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We are delighted to announce an impressive line-up of speakers for the virtual event: “Effective training in cybersecurity in the new era of staff remotisation: Practical solutions, tools & opportunities” on 25 March 2021, 10:00-16:30 CET.
This event will be bringing multifaceted perspectives on cyber training from EU and international experts from the field, from policy to SMEs.
Katrina Sichel - Moderator: Portfolio of news packages for the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4, ITV and Reuters and vast experience in animating events like European Development Days 2015 & 2016, EU Sustainable Energy Week and many more.
Silvana Muscella CEO & founder of Trust-IT Services will be in charge of opening the event.
Pavlos Fournogerakis Project Advisor at Safeguarding Secure Society, Research Executive Agency, European Commission will make the opening statement of the event.
Steve Durbin from Information Security Forum will give a keynote on cybersecurity global challenges and training options.
The first roundtable of the day zooms in on capacity building in cybersecurity with insights from Nina Olsen, ECSO joining representatives from Europe’s Competence Pilots: Jakub Cegan, CONCORDIA, Jan Hajny, SPARTA, David Goodman, Cybersec4Europe, Matteo Merialdo, ECHO.
John Davies, Director - Pervade Software, Manager - South Wales Cyber Security Cluster is delivering the second keynote on training staff online.
Fabio di Franco, ICT security expert - ENISA follows with another keynote; F2F training' for your staff (at your or your trainer's premises) - pros and cons, best practices and innovations
The second Roundtable explores “Opportunities for SMEs in Europe to improve their cyber resilience” with panellists John Davies, Peter Meyer IT-Security expert - eyeo.com and Radu Rujan, R&D and Project Management Consultant, APM Cluj.
A third round table features an interactive Q&A session. Hani Banayoti Director of CyberSolace shares his experiences with CYBERWISER.eu platform with other guests taking the floor for a deep-dive.
Charlie Lewis, Cybersecurity Expert Associate Partner - McKinsey & Company concludes the keynotes with a talk on Future needs and trends in cybersecurity training.
Katrina Sichel, Moderator
Katrina Sichel is a London-born, Brussels-based moderator and communications specialist. A former producer of TV news packages for the BBC, Sky News, Channel 4, ITV and Reuters – for which she interviewed big figures from the arts, film, fashion and political arenas – since 2007 she has been moderating events in Brussels and internationally covering diverse topics and policy areas. Alongside she has been running multilingual pan-European communications campaigns aimed at the public and diverse stakeholders.
Moderating highlights include the opening of European Development Days 2015 & 2016 with Presidents of the EU institutions, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon, prime ministers and heads of state; media events in Budapest and Berlin for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology; EU Sustainable Energy Week and EU Mobility Week Awards; various events for EUROCITIES on waste management and the Circular Economy, as well as the Covenant of Mayors in the hemicycle of the EP; high-level conferences on Financial Instruments 2014-2020 for EIB and DG REGIO; and conferences on energy for ECI, EnBW, EWEA and CEWEP, among others.
Hani Banayoti, Director - CyberSolace
Brings over 20 years of expertise in cybersecurity consulting, operations, incident-management, assurance, risk management, and cybersecurity in digital transformation. Advising clients across numerous industry sectors covering Central Government, Defence, Media, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Telecoms.
Jakub Cegan, CONCORDIA
Jakub is KYPO Cyber Range Platform program manager and Cyber Defence Exercise (CDX) project manager. His responsibility is the development of KYPO and coordination of all related projects. He is also interested in finding suitable business models for both activities.
John Davies, Director - Pervade Software, Manager - South Wales Cyber Security Cluster
John Davies is the Co-founder and Chair of Cyber Wales, the largest cyber security ecosystem in the UK. John has also chaired the Wales Cyber Resilience Board, a Welsh Government Steering Committee working with the National Cyber Security Centre to enhance cyber resilience across Welsh Public Sector organisations and providing policy and best practice advice for the Private Sector. John has been a Sessional Lecturer on MBA courses and is committed to helping to close the skills gap in cyber security by participating on the Curriculum Advisory Boards of both Cardiff University and the University of South Wales where he regularly runs sessions for the National Cyber Security Academy. John is a Welsh speaker who plays an active role helping military personnel and their families as Chairman of the Regional Employer Engagement Group for Wales. For his day-job, he runs a Cardiff-based cyber security software vendor.
Steve Durbin, CEO - Information Security Forum (ISF)
Steve Durbin is the Chief Executive of the Information Security Forum (ISF). His main areas of focus include strategy, information technology, cyber security and the emerging security threat landscape across both the corporate and personal environments. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on technology and security issues.
Formerly at Ernst & Young, Steve has been involved with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions of fast-growth companies across Europe and the USA. Having previously been senior vice president at Gartner, he has advised a number of NASDAQ and NYSE listed global technology companies.
Steve has served as a Digital 50 advisory committee member in the United States, a body established to improve the talent pool for Fortune 500 boards around cyber security and information governance and he has been ranked as one of the top 10 individuals shaping the way that organizations and leaders approach information security careers. He has also been featured on the top 20 most influential list of leaders whose companies have a vision that shapes the conceptual landscape of their respective industries.
Steve is a Chartered Marketer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Forbes Business Council Member and a visiting lecturer at Henley Business School where he speaks on the role of the Board in Cybersecurity. He is a regular contributor and attendee at the Astana Club, where he provides expert input on the top risks for Eurasia, emerging global cyber trends and digital totalitarianism.
Fabio di Franco, ICT security expert - ENISA
Fabio di Franco joined ENISA in 2017 and currently his role focuses on advising the European Union and the Member States on research needs in cybersecurity with a view to enabling effective responses to the current and emerging threats. He is also the project manager for supporting the Member States in cybersecurity skill development, both by identifying current initiatives and by developing new technical training to support state-of-the-art information network and security capabilities. Fabio has a PhD in telecommunication engineering and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Pavlos Fournogerakis, Research Executive Agency - European Commission
Pavlos Fournogerakis is a Project Adviser at Safeguarding Secure Society Unit in European Commission’s Research Executive Agency. His responsibilities include Horizon 2020 programme implementation, project management and policy contribution in the area of cybersecurity. From 2012 to 2019 he was Programme Officer in the CONNECT Directorate General of the European Commission, where he was involved in the programme implementation of the 5G Public Private Partnership, research strategy and policy development in the areas of 5G and future communication networks, IoT and telecom/network security. Prior to joining the European Commission he has occupied several telecom engineering and management positions in the Greek public sector, industry and academia. He holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
David Goodman CyberSec4Europe
David is a consultant working in digital transformation, specifically the areas of identity management and security, data protection and privacy regulation as well as emerging technologies. He has worked in senior management positions across a wide range of companies in Europe and North America from start-ups (Soft-Switch, Metamerge) to global brands (Lotus Development, IBM, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson) as well as University College London. David is currently a principal consulting analyst with TechVision Research, chief evangelist with iGrant.io, a senior consultant with Trust in Digital Life association and, until recently, executive director of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). He is work package leader for dissemination and communication in the CyberSec4Europe and CSI-COP H2020 projects, and task leader for Open Banking roadmapping and demonstrators in CyberSec4Europe.He has a BA from the University of Manchester and a D.Phil. from the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
Jan Hajny, SPARTA
Jan Hajný works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication at Brno University of Technology. He is the head of the Advanced Cybersecurity group, member of the faculty’s Scientific Committee and the person responsible for the Information Security study programs. The scientific activities of prof. Hajny include research into modern cryptography and privacy protection. Currently, prof. Hajny leads the Cybersecurity Training and Awareness working group in the Cyber Competence Network pilot SPARTA and is a member of ENISA Cybersecurity Skills Framework working group.
Charlie Lewis, Cybersecurity Expert Associate Partner - McKinsey & Company
Charlie Lewis is an expert associate partner based in McKinsey’s Stamford, CT office. He specializes in the human side of digital risk, helping organizations improve their cyber organization and governance, and develop the talent within to create security operations organizations that can respond to crises effectively. Prior to joining McKinsey, Charlie served over 13 years in the U.S. Army. While in the Army, his experiences ranged from service with the 101st Airborne Division to teaching as an Assistant Professor of American Politics at the United States Military Academy. Before leaving Active Duty for the Army Reserves, he developed the Army’s cyber leadership education programs and was the second in charge of a 5,000-person training organization. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and Harvard Kennedy School.
Matteo Merialdo, ECHO
Mr. Matteo Merialdo is an experienced project manager with over sixteen (16) years of experience in system architecture and technical project management, with a focus on security-by-design and cyber-risk analysis. He has wide experience on managing large cyber-security collaborative projects, including: FP7s and H2020s; European Space Agency GSTP and Artes.
He actually works as Project Implementation Coordinator for the H2020 ECHO project (www.echonetwork.eu ) and as Technical Project Manager for the H2020 PANACEA project (www.panacearesearc.eu). He is also managing the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence project for the European Space Agency (https://artes.esa.int/projects/csce ).
Peter Meyer, IT-Security expert - eyeo.com
Peter Meyer brings over 20 years of expertise in the field of IT-Security and has been working for companies like like Webwasher, Secure Computing or McAfee. He has been the project coordinator for the FP7 project “Advanced Cyber Defense Centre” from 2013-2015 and also in charge of the German security projects Botfrei.de or SIWECOS at his former employer, eco - Association of the Internet Industry until 2018. Next to his position at eyeo in the security and privacy team, Peter is also a member of the advisory council at the German tech company SoSafe Cyber Security Awareness.
Silvana Muscella, CEO & founder of Trust-IT Services & CEO & co-founder of COMMpla.
Silvana is founder & CEO of Trust-IT Services, with over 25 years experience in ICT. In the past few years she has been particularly active in the fields of ICT Standards, Open Science & Green ICT. She is currently the coordinator of the StandICT.eu initiative, where the European Observatory of ICT Standards has just been launched, including a working group on cybersecurity. She actively contributes to the CYBERWISER.eu initiative, particularly in the areas of business modelling and synergy development.
Nina Olesen, ECSO
Nina Olesen is a Senior Policy Manager at the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). Having graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Sussex and an MA in Political Strategy and Communication from the University of Kent, Nina worked as a policy advisor for the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) before joining the European Organisation for Security (EOS) in January 2013 as a Cybersecurity Project Manager. At EOS, she managed the cybersecurity policy WG, worked on operational cybersecurity initiatives and was the project coordinator for the EU FP7 project ‘CYSPA’.
In 2016, Nina helped set up the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) as the private counterpart to the European Commission in the Cybersecurity cPPP. In her current capacity as Senior Policy Manager at ECSO, Nina is responsible for managing the WG3 on ‘Sectoral Demand’ and WG5 on ‘Education, Training, Awareness, and Exercises’, as well as overseeing ECSO’s Women4Cyber and Youth4Cyber initiatives.
Radu Rujan - Cluj Employers Association (APM Cluj)
Project Management Consultant with 17 years of experience in SME oriented support programes with focus on R&D, industrial development, technological entrepreneurship. Independent expert for Research Executive Agency - European Commission, EUREKA Association and International Trade Centre (UNCTAD / WTO).
The shift to remote working has created a more complex security landscape that calls on organisations of all sizes to take action now to build up their resilience to cyber-attacks.
This one-day event will help you do just that by learning about and using a new cyber range training platform. Join this live event to:
- Find out about your options for building competencies in your company.
- Understand how you can train your staff in cybersecurity on a limited budget.
- Learn first-hand how you can step up your company’s cybersecurity skills in the era of remote working.
But it doesn’t stop here. You’ll also hear from top cybersecurity experts zooming in on the state of the art, best practices and opportunities for capacity building based on the emerging needs of SMEs and other organisations dependent on IT and networks.
Panellists will give insights on filling the skills gap with the European Cybersecurity Competence Centres, practical tools and services. The second part of the event is a close-up the CYBERWISER.eu training platform, where SMEs and others can get special access to train their employees with customised learning paths based on specific needs and skill sets.
Speakers
We have a rich and varied line-up of keynotes and panellists, with an Opening Speech from the European Commission, keynotes from Information Security Forum and McKinsey, panellists from ECSO, ECHO and CONCORDIA. Viewpoints on SMEs from South Wales Cyber Security Cluster, eyeo GmbH and CyberSolace. Katrina Sichel is moderator supreme.
Pavlos Fournogerakis - DG CONNECT
Pavlos Fournogerakis is a Programme Officer at Future Connectivity Systems Unit in the CONNECT Directorate General of the European Commission. His responsibilities include programme implementation (5G Public Private Partnership), project management, research strategy and policy development in the areas of 5G and future communication networks, connected and automated mobility, network security and software networks. Prior to joining the European Commission in 2012 he has occupied several telecom engineering and management positions in the Greek public sector, industry and academia. He holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
Steve Durbin - Chief Executive, Information Security Forum (ISF)
Steve Durbin is the Chief Executive of the Information Security Forum (ISF). His main areas of focus include strategy, information technology, cyber security and the emerging security threat landscape across both the corporate and personal environments. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on technology and security issues.
Formerly at Ernst & Young, Steve has been involved with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions of fast-growth companies across Europe and the USA. Having previously been senior vice president at Gartner, he has advised a number of NASDAQ and NYSE listed global technology companies.
Steve has served as a Digital 50 advisory committee member in the United States, a body established to improve the talent pool for Fortune 500 boards around cyber security and information governance and he has been ranked as one of the top 10 individuals shaping the way that organizations and leaders approach information security careers. He has also been featured on the top 20 most influential list of leaders whose companies have a vision that shapes the conceptual landscape of their respective industries.
Steve is a Chartered Marketer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Forbes Business Council Member and a visiting lecturer at Henley Business School where he speaks on the role of the Board in Cybersecurity. He is a regular contributor and attendee at the Astana Club, where he provides expert input on the top risks for Eurasia, emerging global cyber trends and digital totalitarianism
Matteo Merialdo - ECHO
Mr. Matteo Merialdo is an experienced project manager with over sixteen (16) years of experience in system architecture and technical project management, with a focus on security-by-design and cyber-risk analysis. He has wide experience on managing large cyber-security collaborative projects, including: FP7s and H2020s; European Space Agency GSTP and Artes.
He actually works as Project Implementation Coordinator for the H2020 ECHO project (www.echonetwork.eu ) and as Technical Project Manager for the H2020 PANACEA project (www.panacearesearc.eu). He is also managing the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence project for the European Space Agency (https://artes.esa.int/projects/csce ).
Jakub Cegan - CONCORDIA
Jakub is KYPO Cyber Range Platform program manager and Cyber Defence Exercise (CDX) project manager. His responsibility is the development of KYPO and coordination of all related projects. He is also interested in finding suitable business models for both activities.
Peter Meyer, IT-Security expert at eyeo.com
Peter Meyer brings over 20 years of expertise in the field of IT-Security and has been working for companies like like Webwasher, Secure Computing or McAfee. He has been the project coordinator for the FP7 project “Advanced Cyber Defense Centre” from 2013-2015 and also in charge of the German security projects Botfrei.de or SIWECOS at his former employer, eco - Association of the Internet Industry until 2018. Next to his position at eyeo in the security and privacy team, Peter is also a member of the advisory council at the German tech company SoSafe Cyber Security Awareness.
John Davies - Director, Pervade Software, South Wales Cyber Security Cluster Manager
John Davies is the Co-founder and Chair of Cyber Wales, the largest cyber security ecosystem in the UK. John has also chaired the Wales Cyber Resilience Board, a Welsh Government Steering Committee working with the National Cyber Security Centre to enhance cyber resilience across Welsh Public Sector organisations and providing policy and best practice advice for the Private Sector. John has been a Sessional Lecturer on MBA courses and is committed to helping to close the skills gap in cyber security by participating on the Curriculum Advisory Boards of both Cardiff University and the University of South Wales where he regularly runs sessions for the National Cyber Security Academy. John is a Welsh speaker who plays an active role helping military personnel and their families as Chairman of the Regional Employer Engagement Group for Wales. For his day-job, he runs a Cardiff-based cyber security software vendor.
Hani Banayoti - Director, CyberSolace
Brings over 20 years of expertise in cybersecurity consulting, operations, incident-management, assurance, risk management, and cybersecurity in digital transformation. Advising clients across numerous industry sectors covering Central Government, Defence, Media, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Telecoms.
Charlie Lewis - Cybersecurity Expert Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
Charlie Lewis is an expert associate partner based in McKinsey’s Stamford, CT office. He specializes in the human side of digital risk, helping organizations improve their cyber organization and governance, and develop the talent within to create security operations organizations that can respond to crises effectively. Prior to joining McKinsey, Charlie served over 13 years in the U.S. Army. While in the Army, his experiences ranged from service with the 101st Airborne Division to teaching as an Assistant Professor of American Politics at the United States Military Academy. Before leaving Active Duty for the Army Reserves, he developed the Army’s cyber leadership education programs and was the second in charge of a 5,000-person training organization. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and Harvard Kennedy School.
Invitation - Save the Date!
Cyber-Range Network is glad to invite you to the Joint Webinar that will be conducted online, on 26.11.2020, at 11.00-12.50 CET, via gotomeeting platform.
What is the “Cyber-Range Network”?
The “Cyber-Range Network” is a collaboration initiative created jointly from three EU funded projects: FORESIGHT, Cyber-MAR and SPIDER.
These projects created the “Cyber-Range Network” having as main objectives:
- to promote collaboration and to facilitate exchange of knowledge among them;
- to showcase their respective project results to a wider audience;
- to perform joint dissemination activities;
- to improve awareness regarding cybersecurity preparedness and training.
What is the Joint Webinar about?
This webinar is the first step to landmark the beginning of a productive collaboration and streamline the initial course of actions.
What is the aim of this joint webinar?
This joint webinar mainly aims to:
- Introduce the three projects along with their key objectives and the current progress;
- Present the concept of cyber-ranges as virtual training environments and how they can be used for cyber warfare;
- Exchange views and hold an interactive and productive discussion with the webinar participants.
The CYBERWISER.EU's session
Within the Cyber Range Network, joint webinar CYBERWISER.eu will hold a session titled "Building cybersecurity training environment to protect ICT systems ".
In this session, it will be shown the full potential of CYBERWISER.eu platform in providing a customised cybersecurity training capable of enable your staff to effectively protect your company.
Who is the Target Audience?
Our event is addressed to stakeholders of all backgrounds that are interested in cybersecurity technological advancements.
Mark your calendar and register to join the Cyber-Range Network Joint Webinar.
A provisional agenda can be found here.
Additional information on the connection details will be sent to you, via email, prior to the event.
It will be a great honour for us to welcome you virtually on 26.11.2020.
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Our self-confidence is often a false friend. Too many internet users are unaware of the threats that are out there. Evidence shows that careless navigation can cause millions of dollars damage to your organisation when it can actually be avoided.
Phishing attacks are based on user deception. Often these attacks start with fake emails, or web pages, asking users for personal information like phone numbers, credit card details and so on. These emails or web pages often seem to belong to famous brands or well-known organisations when in actual fact they tricking people into revealing sensitive information, paying money into fraudulent bank accounts or purchasing goods through apparently bonafide websites.
Statistics from Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations report (DBIR) confirm that 22% of data breaches in 2019 involved phishing. Almost 88% of organisations around the world experienced spear phishing attempts in 2019.
With the outbreak of COVID-19, phishing attacks have become even more common. Phishing scams are thriving in this period of doubt and fear with the continuous need for up-to-date information acting as a great breeding ground for this type of cyber abuse. Most campaigns lure people with the promise of important or breaking information on COVID-19, enticing them to click malicious links or open infected attachments.
What to watch out for - emails!
The Verizon’s 2020 DBIR report tells us that 96% of phishing attacks are carried out by email, 3% through malicious websites and only 1% via phone.
A 2019 report from Symantec lists the most common words and subjects cited in these malicious emails:
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Urgent
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Request
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Important
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Payment Attention
As we were saying before, cyber criminals are out to steal credentials like passwords and usernames, name, address email, account number and credit card information. How much does it cost?
According to the FNI’s IC3 more than 1.7 billion dollars were lost in 2019 resulting from business email compromise complaints.
Additionally IBM’s 2019 Cost of Data Breach Report shows that the average cost per compromised record was $150 in 2019. The cost of a data breach could even be as high as $780.How can you deal with Phishing attacks?
The most effective ways to deal with phishing attacks starts from knowing very well how they are carried out, the techniques used, and learning from attack simulations. It’s important to train your staff and share knowledge about phishing attacks right across your organisation, remember that 49% of data breaches start with human error.
Here you will understand what a Phishing attack is, how it is structured, and what it affects. Within the Phishing demo session, you will see a real simulation of a Phishing attack, the chain of events that it triggers, and its consequences.
Additionally you will have the opportunity to start a customised training path in cybersecurity. A special session is reserved to the audience. Here the audience can present their organisation and its cybersecurity needs so to set up a customised training path.
Agenda:
16:00 - 16:10 - Open Pilot Opportunities - Nicholas Ferguson, Lorenzo Palai, AON
16:10 - 16:30 - One-minute pitches from our Pilot Owners - Who you are and your expectations - Interaction with the Audience
16:30 - 16:35 - A Walkthrough the CYBERWISER.eu Platform - Antonio Alvarez Romero, ATOS
16:35 - 16:40 - Introduction to Phishing - Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
16:55 - 17:00 - Phishing exercise - Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
17:00 - 17:05 - Closing remark and open pilot reminder - Lorenzo Palai, AON
Register now to our next webinar on phishing
Welcome to the CYBERWISER.eu Cyber Risk Awareness Webinar series, showing how your staff can use the CYBERWISER.eu platform for professional training on cyber threats and attacks. Each of the 5 Webinars will take participants through different hands-on cyber range exercises on some of the most popular threats and attacks, with topics varying from Awareness of Password Weaknesses, SQL Injection, Phishing and more.
Topic of the Webinar:
Phishing.
What you will learn:
If you take part in this webinar you will understand what a Phishing attack is, how it is structured, and what it affects.
Within the Phishing demo session, you will see a real simulation of a Phishing attack, the chain of events that it triggers, and its consequences.
This webinar is for:
SMEs, Large Enterprises, Public Sector Organisations, Institutions of Higher Education and Research Centres.
Description:
At CYBERWISER.eu we take Phishing seriously. As a matter of fact we have two entire modules dedicated to it:
- Awareness of Phishing - From our Primer Offering Level
- Phishing - From our Advanced Offering Level
In this webinar we will explain why it is important to know more about Phishing and we will share with you some stats and good practices about this important topic.
Most importantly, we will show you a demo of the hands-on exercise we propose in our A-03-M07 SQL Phishing module from the Advanced Offering Level to show you how effective and dangerous an Phishing attack can be.
Additionally, we will show you the practical consequences, in business terms, that you will have to face in case of an Phishing.
What's in it for me?
If you're looking for guidance or a complete cybersecurity solution for your organisation, seize the opportunity to get in front of Europe's leading cybersecurity experts!
By participating you can:
- Reserve your place as Open Pilot users of the CYBERWISER.eu solution
- Present your organisation to the webinar attendees in a dedicated session
- Discuss the specific needs of your cybersecurity training pilot with the CYBERWISER.eu team
- Meet virtually the cybersecurity experts from all over Europe and build your network
Agenda:
16:00 - 16:10 - Open Pilot Opportunities - Nicholas Ferguson, Lorenzo Palai, AON
16:10 - 16:30 - One-minute pitches from our Pilot Owners - Who you are and your expectations - Interaction with the Audience
16:30 - 16:35 - A Walkthrough the CYBERWISER.eu Platform - Spyros Papastergiou - Antonio Alvarez Romero, ATOS
16:35 - 16:40 - Introduction to Phishing - Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
16:55 - 17:00 - Phishing exercise - Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
17:00 - 17:05 - Closing remark and open pilot reminder - Lorenzo Palai, AON
Register now
Cyberwatching.eu organised a webinar entitled "Effective protection of Critical Infrastructures against cyber threats" taking place on 29 October 2020 at 11 AM CET, in collaboration with CyberSANE, CYBERWISER and REACT projects.
Description:
Critical Infrastructures nowadays rely on advanced technologies and robust ICT components for managing efficiently the large amounts of data that are necessary for the daily operations, communications, and in general, to provide different kinds of services depending on the specific sector of their activity such as energy, water, health, finance, transportation, among many others.
The high use of technologies combined with the use of smart devices and different types of software and hardware makes Critical Infrastructures a vulnerable target to every day more sophisticated attacks coming from hackers and cybercriminals. During September 2020, fourteen attacks were reported by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and all of them targeted Critical Infrastructures not only from the European Member States but around the world (e.g. ransomware attack on a German hospital which may have led to the death of a patient; the French shipping company CMA CGM SA saw two of its subsidiaries in Asia hit with a ransomware attack that caused significant disruptions to IT networks; and two sets of cyberattacks targeting emails of several members and employees of the Norwegian parliament and public employees in the Hedmark region).
Fortunately, the European Commission understands the importance of effectively protecting these infrastructures providing essential services to citizens, hence their investment on innovative systems contributing to tackling this situation. Join us on this interesting webinar where the projects CyberSANE, CYBERWISER and REACT will present their ambition and approach to providing Critical Infrastructures with advanced systems for timely detection, monitoring, handling and treating different risks and attacks.
Draft Agenda
11:00 - 11:05 - Cyberwatching.eu Introduction and welcome note - Nicholas Ferguson, Cyberwatching Project Coordinator
11:05 - 11:20 - Towards a trustworthy and resilient digital Europe - Roberto Cascella, ECSO
11:20 - 11:40 - CyberSANE: Cyber Security Incident Handling, Warning and Response System for the European Critical Infrastructures - Spyros Papastergiou - CyberSANE & Maggioli
11:40 - 12:00 - CyberWISER: Building a cybersecurity training environment to protect ICT systems - Niccolo Zazzeri, CYBERWISER & Trust-IT
12:00 - 12:20 - ReAct: REactively Defending against Advanced Cybersecurity Threats - Evangelos Markatos, REACT & FORTH-ICS
12:20 - 12:30 - Q&A Roundtable
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Registrations are now open for the first webinar in the CYBERWISER.eu Cyber Risk Awareness Webinar series.
In this webinar we will explain why it is important to have a password and we will share some good practices to use when defining it. Most importantly, we will show you a demo of the hands-on exercise we propose in our B05 - Awareness of Password Weaknesses with hands-on training from the Basic Offering Level, to show you how easy it is to exploit weak passwords to gain access to a company's infrastracture and assets.
Topic of the Webinar:
Awareness of Password Weaknesses.
When:
5th August at 15:00 (CEST)
What you will learn:
How easy it is to exploit weak passwords to access a company's infrastructure (shown in real time through a hands-on cyber range exercise). Good practices to use when defining a password to increase resilience against such vulnerabilities
This webinar is for:
SMEs, Large Enterprises, Public Sector Organisations, Institutions of Higher Education and Research Centres.
Agenda:
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15:00 - 15:10 Welcome and Introduction to the Open Pilot process
- Niccolò Zazzeri, Trust-IT Services
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15:10 - 15:15 Introduction to the CYBERWISER.eu Platform
- Antonio Álvarez Romero, ATOS
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15:15 - 15:20 Introduction to the topic covered by each webinar
- Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
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15:20 - 15:40 Password Weaknesses Hands-on Cyber Range exercise
- Vasileios Fotis, RHEA
- 15:40 - 15:50 Q&A
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15:40 - 15:45 Closing remark and open pilot reminder
- Niccolò Zazzeri, Trust-IT Services
CYBERWISER.eu is launching the first two of its innovative training modules.
These modules follow a hands-on, risk-centric approach to cyber threats and vulnerabilities to build skills on cybersecurity through novel training courses. In total, CYBERWISER.eu will deliver 4 training levels (PRIMER, BASIC, INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED) ranging from basic awareness to advanced undertaking of complex risk assessments with the PRIMER and BASIC levels being launched today.
Let's take a close look at the new courses:
- CYBERWISER.eu PRIMER: The Primer offering level is the starting point to the CYBERWISER.eu platform. It is an offering level designed mostly for university students and young professionals who need to increase their knowledge of the cybersecurity framework.
- CYBERWISER.eu BASIC: The Basic offering level is designed for users who have already done some cybersecurity training and are familiar with basic cybersecurity threats and best practices.
Four organisations with differing cybersecurity needs are set to start their free customised cyber training course with CYBERWISER.eu in the coming weeks. AKSILIA a technological solutions company in Tuscany, Ferrovie dello Stato the Italian state-owned rail management company, CyberSolace a small Cyber Security advisory firm and IDS an independent engineering and systems technologies company have all signed up to the CYBERWISER.eu Open Pilots Scheme.
- AKSILIA is the main Partner in Tuscany for various manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and digital SME. It creates solutions that simplify access to corporate information assets by building flexible technological solutions. The Pilot will help AKSILIA to increase their knowledge of main cybersecurity concepts so to be more effective on the consultancy to its clients.
- Ferrovie dello Stato is state-owned company that manages the Italian rail network. The Open Pilots will give the cybersecurity team of ferrovie the opportunity to train their skills with attack and defense scenarios so as to be effective when real cybersecurity threats appear and perform the right cost-benefit analysis.
- IDS is an independent engineering and systems technologies company providing research, innovation and products in Electromagnetic Engineering, Satellite Communications, Aeronautical and Radar fields for both civil and defense applications.
- CyberSolace is a small Cyber Security advisory firm founded by Hani Banayoti and supported by a network of industry experts and prominent affiliates with the sole intent of delivering a new breed of security advisory services to industry.
The training of these Open Pilots will focus mainly on exercises about:
- SQL injection
- Password Awareness tracking
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