Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine – Issue 5, 2021

COVER FEATURE: THE RANSOMWARE WAR

In this edition, we provide you the opportunity to deep dive into the cybersecurity domain, corporate risk management and we cover a broad set of the trends, from ransomware, US and China relations and plenty in between. We also include links through to our Tech & Sec Weekly Series and the latest Cyber Security Weekly podcasts. There is a lot here to unpack. On that note, as always, there is so much more to touch on and we trust you will enjoy this edition of Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine. Enjoy the reading, listening and viewing!

Editor’s Desk:   “If we end up in a war – a real shooting war with a major power – it’s going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach of great consequence and it’s increasing exponentially” – USA President Joe Biden, visiting the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 27 July 2021

CONTENTS

1. The ransomware war: avoid the inevitability of ransomware losses, by Geoffrey Coley, Director, Strategy and Architecture for Asia South and Pacific region, Veritas Technologies LLC  
2. Yes ransomware is scary, but you don’t have to be a victim, Kelly Johnson, Country Manager, ESET Australia
3. China’s goals and future prospects for cyber military-civilian integration, James MacHaffie, independent analyst on Asian security topics, including cybersecurity. He holds a doctorate in international politics from the University of Leicester
4. Shifting Interests: How the Biden Administration Can Rework American Foreign Policy on China, Alan Cunningham
5. Presidents Biden & Putin Agree To Further Cybersecurity Talks, Andrew Curran Staff Writer, MySecurity Media
6. Europol sees increasing use of online communities by terrorists, Andrew Curran Staff Writer, MySecurity Media
7. CIO survey confirms cybersecurity specialists remain In high demand, Andrew Curran Staff Writer, MySecurity Media
8. Selecting winning solutions to ensure secure network transformation, Guy Matthews, Netreporter
9. HRC calls for a moratorium on AI, Andrew Curran Staff Writer, MySecurity Media
10. Prepare for Zero Trust Security Model at the organization level: Foundations and implementation, Ashish Shrivastava
11. Migrating MPLS networks to the cloud age, Guy Matthews, Netreporter