Agenda

• Welcome - Astrid Boeijen (CEO at Brightlands Smart Services Campus)
• Opening - Robert Housmans (Deputy at Province of Limburg)
• The Israeli Cyber Industry: facts and figures – Amir Fass (CEO at Brightech Solutions)
• The 2019 Hack of Maastricht University, consequences, and learnings - Michiel Borgers (CIO at Maastricht University)
• Targeting the low hanging fruits: how ransomware groups operate - Etay Maor (Sr. Director Security Strategy at Cato)

About the topic

Ransomware attacks have been hitting just about every type of business and organization such as Governments, Municipalities, Universities, Hospitals, Corporates, Banks, Insurance firms and etc. However, the encryption of the data is the last phase of the attack, it is preceded with intelligence collection, social engineering, phishing, malware and network compromise (and more..). In this webinar we will dive into the tools and techniques used by ransomware attacks, look at how easy it is for threat actors to identify vulnerable targets, use frameworks to understand the threats and get tips on how to avoid these types of attacks - from the attackers themselves……!

About the Speaker

Etay Maor is the Sr. Director Security Strategy at Cato Networks and an industry recognized cyber security researcher and keynote speaker. Previously, Etay was the Chief Security Officer for IntSights where he lead strategic cybersecurity research and security services . Before that Etay held numerous leadership and research positions as an Executive Security Advisor at IBM where he created and led breach response training and security research and as Head of RSA Security’s Cyber Threats Research Labs where he managed malware research and intelligence teams and was part of cutting edge security research and operations. Etay is an adjunct professor at Boston College and holds a BA in Computer Science and a MA in Counter Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism. Etay is a frequent featured speaker at major industry conferences and is part of RSA Conference and QuBits conference committees. He is often tapped by major news outlets for his astute commentary on and insights into the cybersecurity news of the day.