Several organizations are coping with early stages of post-pandemic economic recovery, while also factoring in the impact of breakthrough technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and a global economic downturn. A matter of particular concern is the rapid growth of cybercrime, as cybercriminals are boosting their attacks at an alarming pace.
Attending Palo Alto Networks annual Cyber Week ’23: Building a Secure Digital Ecosystem, Empowering Digital Transformation is critical. Whether it is infrastructure investment, accelerating the pace of digital transformation or developing a high quality digital economy, there needs to be consistent focus on establishing international standards for digital innovation.
What steps can ensure data security? How can we prevent data information leakage and illicit data exploitation in the region? How can IT teams protect their ecosystems as they rejigger their IT stacks? How critical is cybersecurity in the digital transformation of an organization?
Join us to discuss all this and more as we host this exciting event in a physical format after a gap of 2 years!
Ransomware attacks, supply chain attacks, state sponsored advanced persistent threats (APTs), and other cybercrimes are affecting organizations around the world, every minute. AI is changing the game for threat actors as well as defenders. Bad actors target companies, financial institutions, government entities etc with ransomware and other attacks, and AI techniques help accelerate the scale of the problem.
AI technology has been a part of effective security solutions for several years, and its deployment is expanding across IT and security organizations, enabling and enhancing security operations, threat prevention, health monitoring, IoT and more.
In today's highly interconnected digital world, cyber threats are one of the most significant challenges faced by organizations. It's essential to understand the latest trends and risks to protect assets, reputation, and customers. This keynote session will provide valuable insights into the latest threat landscape in Hong Kong, sharing real-life incidents and their root causes while offering strategic insights to prevent future attacks.
Our speaker will also share the advancements in cybersecurity architecture, highlighting solutions and best practices that can be employed to safeguard our digital infrastructure.
AI has already been part of our daily life without us being aware of it. It brings us risks as well as opportunities. Before ending the session, our speaker will highlight the potential risks AI poses to cybersecurity and the opportunities it offers in enhancing security measures.
Fireside Chat - Revolutionizing Business with SASE: Empowering Growth through "Digital Business" Super Charger
In today's interconnected and globalized business landscape, organizations face different challenges, such as operating across borders and modernizing the workplace to respond faster to business opportunities. To navigate these complexities and empower growth, businesses need to adopt a revolutionary concept that transforms the way they conduct business. In this session, Dennis will highlight examples of businesses that have successfully harnessed the power of managed SASE to drive growth and gain a competitive edge through best-practice implementation. He will explore how SASE, the "Digital Business" Super Charger, empowers growth and transforms cross-border and digital workplace scenarios.
After three years of the pandemic, business have reopened, and employee are returning to offices, which is driving fundamental shifts at the branches.
Hybrid work puts a heavy demand on rich collaboration apps.
Ever-increasing cloud adoption requires IT to simplify operations.
A distributed set of users, applications, and devices has exploded the attack surface.
Connectivity between China and Worldwide leverage SASE services
In this section, we will discuss how HGC-Palo Alto Networks SASE solution will uniquely positioned to overcome these challenges
AWS & Palo Alto Networks provide a comprehensive security solution that simplifies security management, provides advanced threat prevention capabilities, and ensures compliance across the entire cloud infrastructure.
The integration allows customers to:
Identify and remediate attacks, provides real-time threat intelligence and automated remediation, helping customers identify and mitigate attacks in real-time, before they cause damage.
Gain visibility and control, provides complete visibility into all cloud resources, applications, and data across multiple AWS accounts and regions, enabling customers to identify and remediate security issues in real-time.
Moderator - Wickie Fung, Managing Director, Hong Kong & Macau, Palo Alto Networks
Calvin Yu, Principal Solution Architect, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
David Lam, Chief Operating Officer, Kinetix Systems Limited
Harry Pun, Cloud Security Lead, Palo Alto Networks
John Cheng, Head of Information Technology, FWD Life (Hong Kong) Limited and FWD Life Assurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited
The reopening of Hong Kong's border is regarded as booster of the economy. Most business leaders are looking forward the rebound of their business. Yet most organization may have endured last few years by cutting extra resources to sustain the business. It could be a challenge in how to reinvest the resources in order to cope with post-Covid stage. On the other hand, cybercriminals won't stop exploring.
In this session, we will have industry experts to share their insight on how to adopt "Do more with less" strategy in dealing with following challenges:
-How to acquire and retain talent pool
-Best of breed vs best of platform
-Leverage AI/ML to optimize operation efficiency
The C-RAF is a risk-based framework for Authorized Institutions to assess their own risk profiles and benchmark the level of defence and resilience that would be required to accord appropriate protection against cyber attacks. PwC was appointed as an independent assessor for a large number Authorised Institutions (AIs) already since first C-RAF introduced by HKMA since 2016. In this session, PWC is about to share the insight on the regulations, its relevance to the cyber threat landscape and their Point of View towards coming Trend with evolving circumstances.
Are you ready to transform your security operations? Live a day as a Cyber Security professional, in this 30-minute session, you'll discover how Palo Alto Networks' security portfolio can accelerate your security transformation journey. Learn from real-world experience that deals with the challenges of securing networks & mobile users, endpoints & servers, gain valuable insights on how to leverage tools including but not limited to NGFW, Prisma Access, Cortex XDR. Don't miss this opportunity to take your security posture to the next level.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated and harder to detect. Traditional perimeter-based defenses are no longer sufficient to protect organizations from unknown threats. This calls for a more proactive approach to cybersecurity that emphasizes early detection and rapid response.
We will cover how Palo Alto Networks Cortex Xpanse, a cutting-edge AI-powered cybersecurity solution, can help organizations stay ahead of the curve by discovering unknown threats in their digital ecosystems. We will dive into the critical role of artificial intelligence in enhancing cybersecurity and explore the unique capabilities of Cortex Xpanse in providing comprehensive threat visibility and management.