Sharing Session - "The Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of Cybersecurity - how it impacts our society, technology advancement, and daily lives"

Event: Sharing Session - "The Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow of
Cybersecurity - how it impacts our society, technology advancement,
and daily lives"
Date: 25 January 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Host: Professor Xiangyu ZHAO
Assistant Professor and Internship Coordinator, SDSC

Speaker(s): Mr. Henry NG
Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert
Director and Principal Consultant of KRIS Consultancy

In this sharing session, the speaker explained how cybersecurity has become an essential element in our lives as well as enterprises. He talked about how IT has accelerated the development in recent years, which has forced enterprises to go digital while creating new opportunities as well as transforming individual lives, who heavily rely on online world. But at the same time, such technological disruption has introduced many cybersecurity issues resulting in data privacy issues, data breaches, and security incidents. Not only are financial institutions concerned about protecting their digital assets against cybersecurity threats, cybersecurity can cause national security issues such as affecting critical infrastructure and even the political status of a country. Through sharing examples, speaker illustrated how cybersecurity can affect different industries. Fixing cybersecurity issues are complex and speaker tried to explain why and the difficulties behind it. Finally, speaker described several renowned cybersecurity frameworks and best practices which can be applied to many organizations. By attending this presentation, UG and PG students were able to better understand-
   • What cybersecurity is?
   • How cybersecurity affects enterprises? and
   • What possible solutions are out in the market?