We speak with THNG, Chin Hwee, Vice President, Public Safety & Security, ST Engineering and NG Yeow Boon, Deputy Chief Executive (Development), HTX at the inaugural Milipol Asia-Pacific - TechX Summit (MAP-TXS) that took place from 3 to 5 April 2024 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore. Co-organised by Singapore’s HTX, GIE Milipol, and Comexposium Singapore, the biennial event comes under the auspices of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore and the Ministry of the Interior...

What are the strategic directions for AI in homeland security. Attending Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024, we speak with Physicist and former Yale University Professor, Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for S&T, US Department of Homeland Security.Nominated by President Biden in 2021, Dimitri Kusnezov was the deputy under secretary for artificial intelligence and technology at DoE (Energy), leading efforts to drive the use of AI and machine learning across the department’s core...

With the rapidly evolving challenges in global travel, trade, and security, we speak to Australian Border Force Commissioner, Michael Outram APM at the Milipol APAC and TechX Summit 2024 in Singapore. We discuss how border security been affected by technology and the current landscape, emerging threats, and the importance of fostering collaboration between government and industry to ensure border management has the cutting-edge technologies to ensure security and efficiency.Recorded 4 April...

Pentera is an automated pentesting platform. Validate every attack surface in your network, and test continuously to maintain control over your true security posture. Be proactive in fixing vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, leaked credentials, and privileges before they are exploited.We speak with Jannis Utz, VP Global Sales Engineering at Pentera and get insights into Pentera's capabilities and what will be on display at Booth B20, Hall 8 at GISEC Global 2024, 23-25 April at the Dubai...

In this interview, Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO, Vast Data navigates the dynamic landscape of AI adoption and evolution, tracing its trajectory from the early days in 2016 to today’s diverse applications across various business sectors. Prior to founding VAST, Renen led the architecture and development of an all-flash array at XtremIO, from inception to over a billion dollars in revenue while acting as VP R&D and leading a team of over 200 engineers. He holds a BA and an MSc in Computer...

Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with customers and partners in more than 100 countries around world.We speak with Mr THNG Chin Hwee, Vice-President, Public Safety & Security Cluster, ST Engineering about the capabilities on display at Milipol APAC and a must see at Booth 1910.Find out more visithttps://innovd.stengg.com/spotlight/milipolap-2024/MySecurity Media will be coordinating a delegation at Milipol APAC 2024 - to find...

Sharat Nautiyal, Director of Security Engineering, APJ, Vectra AI.Sharat has over 15 years of experience assisting organisations in the areas of security architecture, threat detection and threat hunting. He has a strong focus on leading security engineering, security architecture, and the sales engineering team across APJ.The global cybersecurity landscape is witnessing a concerning surge in threats, and is particularly pronounced in the Asia-Pacific region. With the imminent impact of...

We speak with Grant Wright, General Manager of Marketplace and AI Products, SEEK.Grant leads SEEK's global AI and Analytics teams at SEEK, who build and support the AI services that power SEEK's products including search, recommendations, candidate quality and pricing; and provide internal analytics and experimentation capability to better understand the performance of our products and drive continuous improvement and innovation. Grant brings to this role his previous experience as Strategy...

We speak with Charles Chu, General Manager of Cloud Security at CyberArk in the lead up to his Australian visit in March 2024.CyberArk has advanced capabilities for securing access to cloud services and modern infrastructure for all users, based on the company’s risk-based intelligent privilege controls.The CyberArk Secure Cloud Access solution provides just-in-time access with zero standing privileges to cloud management consoles and services running in multi-cloud environments. These...

Ivo de Carvalho Peixinho, Head Cybercrime Intelligence Unit, INTERPOL, has a BS degree in Computer Science at Universidade Federal da Bahia, with two post-graduations, one in Distributed Systems and another on Mechatronics. He is also a BS7799 certified auditor. Ivo has more than 10 years of experience on network security, and worked the last two years on security research and incident handling. Prior to Interpol, he works as a Forensics Expert at the Brazilian Federal Police Department.In...

Dr. Yuriy Bulygin is the CEO and founder of Eclypsium, the digital supply chain security company that helps organizations protect their critical hardware, firmware, and software. Prior to Eclypsium, Yuriy was Chief Threat Researcher and led the Microprocessor Security Analysis team at Intel Corporation, as well as the Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security. He is also the creator of CHIPSEC, the popular open-source firmware and hardware supply chain security assessment framework....

Mr Yeong Zee Kin holds a Master of Laws from Queen Mary University of London and completed his undergraduate law degree at the National University of Singapore. His experience as a Technology, Media and Telecommunications lawyer spans both the private and public sectors. He has spoken and published in areas relating to electronic evidence and intellectual property, as well as legal issues relating to Blockchain and AI deployment. Zee Kin is an internationally recognized expert on AI ethics....

Mr Wong Wai Meng is currently the Chief Executive Officer (Data Centres) of Data Centres & Networks Division. He has almost 30 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry and currently spearheads the company's thrust towards being one of the leading data centre developers and solution provider in Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Keppel T&T, Mr Wong was Vice President of BT Advise BT Global Services across Asia Pacific, Middle East,...

Dennis Giese is a researcher with focus on the security and privacy of IoT devices.While being interested in physical security and lockpicking, he enjoys applied research and reverse engineering malware and all kinds of devices.His most known projects are the documentation and hacking of various vacuum robots. His current vacuum robot army consists of over 49 different models from various vendors.Recorded on 18 October, 2023 at The Australian Cyber Conference 2023 - Melbourne with the...

Jane Lo speaks with Ben Verschaeren, Director, Global Solutions, Sophos about cybersecurity opportunities and challenges with Generative AI.With over 19 years in the IT industry, Ben Verschaeren is a seasoned professional based in Melbourne. He leads global strategic initiatives, educates on threat landscapes, and develops training tools focusing on real-world exploits. Ben also directs a global sales engineering team responding to RFPs, and a software engineering team creating high-quality...

Recognised by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Motorola Solutions has established a cyber threat Information Sharing and Analysis Organisation (ISAO) to provide public safety agencies the capabilities they need to defend against attacks.Since January 2022, Motorola Solutions’ Public Safety Threat Alliance observed 350+ cyber attacks impacting public safety organisations worldwide, often resulting in downtime of critical services. Cyber attacks against public...

Brendan is a cyber security expert with more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector and U.S. intelligence community, including leadership roles as the founder and CEO of a successful startup and an executive at the National Security Agency. He has a deep knowledge of advanced cyber threat actors, threat hunting, financial sector systemic risks, and risk management best practices.In this interview, Brendan shared his perspectives on cybersecurity skills, threats and...

We speak with Bugcrowd CEO Dave Gerry in Sydney as he visits Australia to meet with partners and customers. Bugcrowd, a multi-solution crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, has also announced significant global customer momentum, highlighting the market need for Bugcrowd’s crowdsourced cybersecurity platform. The company’s rapidly growing customer base includes top brands such as ExpressVPN, Rapyd and T-Mobile, which have chosen to partner with Bugcrowd for one or more of its Bug Bounty,...

In this interview, both John and Thian introduce the history of ISACs (formed in 1999, subsequent to the 1998 signing of U.S. Presidential Decision Directive-63), and in particular, the creation of OT-ISAC (Operati...

Mr. Yigal Unna was appointed by Israel’s Prime Minister as the Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) in 2018. In this 4 years role, until 2022, Mr. Unna reported directly to the Israeli Prime Minister and led a team of 350 employees responsible for all aspects of cyber security, including formulating policy and building technological power for operational defense of critical infrastructure. In addition to his work protecting Israel, Mr. Unna forged long-term...

Mark Orsi is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Resilience Federation (http://w.grf.org/), (GRF) a non-profit with the mission to develop and support threat intelligence and information sharing communities including education, operations technology, financial services, retail and hospitality, legal and professional services, energy, health, and oil and natural gas. Launched in 2017 as a standalone company, from a former Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC)...

Mike Silverman has a unique blend of a business and technology background, with 20 years of experience in strategic, technological, financial, and change management leadership across many industries, primarily in Financial Services and Software. He enables firms to innovate, scale, and transform through increasing productivity, reducing costs, and streamlining processes and operations. Mr. Silverman was previously the Global Head of Enterprise Technology Strategy at FIS, the world’s largest...

Jane Lo, Singapore Correspondent speaks with Miao Song, Global Chief Information Officer, GLP Singapore.Miao Song has over 23 years of global experience in various industries, with broad exposure to the Oil/ Energy/Natural Resources as well as Consumer Goods and Health Care business. Over the course of her past tenure, she received many awards such as the CIO of the Year by IDG, Leadership Excellent, Women Leader, CIO of the Year Silicon Valley, Global CIO 100, and more.In this interview,...

We speak with Asjad Athick, Cyber Security Lead, APAC for Elastic who gave a presentation at CISO Melbourne earlier this week. Asjad’s presentation encompassed the concepts around ‘unleashing the full potential of AI in security operations’. In today's rapidly evolving threat landscape, security analysts play a crucial role in protecting organizations from cyberattacks. However, the overwhelming volume of security alerts and the complexity of identifying and responding to advanced threats...

Mr. Dean Gefen is a Director and Founder of Red Alpha Cybersecurity, and the CEO of DART Consulting and Training. Mr. Gefen is an Israeli cybersecurity expert, with more than 15 years of operational experience. He is highly proficient in cybersecurity training and consultancy, including in establishment of cybersecurity operational units, development of extensive training and qualification processes for governments, security organisations and the private sector.Since 2017, Mr. Gefen has been...