Building a safer future: Kaspersky partners with NCSA, enhancing cybersecurity workforce efficiency
Complex incidents signal very specific challenges to public and private entities because they typically involve many aspects of the organization’s infrastructure that are under attack.
As cyberattacks become more sophisticated and security solutions require more resources to analyze the huge amount of data gathered every day, many organizations feel the need for advanced security services that deal with this growing complexity in real-time, 24x7.
With these in mind, global cybersecurity company Kaspersky and the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) co-hosted today a technical workshop titled ‘Building a Safer Future for Thailand’. The session aimed to raise awareness, build knowledge assets for the local cybersecurity workforce, and share how to use Threat Intelligence technologies in building the country’s defense capabilities.
Opening the event which marks Kaspersky’s first official collaboration with NCSA, Genie Sugene Gan, Head of Public Affairs for Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle-East, Turkey & Africa at Kaspersky, underlined Kaspersky’s mission to build a safer world that emphasizes the company’s commitment to a trusted and transparent future where everyone can harness the endless opportunities technology brings secured by companies like Kaspersky.
“Today, Thailand has become more digitized and globalized. Kaspersky, as a company, has also moved beyond the anti-virus laboratory and has truly become a technology leader with advanced and comprehensive security sol
utions and services. We are honored to work with NCSA on this significant move to build a safer future for Thailand and we believe that with our in-depth threat intelligence capabilities, we can work together and bring on a safer future for the local businesses, government agencies, and the public here,” comments Gan.
General Krishna Laiviratana, Deputy Secretary General of National Cyber Security Agency, emphasized the significance of information transfer and efficiency enhancement of the Cyber Capacity Building Program (CCBP).
“As a result of today's complex types of cyber threats, cybercriminals tend to target critical infrastructure and big companies. NCSA determined to improve cybersecurity expertise and raise cyber threat awareness in order to undertake integrated and responsive action. We are certain that the knowledge and experience that will be gained from this seminar will be applied to maintain and enhance cybersecurity capabilities and we are grateful every participants to join us today,” says General Krishna.
Air Vice Marshal Amorn Chomchoey, Deputy Secretary General of NCSA, outlined how the corporation between government agency and cybersecurity firm can assist the country when it comes to build a safer future for Thailand.
“Cybersecurity is important as it allows us to understand more perspectives on coping with cyber threats, both administratively and technically. The speakers have offered invaluable insights that can be implemented at both the organizational and national levels. This seminar was highly beneficial to every cybersecurity workforce,” says Air Vice Marshal Amorn.
Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, highlighted the importance of building a National Security Operations Center (SOC). Citing real examples from across the region, Yeo pointed out the security gaps that can be addressed by an intelligence-based SOC at a national level.
“To fight modern cyberthreats, threat intelligence should be at the core of building a national SOC. With our over two decades worth of rich threat data, advanced machine learning technologies, and a unique pool of global experts, our solutions and services are powered by the latest threat intelligence from around the world. Such technologies can help nations and enterprises to keep them immune from even previously unseen cyberattacks which are urgently needed amidst our fast-changing threat environment,” Yeo adds.
Furthermore, the seminar featured the latest research from Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) which has a proven track record of discovering high-profile crimeware and notorious APT campaigns across the world.
Extensive knowledge was presented by two Kaspersky experts: Kirill Vorozhtsov, Global Security Solutions Architect; and Saurabh Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at GReAT. They zeroed in on the trends to watch out for, an analysis of the threat actors’ evolving tactics, and other game-changers that are set to impact the current threat landscape in APAC and in Southeast Asia (SEA).
