Perils, protection and the role of ICT in cyber security

How do carriers defend their networks? How does the industry secure corporate and customer information? How do we maintain operational continuity when faced with unexpected network events or intrusions?

We are sometimes troubled trying to distinguish between the heroes and villains in the saga of information security being played out in the news. Do we know whether to block a surge in traffic as an attack, or expand capacity to accommodate the increased consumer interest?

On the afternoon of June 1, The Canadian Telecom Summit will be hosting a panel titled “Cyber Security: perils, protection and the role of ICT” to explore the issues and technologies surrounding network and information security. We have assembled a distinguished panel with a broad range of perspectives.

This panel brings together global leaders to explore Cyber Defense from a broad range of perspectives:

• Carl Herberger (moderator), Vice President of Security Solutions at Radware, is responsible for developing, managing, and he serves as the primary corporate spokesperson in the Americas for security-related topics. As a frequent guest of Fox Business News, CNN and Bloomberg Broadcast News, along with numerous NYT, WSJ and Washington Post citations, Mr. Herberger is considered a leading expert on the problems and solutions surrounding Cyber Attacks.
• Kevvie Fowler is a partner in KPMG Canada’s forensic practice and is an information security and data analytics specialist. Kevvie also teaches database forensics to law enforcement agencies across North America and sits on the SANS GIAC Advisory Board where he guides the direction of emerging security and forensics research.
• Vivek Khindria, Head of Information Security, accumulated about 20 years’ experience in the Canadian Financial sector before joining Bell. He is directly involved with both public sector and private sector security strategy and implementation.
• Paul Obsitnik is Vice President of Service Provider Marketing for Juniper Networks, responsible for the marketing of Juniper’s portfolio of high performance routing, switching, security and data center fabric products to Service Providers globally.
• Daniel Thanos leads internal security consulting, architecture, and R&D teams in the areas of advanced cybersecurity and strategy at TELUS.

What are the range of implications of cyber warfare? What is being done to address the most notable recent cyber-attacks? How do we prepare systems and networks to handle extreme load conditions? How should carriers, vendors and the government address the information security landscape? In an “Internet of Everything”, how do we design and build networks and systems for security and privacy?

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