The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the global economy and forced organisations to adopt remote working and to change their business models. The rapid and unexpectedly disruption to businesses around the world has left companies fighting to maintain cyber security and business continuity. While the world is focused on the health and economic threats posed by COVID-19, cyber criminals around the world took advantage on this crisis. As organizations have shifted to remote working and moved the majority of their activity to the digital world the risk of cyber attacks increased dramatically. Huge spikes in phishing attacks, malware, spams and ransomware attacks based on COVID were noticed around the world. But there is good news in this crisis. The world become digital with rapid speed adopting digital transformation strategies. World will never be the same but it will be digital.

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Cyber + Covid-19 = pandemic threats. Cyber security challenges into the digital lockdown world. Security, Risk and Compliance 
  • Covid-19 related data and cyber security risks
  • Working from home. Vulnerabilities, Risks and IT security solutions
  • Role of Business Continuity planning and Disaster recovery in the pandemic scenarios.
  • How new technologies sustain the work from home/work from anywhere?
  • Cyber security solutions for companies into the new paradigm
  • Processing data in special situations driven by Covid-19 are in line with data protection authorities regulations? Screening employees and monitoring online are in line with GDPR?
  • Managing and prioritising certain data protection compliance in the face of Covid-19 driven constraints
  • Role of cyber security insurance.
AGENDA: 1. Introduction: Yugo Neumorni – President CIO Council, CIO Urgent Cargus 2. Improve Cyber Security and Manage Digital Risk in Times of Disruption Speaker: BRANA NIKOLAJEVIC – Territory Manager, CEE, RSA            3. Ensuring a productive, Remote Workforce Speaker: JOSEPH CARSON (CISSP) – Chief Security Scientist | Thycotic 4. Helping large Enterprises and Government institutions to secure their environment. Speaker:  ANDREI IONIȚĂ – Business Development Manager, Bitdefender 5. Panel: CĂLIN RANGU – Director ASF, CIO Council member CRISTIAN CUCU – CIO Nuclearelectrica, CIO Council member GEORGE LAZĂR – Head of Application, First Bank, CIO Council Board Member ANDREI IONIȚĂ – Business Development Manager, Bitdefender MIRCEA BOZGA – Partner, Risk Assurance Services, PwC Romania Moderator: YUGO NEUMORNI – President CIO Council, CIO Urgent Cargus   6. Conclusions: Yugo Neumorni – President CIO Council, CIO Urgent Cargus Presentations delivered by our international guests - Brana Nikolajevic, Territory Manager, CEE, RSA și Joseph Carson (CISSP), Chief Security Scientist, Thycotic - will be held in English. The other discussions will be in Romanian.