Meeting Your New Cyber Enemies from Within – A Discussion of Nation States Sponsored Malware and Emerging Threats of the Net (12 Dec)

Meeting Your New Cyber Enemies from Within - A Discussion of Nation States Sponsored Malware and Emerging Threats of the Net

The Snowden leak and recent events have highlighted that cyber espionage and nation sponsored attacks are not fictitious threats. No corporation dares to claim it is exempted from the exposure to targeted attacks and surveillance. F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen – a world class presenter and security researcher, will be keynoting and sharing his experience as an Internet Evangelist on the latest threats to the Net -- What is the next killer malware? What can we do and protect ourselves and data privacy in the age of government data surveillance? Will we see more cyber criminals spreading malware that hold us for ransoms? How does Bitcoin, the digital currency, play a role in the underground economy? Following the keynote, is an power panel of top IT security leaders in Hong Kong and Mikko Hypponen, sharing their perspectives of emerging threats in Hong Kong and globally today and their advices on tackling them. | Date: | 12 Dec 2013 (Thu)
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Time: | 3-5pm
Venue: | Admiralty Conference Centre, 1804, 18/F., Tower 1, Admiralty Centre,18 Harcourt Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Language: | English
Fee: | Free of Charge

Guest of Honor Keynote Speaker Moderator

Mr. Victor Lam, JP Deputy Government Chief Information Officer, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Mikko H Chief Research Officer, F-Secure
Mikko H's Bio: Click Here | Chester Soong Convenor, Internet Security and Privacy Working Group, Internet Society Hong Kong
Panelists
Charles Mok Legislative Councillor (Information Technology), HKSAR | SH Lim Head of Information Security,
HK Jockey Club | SC Leung Chairman,
Internet Society Hong Kong