Klaus Schwab to speak at Cyber Polygon 2020

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, will join the international online exercise Cyber Polygon 2020. This was announced at the press conference dedicated to the event.

The speakers at the press conference were Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank, and Craig Jones, Cybercrime Director, INTERPOL. Mr. Kuznetsov shared the goals and details of this year’s exercise and announced the complete agenda for the live stream, which features Herman Gref, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank; the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007); Jürgen Stock, Secretary General, INTERPOL; Troels Oerting, Chairman of the Advisory Board, the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity; and top officials from ICANN, Visa, IBM and other international organizations.

Stanislav Kuznetsov also gave details about the technical part of the training. Its central theme this year is preparation for a large-scale cyber crisis, which could happen given the fast-paced digitalization and a surge in cybercriminal activity. The event will be attended by 120 organizations from 29 countries, including major banks and technology corporations, telecom and energy companies as well as government organizations, healthcare institutions and law enforcement agencies. Participants will practice a variety of skills: repelling an attack in real time, incident investigation and checking the IT perimeter for vulnerabilities, as well as gathering data and evidence to submit to law enforcement. The BI.ZONE team will simulate the actions of attackers.

The event is the official project of the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity and Sberbank Group, and is supported by INTERPOL.

You can find more details about the live stream and the technical training on the Cyber Polygon website.