A host of corporates came forward to empower over 100 students from State universities with the latest knowledge and insights to cyber security at the recently concluded Daily FT-CICRA Holdings organised 10th Annual Summit.
The companies who extended support are John Keells Holdings PLC, Carson Cumberbatch PLC, Aitken Spence PLC, LOLC Holdings PLC, Bank of Ceylon PLC, Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC, Commercial Bank PLC., Sunshine Holdings PLC, Hatton National Bank PLC, AIA Sri Lanka, Elpitiya Plantations PLC, Brown and Company PLC, Ceylinco Life, Digital Mobility Solutions Ltd., and 99x.
The full day summit with foreign and local keynotes, guest speakers and panellists discussed issues such as “The rise of cyber scams and how to detect and prevent fraud; Data breaches and leakages: Protecting sensitive information; Cyber security in the age of AI: New frontiers, new risks, and Global threats and local impact: Securing critical infrastructure.” The summit with over 300 participants concluded with a night hack demonstrating some of the latest trends and threats. A forerunner to the summit was the CEO Forum attended by over 100 business leaders and executives.
Strategic partners of the CEO Forum and the 10th Annual Cyber Security Summit were Visa, Belkasoft, the platinum partners are Huawei and Google Cloud, Gold Partner is Sysco LABS, and Silver Partners are Millennium IT ESP, NCinga, and Just In Time Group. People’s Bank is the Banking Partner, LankaPay is the Official Payment Network Partner whilst Platform Provider is HashX. Electronic media partners are Sirasa TV, TV1, and NewsFirst, while the Podcast Partner is TechTalk360, and Brand Communications Partner is MullenLowe Sri Lanka.
