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Conversations 1 – 46, 7 and 8 October 2020

Programme Guide


SICW Conversations 1 – 4The Series of four conversations feature policy makers, top industry players and researchers exchanging views

on trending issues such as cyber normative framework, ethical hacking, the role of the industry, and 5G.

SICW Conversations 1

Topic Has COVID-19 exposed the cracks in the rules-based order in cyberspace?

Date 6 October 2020 Time 9.45pm – 10.30pm

COVID-19 has been called the crisis of a generation, where the world has encountered challenges to fostering trust and

confidence at a time where countries urgently need to come together to collectively address the global threat of COVID-19.

Yet, opportunistic cyber threat actors continue to capitalise on the pandemic to launch malicious cyber activities on critical

infrastructure, including against healthcare infrastructure and research institutes.

This session will discuss the relevance and effectiveness of the cyber normative framework during times of crisis, and

explore ways which governments and non-State actors can do their part in contributing to cyber resilience and stability.

M O D E R ATO R

Dr James LewisSenior Vice-President and Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., US

Biography

James Andrew Lewis is a Senior Vice President at CSIS. He has authored numerous publications

on technology and national power. His research examines international security in cyberspace,

the geopolitics of innovation, and the effect of the internet on politics. Lewis was the Rapporteur

for the UN’s 2010, 2013, and 2015 Group of Government Experts on Information Security and

led a long-running Track II Dialogue on cybersecurity with the China Institutes of Contemporary

International Relations. He was a member of the Global Commission on the Security of

Cyberspace. Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce. He

received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is frequently quoted in the media and has

testified numerous times before Congress.



Topic Has COVID-19 exposed the cracks in the rules-based order in cyberspace?


S P E A K E R

Dr Lu ChuanyingSenior Fellow and Director of Research Center for Cyberspace Governance (RCGCG), Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Biography

Dr. Lu Chuanying is a Senior Fellow and Director of Research Center for Cyberspace Governance

(RCGCG), Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. He has experiences working for the

foreign ministry of China and China cyberspace administration. He was a visiting fellow of

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Oxford University (U.K.). Dr. Lu is specialized

on cyberspace governance and cyber security. He is the co-founder of Roundtable of Military

Cyber Stability, and the Editor Chief of Information Security and Communication Privacy. He

has published a couple of articles on the issues of cyberspace on journals and newspapers

including Cyberspace Governance, Cyber Security.



Topic Sleeping with the enemy? The role of ethical hacking in today’s digital society


Hacking occurs when unauthorised actors gain access to data in a system or computer, threatening the security of networks

and undermining data privacy. On the other hand, “ethical hacking” attempts to locate vulnerabilities and weaknesses in

target systems using the same tools as do malicious hackers, so as to lawfully assess the cybersecurity posture of these

systems. Given the need for a community of cyber defenders that share a common goal of developing a safe and resilient

cyberspace, ethical hackers serve an important purpose in today’s digital society.

This session will discuss the ways in which ethical hackers can potentially improve the cybersecurity posture of organisations

and governments, along with the limitations and motivations of this oft-overlooked community. Given that ethical hackers

employ similar methods as their black hat counterparts, the discussion will also examine the need for safeguards that could

be put in place to prevent collusive/corrupt behavior among hackers and explore the impact of ethical hacking on data

privacy and confidentiality.

M O D E R ATO R

Mr Gaurav KeerthiDeputy Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Biography

BG Gaurav Keerthi joined the Singapore Armed Forces in 1998 and was a helicopter pilot in the

Republic of Singapore Air Force. BG Gaurav held a diverse range of senior command and staff

appointments in MINDEF/SAF and the RSAF over his 20-year career. As the Head of Joint Plans

and Transformation, he developed the concepts for the Next Gen SAF, which emphasised digital

defence. In his final tour, he was the Commander Air Defence and Operations Command, where

he oversaw the networked operations and cyber defence for the RSAF. He was concurrently

the first Chief Innovation Officer in the RSAF, where he led the organisation-wide digitalisation

effort and cultural change. BG Gaurav is a member of the Singapore Administrative Service

and served in the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2008 to 2010 (and was part of the

Global Financial Crisis recovery team). He was the Assistant Chief Executive in CSA before his

current appointment. As DCE (Development), CSA, he oversees the cybersecurity capability and

ecosystem development to help keep Singapore’s cyberspace safe and secure.

BG Gaurav was awarded the SAF Overseas Scholarship and graduated from Stanford University

in 2002. He was awarded the SAF Post-Graduate Scholarship and Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship

and graduated with a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University in 2014, where

he received the Littauer Award.

Outside work, he enjoys reading, jogging, playing guitar, and programming. He was an active

volunteer in the debate community, where he helmed the national association. He has founded

numerous non-profit digital start-ups, and leads the national “TechForGood” non-profit

volunteer-run organisation.

BG Gaurav is married and has one son.



Topic Sleeping with the enemy? The role of ethical hacking in today’s digital society


S P E A K E R

Mr Jeff MossFounder of Black Hat and DEF CON Computer Security Conferences

Biography

Moss is the founder and creator of both the Black Hat Briefings and DEF CON, two of the most influential information security conferences. DEF CON just had its 28st anniversary.

In 2016 Mr. Moss joined Richemont, serving as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Board’s Nominations and Strategic Security Committees.

Between April 2011 and December 2013 Mr. Moss was the Chief Security Officer for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit whose responsibilities include coordinating and ensuring the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet’s unique global identifiers as well as maintaining the root zone of the Internet.

Prior to creating Black Hat Briefings, Mr. Moss was a director at Secure Computing Corporation where he helped establish their Professional Services Department in the United States, Asia, and Australia. His primary work was security assessments of large multi-national corporations. He has also worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division.

Because of this background Jeff is uniquely qualified to bridge the gap between the underground researcher community and law enforcement, between the worlds of pure research and the responsible application of policy. Mr.

Moss is also an angel investor to startups in the security space and was a technical advisor to the TV Series “Mr. Robot” Mr. Moss actively seeks out opportunities to help shape the cybersecurity conversation.

Mr. Moss graduated from Gonzaga University with a BA in Criminal Justice.

Memberships: Mr. Moss is serving as a commissioner on the Global Council on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC), a commission to develop proposals for norms and policies to enhance international security and stability and guide responsible state and non-state behavior in cyberspace.

Mr. Moss was sworn in as a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) in 2009, providing advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters related to homeland security.

Moss is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, which is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

In 2013 Mr. Moss was appointed as a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, associated with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, within the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.

Awards: O’Reilly Security Defender Awards - Researcher Award - for creating the Voting Machine Hacking Village 2017 Honorary Doctorate in Network Security from the University of Advancing Technology 2016 ICSA President’s Award for Public Service, 2011



Topic Beating the Bad Guys: Has the industry lost the war?


COVID-19 has radically transformed our lifestyles, workplaces and social lives. As we work, live, and play digital, a resilient

cyberspace is more crucial than ever. Opportunistic cyber threat actors have taken advantage of the pandemic to launch

malicious cyber activities, commit industrial espionage and disrupt business operations targeting SMEs or large corporations.

As companies grapple with an increasingly pessimistic outlook and fend off the constant onslaught of cyber incidents, can

the industry survive, and even win the war?

This session will explore the industry’s cybersecurity priorities and responses in the threat landscape of a new normal, along

with strategies to maintain their edge over cyber threat actors. The panelists will weigh in on how companies and businesses

can play a part in building a safer cyberspace and forge supportive partnerships with one another and the government. The

discussion will also look into policies, strategies and best practices for companies to improve organisations’ cybersecurity

posture, including the role of subscribing to and enforcing industry standards (e.g. Cybersecurity Tech Accord/Charter of

Trust).

M O D E R ATO R

Mr Charles NgExecutive Vice-President, International Business and Consulting, Ensign InfoSecurity

Biography

Charles Ng is currently the Executive Vice President (International Business and Consulting) in

Ensign InfoSecurity, one of Asia’s largest integrated pure play cybersecurity firms In his role, he

drives the growth of Ensign’s cyber security services in the region This includes providing the

Boards and Management of multinational companies with advice, as well as bespoke solutions

to help resolve their cybersecurity challenges.

Prior to this, Charles started and headed the Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Security practice in Asia

Pacific While in government, Charles was involved in the formation of the Cyber Security Agency

of Singapore (CSA).

Charles studied in Oxford University and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.





S P E A K E R S

Mr Pankit DesaiCo-Founder and CEO, Sequretek

Biography

Pankit is a veteran of IT industry with over 24 years of experience with over a decade in

global management roles. He is currently the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Sequretek with

responsibilities around business development, fund raising and operations. Prior to Sequretek,

he was with Rolta India as their President of International Operations responsible for driving

sales of their IT and IP based business globally. He has spent over a decade in the US with roles

ranging from Global Sales, Operations and Management across companies such as NTT Data,

Intelligroup and Wipro Technologies.

At Sequretek, he is proud of the growth that this team has been able to achieve within a short

duration. With product offerings that have found resonance with over 50 customers across

industry segments, it has been able to grow at CAGR of 60% over the past five years and

has ambitions to create India’s first truly global security product and solutions company. The

success of the company got a boost with the recent round of funding by two very renowned

funds out India (GVFL and Unicorn Ventures). Sequretek is widely recognized by the industry

whilst winning several domestic and international awards.

He is well-read on matters of global politics, business and economic affairs, and writes on the

subject through blogs published on various media outlets. He also loves to share his experiences

with the community and is a regular speaker at industry forums and universities.

Ms Sandra JoyceExecutive Vice President, Head of Global Intelligence, FireEye

Biography

As EVP and Head of Global Intelligence at Mandiant, Sandra Joyce oversees intelligence

collection, research, analysis and support services for threat intelligence customers and the

Mandiant security product portfolio. Joyce has held positions in product management, business

development and intelligence research over the course of over 21 years in both national security

and commercial industry.

Joyce serves in the US Air Force Reserve and is a faculty member at the National Intelligence

University. She is completing her MBA at MIT and holds a bachelor’s degree in German with four

master’s degrees in cyber-policy, international affairs, science and technology intelligence, and

military operational art and science. Joyce speaks English, Spanish and German and lives in

Virginia.





S P E A K E R S

Mr Rustem KhairetdinovChief Growth Officer, BI.ZONE

Biography

Rustem is responsible for the establishment and acceleration of business growth at BI.ZONE.

The company helps organisations around the world in developing their business safely in the

digital age by assessing the current level of risk, proposing measures for improvement and

optimisation, training employees on working in the digital environment and providing round-

the-clock support.

Before joining BI.ZONE, he was in charge of launching new product lines in the InfoWatch Group

of Companies, including Appercut Security and Attack Killer application security solutions.

Previously, Rustem headed the commercial unit of InfoWatch, a subsidiary of Kaspersky Lab,

which offers comprehensive solutions for enterprise protection against internal and external

security threats. Within a few years, he led the company to the top in the IT market segment in

Russia.

He started in the field of cybersecurity by creating a corporate sales department at the then

start-up Kaspersky Lab.

Prior to this, he held managerial positions in a number of IT companies, including Dell Systems,

IBS and Gorod Info, in each of which he successfully launched a new market or product line.

He embarked on his career with Steepler, a software developer and supplier of computer devices.

Rustem is President of the Business Information Security Association — BISA. He is the author

of several study courses on various interaction aspects of cybersecurity and business. He

teaches an MBA programme at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and

Public Administration, and lectures and teaches at several corporate universities. He has over a

hundred publications dealing with cybersecurity on specialised, public and science media.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Lomonosov Moscow State

University and completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Mechanics of Multiphase

Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.



Topic Clean or Open: Perspectives on 5G


The US-China tech war is intensifying, with geopolitical tensions spilling over to the technological domain and threatening

to bifurcate systems, networks and processes. This is most evident in the 5G arena which is set to unlock whole economic

potential. States have come to different conclusions and taken differentiated approaches towards adopting 5G technologies,

as they increasingly come under pressure from a confluence of factors – technical, policy and geopolitical.

This session will explore the dilemmas and trade-offs faced by States in their approaches towards adopting 5G. It will

cover the impact on the rollout of 5G on other emerging technologies, as well as ways in which industry players wrestle for

dominance and respond to shrinking market access in the 5G domain.

M O D E R ATO R

Ms Teo Yi-LingSenior Fellow, Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore

Biography

Yi-Ling Teo is a Senior Fellow with the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at

RSIS. She is part of the Cyber and Homeland Defence Programme of CENS, and engaged in

researching strategies of national cybersecurity resilience, data protection and governance

regimes, online regulation regimes, and ethics and governance related to artificial intelligence

and disruptive technology, with a view to informing policy responses for Singapore’s national

security.

A qualified Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales) and an Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore), Yi-Ling

has practice experience with international and local law firms in the areas of intellectual property,

technology, media and entertainment, and commercial law. Her clients included production

companies, technology and innovation companies, creative agencies, and government and

regulatory agencies. In her former roles as Senior Faculty and Principal Legal Counsel for the IP

Academy at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), she led the team that developed

and launched a postgraduate degree programme in IP management, and a specialist certificate

programme in intangible asset management.

Yi-Ling holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Liverpool, and an LL.M. from Northwestern

University School of Law in Chicago. She is the author of “Media Law in Singapore”, published by

Sweet & Maxwell; a pioneering work examining the development of media and communication-

related laws in Singapore, alongside the practical management of media issues. Her book is

used as a course and reference text by most media-related diploma, degree and postgraduate

programmes in Singapore tertiary institutions. She has extensive academic experience, having

developed and taught courses in media law, intellectual property law, entertainment business

transactions, and media ethics at a number of tertiary institutions in Singapore, and in the U.S.,

Dutch, and Australian university systems.





S P E A K E R S

Mr Ciaran MartinFormer CEO, National Cyber Security Centre, UK

Biography

Professor Ciaran Martin, CB, is Professor of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government

at the University of Oxford. He is also an adviser to Paladin Capital in the United States, and

Garrison Technology Ltd in the United Kingdom.

For six and a half years ending in the middle of 2020, Ciaran led the UK’s Government’s work

on cyber security. This included establishing the National Cyber Security Centre in 2016. The UK

NCSC is now recognised as one of the leading public authorities in the world for cyber security,

and running it for its first four years. During Ciaran’s tenure, the UK rose from eighth to first in

the International Telecommunications Union’s Global Cybersecurity Index. The NCSC’s approach

to intervening to make technology safer, and easier to use safely, and to manage national level

incidents proactively has been lauded around the world and Ciaran has been honoured within

the UK, Europe, the United States and beyond for his ground-breaking efforts to combat cyber

threats.

Prior to running the NCSC, Ciaran held a series of senior roles in the UK Cabinet Office. This

included: Director of Constitution, where he oversaw the agreement for arrangements for the

Scottish independence referendum in 2014; Director of Security and Intelligence, and head of

the Cabinet Secretary’s office. He has also worked in the UK Treasury and National Audit Office.

Originally from Northern Ireland, he holds a first class degree in history from the University of

Oxford.





S P E A K E R S

Ms Elina Noor Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Asia Society Policy Institute (Washington D.C Office)

Biography

Elina Noor is Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office

at the Asia Society Policy Institute. A native of Malaysia, Elina’s work focuses on security

developments in Southeast Asia, global governance and technology, and preventing/countering

violent extremism.

Previously, Elina was Associate Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security

Studies. Prior to that, she was Director, Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute

of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia. While there, she also served as the Secretary

of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, a 21-member Track Two regional

security network. Between 2017 and 2019, Elina was a member of the Global Commission on

the Stability of Cyberspace. She is also on the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs’

roster of experts, supporting efforts to build member states’ cyber-related capacity.

Elina read law at Oxford University. She obtained an LL.M (Public International Law) from The

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, graduating with

distinction at the top of her class. A recipient of the Perdana (Malaysian Prime Minister’s)

Fellowship, she also holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University where she

was a Women in International Security Scholar.

Mr Donald (Andy) PurdyChief Security Officer, Huawei Technologies USA

Biography

Andy is Chief Security Officer for Huawei Technologies USA, overseeing Huawei USA’s cyber

security assurance and user privacy protection program.

Andy is the Huawei global lead for the East-West Institute Global Cooperation in Cyberspace

Initiative.

Andy was the senior cyber security official of the U.S. Government from 2004-2006. Prior to

joining the Department of Homeland Security, Andy was a member of the White House staff

where he helped to draft the U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003), after which

he went to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) where he helped to form and then led

the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team

(US-CERT).

Immediately prior to joining Huawei, Andy was the Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for Computer

Sciences Corporation.

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