Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

Liam Lynch, L2 Cyber Security Solutions

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Steps To Take When the Cyber Threat Is Heightened

• Balancing cyber risk and defence
• Factors affecting an organisation
• The threat of Russia
• Actions to take

Mathieu Gorge, CEO, Vigitrust

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Mitigating Malware and Ransomware Attacks

• What is malware and ransomware?
• How are attacks initiated?
• Should you pay a ransom?
• How can we prevent ransomware attacks?

Liam Lynch, L2 Cyber Security Solutions

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The Role of Zero Trust in Achieving Cyber Resilience

• Identifying and discovering sensitive data
• Identifying sensitive data flows
• Definition and architecture of micro-perimeters/data enclaves
• Security policy and control framework
• Continuous security monitoring and intelligent analysis
• Security orchestration and automation

Jonathan Hope, Senior Sales Engineer Sophos

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Cyber Insurance-Protecting Your Business from A Growing Threat

• Cybercrime, the most lucrative career!
• Ways to think like a cybercriminal to improve your cybersecurity.
• A tour of the Dark Web and the easy availability of off-the-shelf scams and ransomware
• How cybercriminals play on our emotions, and use the same techniques used in advertising and marketing

Martin Adams, Financial Lines Manager, Arachas

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Inside the Mind of Cyber Criminals- Common Hacking Methods, Explained

• Cybercrime, the most lucrative career!
• Ways to think like a cybercriminal to improve your cybersecurity.
• A tour of the Dark Web and the easy availability of off-the-shelf scams and ransomware
• How cybercriminals play on our emotions, and use the same techniques used in advertising and marketing
• The cost of cybercrime (latest report from Grant Thornton - €9 billion just for Ireland)
• Using true life cybercrime stories to educate and build security awareness using the ‘little and often’ principle.

Andrea Manning, CEO & Founder of CyberPie, GDPR Consultant Data Influence

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Rubber Meets the Information Warfare Road

• Several threats to Ireland in a time of conflict
• Russia invaded Ukraine and we saw Information Warfare being used in war
• What was I right about when predicting the current situation? And where did I go horribly wrong?
• What gave Ukraine the edge in the Fifth Domain in the war

Paddy Kerley Graduate Digital Forensics and Cyber Security at TU Dublin

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Cybersecurity Trends in the European Market

• The evolution of cyber security trends from the last century to present day
• Changing threat landscape and how these impact on current trends
• Challenges of staying ahead of emerging threats
• What the future may look like

Angela Madden Managing Director, Rits Information Security

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Critical national Infrastructure and Cyber

• Securing our Critical National Infrastructure from Cyber
• The current international CNI Threat landscape
• The Threat
• The Challenge
• Who will pay for it?
• Who will pay if we don’t do it?
• What are the key steps?

Michael Conway, Director, Renaissance

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Government Cyber Security Strategy

• National Capacity Development
• Public Sector Data and Networks
• Governance Framework and Responsibilities

Alan Mac Kenna, Senior Data Protection Technology Advisor, Trilateral Research 

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