverse relationship between the perception of preparedness and resilience – the better-prepared CEOs think their organisation is for a serious cyberattack, the less resilient their organisation likely is, in reality.
  • CEOs should adapt their communication styles to regulate pressure from external stakeholders who have different and sometimes conflicting demands. Depending on the stakeholder and the situation, CEOs should either be a transmitter, filter, absorber or amplifier of pressure.

“Put down your phones”

Leaders who have endured a cyberattack feel strongly about helping others avoid some of the mistakes they have made. As one CEO said: “Whenever I speak to a group of CEOs to share my learnings from the cyberattack, I start by saying, ‘put down your phones for 15 minutes, you’ll want to listen carefully to what I have to tell you’.

Rashmy Chatterjee, a co-author of the report and CEO of ISTARI, said: “It is self-evident that the impacts of a cyberattack go beyond IT. But, as our research shows, CEOs struggle to know how to lead their organisations’ responses. From these candid conversations, we can better answer what their role should be and fill the gap in what CEOs need to do to build and command cyber resilient organisations.”

The second part of the report synthesises such advice in a playbook for CEOs wanting to build cyber resilience in their enterprises, laying out specific steps CEOs can personally take to anticipate, withstand, respond and adapt to serious cyberattacks.

Michael Smets, co-author and Professor of Management at Saïd Business School said: “The fact that all CEOs in our study felt accountable for cybersecurity, but less than a third of them felt comfortable making decisions in that area reveals an alarming gap. To build cyber resilience, CEOs must close that gap. This report offers a first playbook to help CEOs do so.”

To discover more about how CEOs can build a cyber resilient organisation, read the full report.

About ISTARI

Established in 2020 by Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, ISTARI has a unique model. It is an advisory practice, investor and educator through its Academy. ISTARI harnesses the collective power of the world’s leading cybersecurity companies, experts and knowledge to work alongside clients on their journey to becoming digitally resilient. The ISTARI Collective includes Sygnia, BlueVoyant, Axio, Ensign InfoSecurity (EIS), Claroty, Armis, Prevalent AI and Sonrai Security. Headquartered in London, ISTARI has a global presence in the US, Europe and Singapore. To learn more, visit www.istari-global.com

About Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford blends the best of new and old. We are a young, vibrant, and entrepreneurial business school deeply embedded in the world’s most prestigious university. We deliver cutting-edge education and ground-breaking research that transform individuals, organisations, business practice, and society. We educate people for successful business careers and, as a community, we seek to harness our collective expertise and knowledge to help solve pressing global issues such as demographic change, natural resource scarcity and technological challenges. www.sbs.oxford.edu

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Dazz Selected as Finalist for RSA Conference 2023 Innovation Sandbox Contest

  • Dazz Remediation Cloud platform recognized for its innovative ability to accelerate cloud-native remediation and reduce risk for security and development teams.

Dazz, the leader in cloud security remediation, has been named one of 10 finalists for the RSA Conference(TM) 2023 Innovation Sandbox contest for its work delivering the Dazz Remediation Cloud SaaS platform. Dazz will present its technology to a panel of renowned industry judges and a live in-person audience on Monday, April 24 at RSA Conference 2023 in San Francisco.

Merav Bahat, Co-Founder and CEO, Dazz (Credit: Netanel Tobias)

Since 2005, the RSAC Innovation Sandbox has served as a platform for the most promising young cybersecurity companies to showcase their groundbreaking technologies and compete for the title of “Most Innovative Startup.” The competition is widely recognized as a catapult for success and the top 10 finalists have collectively celebrated 75 acquisitions and received $12.5 billion in investments over the last 18 years. Dazz will have three minutes to pitch to the panel of judges before a question-and-answer round.

“The RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox contest is one of the most exciting highlights of the week as we get to watch 10 of the cybersecurity industry’s best and brightest up-and-coming stars shine on stage with provocative and cutting-edge ideas,” said Linda Gray Martin, Senior Vice President, RSA Conference. “The demanding challenges and threats we face are only getting more complex in both size and severity, and we need smart, determined and skilled individuals and companies to make an impact and help tackle what lies ahead.”

The Dazz Remediation Cloud is a SaaS platform that accelerates cloud-native remediation and risk reduction for security and development teams. The company’s patented Root Cause Analysis engine uniquely analyzes data collected from the entire architecture to learn which cloud resource caused the issue seen in the cloud security tool, trace the issue back to the pipeline that was used to deploy it, and discover what triggered its build. Through the Dazz platform, security teams can quickly uncover the commit and developer who applied the change, and then share root cause context for faster, more efficient developer remediation-without any changes to the architecture. As a result, teams are able to quickly uncover blind spots in the CI/CD pipeline, shrink alert backlog, and streamline fixes right in the developer’s workflow.

Dazz emerged out of stealth in December 2021, while announcing $60 million in funding. Its investors include some of the world’s most prominent venture capital firms, such as Insight Partners, Greylock, Index Ventures, and Cyberstarts. The company already counts 25 of the Fortune 500 as customers.

“We improve the lives of cloud security and development teams by taking the pain and inefficiency out of the manual remediation process,” said Merav Bahat, co-founder and CEO of Dazz. “Instead of chasing a never-ending backlog, security teams can now rapidly prioritize the issues that matter most and communicate fixes with context to developers. On average, our customers experience MTTR improvements of 90%, their security and development teams collaborate better together with less friction, and achieve zero criticals within hours.”

The RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest kicks off at 12:00 p.m. PT on April 24, and winners will be announced at 3:00 p.m. the same day. The panel of renowned expert judges includes Niloofar Howe, Sr. Operating Partner at Energy Impact Partners; Paul Kocher, Independent Researcher; Shlomo Kramer, Co-founder and CEO, Cato Networks; Barmak Meftah, Co-Founder & General Partner at Ballistic Ventures; and Christopher Young, Executive Vice President of Business Development Strategy and Ventures at Microsoft. Hugh Thompson, Program Committee Chair of RSA Conference, will return to host the contest.

For more information regarding RSA Conference 2023, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 24-27, please visit https://www.rsaconference.com/usa.

About Dazz
Dazz accelerates cloud remediation for security and engineering teams. The Dazz Remediation Cloud maps your code-to-cloud pipelines, reduces your security alerts to their key root causes, and remediates issues right in the developer’s workflow. With Dazz, you gain full pipeline visibility, cut through alert noise, increase the value of existing tools, and shrink your risk window by reducing time to remediate. Visit us at dazz.io and follow us on Twitter at @dazz_io and LinkedIn at dazz-io.

About RSA Conference
RSA Conference(TM) is the premier series of global events and year-round learning for the cybersecurity community. RSAC is where the security industry converges to discuss current and future topics and gain access to the experts, unbiased content and ideas that enable individuals and companies to advance their cybersecurity posture and build stronger and smarter teams. Both in-person and online, RSAC brings the cybersecurity industry together and empowers the collective “we” to stand against cyberthreats around the world. RSAC is the ultimate marketplace for the latest technologies and hands-on educational opportunities that help industry professionals discover how to make their companies more secure while showcasing the most enterprising, influential and thought-provoking visionaries and leaders in cybersecurity today. For the most up-to-date news pertaining to the cybersecurity industry, visit www.rsaconference.com. Where the world talks security.

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Health-ISAC Releases Annual Report on Current and Emerging Cyber Threats to Healthcare

  • Actionable intelligence enhances situational awareness for global healthcare security professionals

Health-ISAC, a nonprofit, member-driven organization, has published its annual cyber threat report on current and emerging threat activity in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Threat Intelligence.

The annual threat report enables healthcare security professionals worldwide to ensure operational resilience by enhancing situational awareness and strengthening their ability to detect, mitigate and respond to cyber threats.

Health-ISAC’s Current and Emerging Healthcare Cyber Threat Landscape report reviews and analyzes the cybercriminal, geopolitical and nation state threats healthcare organizations currently face, as well as threats on the horizon, such as product abuse and synthetic accounts. As noted in the report, an increase in connected medical devices also increases the attack surface of healthcare institutions. While newer medical device designs have improved cybersecurity controls, organizations must prepare for and defend across a broad spectrum of technology while also dealing with software end-of-life issues in legacy medical devices and the many cyber threats detailed in the report.

“Healthcare professionals can use the Health-ISAC annual threat report to not only stay ahead of the day-to-day threats facing the health sector but they can use the information strategically to communicate long-term challenges the sector is facing and help justify additional investments in cyber security spending and where more resources are needed – all in the name of improving patient safety and security,” said Denise Anderson, Health-ISAC President & CEO.

The report was published for Health-ISAC members only in February. A public, executive summary was released as part of this press announcement.

“While cyber adversaries continue to get more creative as shown in Health-ISAC’s annual threat report, simple attacks, like social engineering, are unfortunately still very effective. Information security practitioners who believed Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) was the silver bullet are now reeling from major breaches that leveraged social engineering and technical measures to defeat it,” said Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer at Health-ISAC. “All of this spells the need for continuous awareness – we need to stay on top of new threats and attack techniques, and most importantly, active information sharing that provides for community defense that will ultimately help improve the resilience of our healthcare sector networks.”

ABOUT HEALTH-ISAC
Health-ISAC – a nonprofit, private sector, member-driven organization – plays an essential role in providing situational awareness around cyber and physical security threats to the Healthcare Sector so that companies can detect, mitigate, and respond to ensure operational resilience. Health-ISAC connects thousands of healthcare security professionals worldwide to share peer insights, real-time alerts, and best practices in a trusted, collaborative environment. As the go-to source for timely, actionable, and relevant information, Health-ISAC is a force-multiplier that enables healthcare organizations of all sizes to enhance situation awareness, develop effective mitigation strategies and proactively defend against threats every single day.

Contact Information:
Julia Annaloro
Marketing and Communications II
jannaloro@h-isac.org
+1-321-593-1470

SOURCE: Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC)

K2 Partnering Solutions Acquires Openlogix

K2 Partnering Solutions, a provider of unique end-to-end consultative technology solutions in the enterprise application and software space, today announced its acquisition of Openlogix, a US-based technology consulting firm specializing in digital transformation and software development.

Openlogix, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a top Salesforce, MuleSoft and IBM business partner with over 16 years of experience in delivering digital transformation solutions such as enterprise application integration, Customer 360, and application modernization. The firm partners with customers in industries such as Utilities, Financial Services, Insurance, Technology and Telecommunications.

The acquisition allows K2 to expand within its current ecosystems and provides a unique opportunity to efficiently scale its delivery capabilities and further expand its footprint in the U.S., India and Latin America. Openlogix’s team of experienced consultants and developers will also enhance K2’s ability to deliver customized solutions to clients.

The partnership will create synergies and opportunities for Openlogix to gain market share and provide it with a global platform to accelerate expansion in North America and new markets.

The acquisition is K2’s 8th since December 2020 and supports the group’s ongoing strategy of growing its portfolio through complementary acquisitions in the consultative technology solutions space.

“We are excited to welcome Openlogix to the K2 family,” said Antonio Gulino, CEO of K2 Partnering Solutions. “Steve, Ramani and the talented Openlogix team have built a great company. Their expertise and experience in digital transformation will strengthen our ability to provide innovative solutions to our clients around the world.”

“Our goal has always been to successfully carry out digital transformations for businesses of all sizes with a core focus on enterprise application integration,” said Steve Lokam, Founder and CEO of Openlogix. “Joining forces with K2 will bring about exciting synergies that will strengthen our unwavering commitment to deliver exceptional services to our valued customers.” Ramani Lokam, Vice President, Operations of OpenLogix said: “We are excited about the potential opportunities that this will bring to our employees. With K2’s widespread presence, it will create new possibilities for our partners and employees worldwide.”

K2 Partnering Solutions continues to support leading corporate enterprises seeking highly-skilled human capital and integrated solutions to develop, implement and operate critical technology and business solutions. The business provides an integrated end-to-end offering of Talent Solutions, Managed Solutions, Education and Human-Cloud Communities.

Contact Information:
Dylan Griffiths
Senior Vice President Marketing
dgriffiths@k2partnering.com
0203 893 4433

SOURCE: K2 Partnering Solutions

Jakarta gears up for improved Cyber Security at Trescon’s WCSS

Powered by CSIRT.ID, strategic partner Cyber Security Council and in association with APTIKNAS; World Cyber Security Summit, a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CISOs & IT leaders is all set to be hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia on 14-15 March 2023, at JW Marriott Jakarta. This two-day event brings together leaders in the field of cyber security from around the world to discuss the current challenges and future trends in the sector in what will be an elite gathering of the most influential cyber leaders and top technology businesses.

The constant evolution of cyber security attacks has made organizations worldwide vulnerable to cyber threats such as malware, ransomware, and data breaches, ultimately leading to significant losses. World Cyber Security Summit, Jakarta is a platform to share the best practices in cyber security and cyber resilience. The two-day event will tackle various topics, including discussions on emerging cyber threats, use cases from recent attacks, and the role of cooperation and knowledge sharing in preventing cybercrime. The Summit will also introduce attendees to next-generation firewalls as a means of future-proofing IT security. The goal is to equip organizations with the tools and knowledge they need to effectively combat cyber-attacks.

“World Cyber Security Summit is an important event for networking & knowledge sharing among cyber security experts,” said Hendy Harianto, Meratus Group, Group CIO

We are in an era where all types of data are available in abundance, in high data update rates and variations in size, type, value, and veracity. Without a strong mastery of data analytics and cyber security, it is impossible for us to get the best benefit from this condition,” quoted Ivan Irawan, IT DirectorCBI – Credit Bureau Indonesia (KBIJ)

“Cyber security is really about humans. Many technology solutions are essential to reduce the risk, but employees represent the greatest assets for the company and the potential greatest threat through it,” said Wahyu Prasetyo, IT & Cyber Risk Management, Division Head, PT. Bank Mega, Tbk

An excellent line-up of speakers will share their strategic insights with attendees on the most recent developments. Some of these speakers include:

  • E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government
  • Reza Pramono, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Transformation Office, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia
  • Intan Rahayu, Director of Cyber Security and Cryptography for Industrial Sector, National Cyber and Crypto Agency
  • Bisyron Wahyudi, Vice Chairman of the Board, CSIRT.ID
  • Fanky Christian, Secretary General, Nasional – Indonesian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Business Association
  • Arif Ilham Adnan, ST., MBA., MSC, Deputy Chairman and Founder, Association of Digital Leader Indonesia, Chairman of Permanent Committee, Jakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Indonesia
  • Juan Intan Kanggrawan, Head of Product, Data, Tribe, National Ministry (GovTech) & Smart Cities
  • Pratama Persadha, Chairman, CISSReC
  • Monika Suharko, Person-In-Charge, National Data Centre, Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Republic of Indonesia
  • Edmund Situmorang, Group Chief Technology Officer, Asian Bulk Logistics
  • Hendy Harianto, Group CIO, Meratus Group
  • Mohd Fadhly Mohd Hassim, Senior Security Engineer- Malaysia and Indonesia, SentinelOne
  • Ivan Irawan, IT Director, CBI – Credit Bureau Indonesia (KBIJ)
  • Raditio Ghifiardi, Vice President of Information Security & Compliance, Smartfren Telecom Tbk
  • Andang Nugroho, President, ISC2 Jakarta Chapter
  • Muhammad Salahuddien Manggalanny, Deputy Director of Operations, Cyber Security Independence Resilience Team of Indonesia [CSIRT.ID]
  • Yohannes Glen, VP Head of IT Security, INDODAX – Indonesia Digital Asset Exchange
  • Krisnanto Padra, Head of Information Security, Bluebird Group
  • Andrew Duck, CEO, GuardRails
  • Hans Iandy, Head of Compliance and Information Security, Sinar Mas Land
  • Oliver Valentino, Head of Cyber Security, Amar Bank
  • Muhammad Arif, Chairman, APJII
  • Wahyu Agung Prasetyo, IT & Cyber Risk Management, Division Head, PT. Bank Mega, Tbk.
  • Joko Indriyatno Umar, CEO & Founder and Managing Director & Co-Founder, Sinergi Mutual Globalindo and Celebessi Metalindo Utama
  • Makhadir Mukhamad, IT, Cyber & Digital Risk Head, PT. Bank Tabungan Negara
  • Indra S Adillah, Head of ICT, PT Indonesia AirAsia
  • Lukas, Co-founder and Chairperson, Indonesia AI Society
  • Rajesh-Grover, Group VP- Digital and Omnichannel, Kanmo Group
  • Antonius Ruslan, VP Information Security and Data Privacy, Halodoc
  • Muhammad Reza Pahlevi, VP Digital Risk Strategy, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
  • Jonathan Jackson, Director Sales Engineering APJ, BlackBerry Cybersecurity
  • Faran Gunawan, Country Lead Territory Business, F5
  • Ichwan Peryana, Co-founder & CTO, Pinjam Modal
  • Johnson Lopulisa, Head of IT, The Jakarta Post
  • Brijesh Mishraa (BEN), Sales Head – APAC and Middle East, Senhasegura
  • Rendy Darmawidjaja, Field CISO, PT. Systema Global Solusindo
  • Ali Kerkour, Sales Engineer – APAC, Gatewatcher
  • Cameron Townshend, Principal Architect, Sonatype

“Regardless of the industry, cyber security has become a critical component of how all organizations operate. Through the World Cyber Security Summit, we hope to provide a stage for thought leaders and innovative solution providers to present strategies for identifying cyber vulnerabilities and fortifying businesses against them,” quoted Naveen Bharadwaj, Group CEO, Trescon.

Sponsors & Partners of World Cyber Security Summit include:

Supporting Partner: CSRIT ID
Strategic Partner: Cyber Security Council
Association Partner: APTIKNAS
Community Partner: Cyberverse Foundation
Gold Sponsors: SentinelOne | Blackberry Cyber security
Silver Sponsors: Guardrails | F5 | Gatewatcher
Bronze Sponsors: Appsealing | CloudSEK | CDNetworks | Senhasegura | Recorded Future | CSC | Orca Security | Skyflow – FUTR | Stellar Cyber – Alfa Siber | L7 Defense
Broadcast Partner: Metro Globe Network

About Trescon

Trescon is a global business events and consulting firm that provides a wide range of business services to a diversified client base. Trescon is founded and managed by a group of specialists with more than 8 decades of combined expertise in successfully developing business events, trainings and consulting for corporates, governments, associations and high-net-worth individuals across the world. With a deep understanding of the realities and requirements of the growth markets we operate in – we strive to deliver innovative and high-quality business platforms for our clients.


For further details about the announcement, please contact:
Nupur Aswani
Head – Media, PR and Corporate Communications, Trescon
+91 95559 15156 | media@tresconglobal.com