Webinar: Towards a Resilient Cyberspace in Southeast Asia

June 28, 2023 1030 - 1300 (GMT +8) Virtual

Background
Cyber security is frequently seen as a one-time investment endeavour, with approaches to securing systems left to oversight mechanisms that are sporadic and intermittent. Malaysia’s experience with data breaches signifies threats are becoming sophisticated. For instance, in November 2022, AirAsia was hit by ransomware that jeopardised the personal information of five million passengers. Such instances of ransomware indicate organised criminal behaviour eased by availability of criminal software online. Further, such data breaches occur due to lapses in processes which could leave vulnerabilities undiscovered. Cyber resilience is a necessary concept for the management of cyber security, especially to adopt approaches that could address continuously developing threats.

About the Webinar
In collaboration with Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, the Tech for Good Institute would like to warmly invite you to our Research Dialogue on Towards a Resilient Cyberspace in Southeast Asia.

The session will feature a research presentation by Keith Detros, Programme Lead at Tech for Good Institute where he will introduce a conceptual framework on cyber resilience, offer a landscape overview of cyber resilience in the region, and discuss actionable recommendations from academics, policymakers and businesses. The session will end with a panel discussion on Improving Cyber Resilience in Malaysia.

Programme

1030

Welcoming remarks
ISIS Malaysia

Opening remarks
Dr Ming Tan
Executive Director
Tech for Good Institute

1045

Towards a Resilient Cyberspace in Southeast Asia

Scene Setter Presentation
Keith Detros
Programme Lead
Tech for Good Institute

Presenter
Farlina Said
Senior Analyst
ISIS Malaysia

Discussant
Shariffah Rashidah Syed Othman
Senior Principal Assistant Director
Chief Executive’s Office
National Cyber Security Agency

1145
Break
1155

Panel Discussion: Improving Cyber Resilience in Malaysia

Moderator
Dr Rachel Gong
Deputy Director of Research
Khazanah Research Institute (KRI)

Panellist
Keith Detros
Programme Lead
Tech for Good Institute

Panellist
Shariffah Rashidah Syed Othman
Senior Principal Assistant Director
Chief Executive’s Office
National Cyber Security Agency

Panellist
Farlina Said
Senior Analyst
ISIS Malaysia

Panellist
Jean F Queralt
Founder and CEO
The IO Foundation

Q & A

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is founding Executive Director for the Tech for Good Institute, a non-profit founded to catalyse research and collaboration on social, economic and policy trends accelerated by the digital economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide.  Her research interests lie at the intersection of technology, business and society, including sustainability and innovation.

 

Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, which supports Singapore’s future growth as a global innovation hub for intellectual property creation, commercialisation and management. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group and the founding Executive Director of COMO Foundation, a grantmaker focused on gender equity that has served over 47 million women and girls since 2003.

 

As a company director, she lends brand and strategic guidance to several companies within the COMO Group. Ming also serves as a Council Member of the Council for Board Diversity, on the boards of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

In the non-profit, educational and government spheres, Ming is a director of COMO Foundation and Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) and chairs the Asia Advisory board for Swiss hospitality business and management school EHL. She also serves on  the Council for Board Diversity and the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

 

Ming was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.