BI.ZONE makes a projection of the future of cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum in Davos
The World Economic Forum (WEF, Forum) was held on January 22–25, where Dmitry Samartsev, BI.ZONE CEO, co-moderated a working discussion on cybersecurity “Private Corporations vs Cybercrime: Success through Collaboration”, following with an in-depth look at issues and challenges of digitalization.
Being one of the main lineups at the event, the working discussion “Private Corporations vs Cybercrime: Success through Collaboration” was held at the 49th annual WEF session on January 23 and hosted by Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, and Dmitry Samartsev, BI.ZONE CEO. The participants discussed current prevalent challenges of the digital sphere and put forth schemes for international cooperation in the fight against cyber threats.
Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank
Cybercrime makes the shortlist of key global risks—according to the Forum—potentially costing the global community $8 trillion by 2022. The participants of this discussion have reached a consensus in that in order to successfully combat such crimes, an effective international collaboration is paramount, on a state level as well as in the daily grind of private corporations. The core of this collaboration may be, of many things—trusted platforms for regular exchange of data on cyber threats. It is the sharing of information and continuous liaison between the state and business that has the potential to provide effective capabilities in countering cybercriminals.
On a side note, the participants of the meetup touched on the operations of the Centre for Cybersecurity (C4C) founded by the Forum, and solemnly presented at the 2018 session in Davos.
The working discussion was attended by members of the WEF’s Centre for Cybersecurity, along with a myriad international companies and organizations, of whom were Mastercard, Bank of America, KPMG, Siemens, Microsoft, Avaada Group, Cloudflare, Vostok, and many others.
The dialog about possible vectors for cybersecurity development within the scope of the Forum continued into January 24 during a panel discussion on futureproofing cybersecurity, which was also attended by BI.ZONE CEO Dmitry Samartsev. The main focus of the discussion was the evident lack of mechanisms of information exchange, on a national level, between industries as well as on a global scale. A trusted and user-friendly system for sharing information across nations is thought to smoothen and adapt the plethora of experiences, expertise, and assets of potential users, all to establish a united front against cyber threats.
Dmitry Samartsev, CEO of BI.ZONE
The turnout of speakers spoke volumes for the importance of the problem: apart from the representative from BI.ZONE, the floor was shared among Troels Oerting Jorgensen, Head of the WEF’s Centre for Cybersecurity; Kelly Bissell, Senior Managing Director at Accenture; Michelle Zatlyn, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Cloudfare Inc.
BI.ZONE has always been at the forefront when it comes to supporting multifaceted interaction between companies, industries, and states to protect themselves against cybercrime. The scheme for intelligence sharing, presented as a solution at the Forum, has already proven itself within the joint project between BI.ZONE and the Association of Banks of Russia. The more pertinent of trends and solutions to cyber threats are to be discussed at length during the next International Cybersecurity Congress (ICC), which is due to take place on June 20–21, 2019, at the Global Cyber Week. In addition to the ICC, the Global Cyber Week is planned to host the international tech conference on practical cybersecurity—OFFZONE 2019; and Cyber Polygon—the global online training exercise for cyber risks management.
The ICC is an international and cross-industry platform for facilitating a dialog between representatives of state authorities, world business leaders, and renowned experts all tackling the more pressing issues of protection against cyber threats in the age of global digital transformation. The first ever international congress on cybersecurity took place in June 2018. It attracted more than 2,200 participants—representatives of 700 companies from 50 countries. The ICC 2018 could not have happened without the invaluable input from many honored contributors among whom was the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.