Cyber Resilience: Enhancing Operational Stability Amid Rising Ransomware Threats.
Cyber resilience is a core pillar of operational resilience, and the growing threats of ransomware are tacks are heightening the need for robust plans and controls to ensure swift recovery times. There is a need to recognize the evolving ransomware landscape and appreciate the necessity of a dynamic strategy and approach to manage recovery efficiently. Institutions must have a centralized approach to their resilience frameworks to appropriately manage data and have a clear understanding of what controls must be implemented to minimize the impact of an attack.
In this webinar, speakers from companies such as Centene Corporation, ING and Cutover will assess the best strategies to manage cyber concerns as well as debate the viability of paying a ransom. We will underscore the importance of shifting the emphasis towards enhancing backup strategies and fortifying recovery plans to maintain resilience in the face of an attack. Join us for an in-depth discussion that aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary to mitigate risks, ensure operational continuity, and uphold cyber resilience in the ever-evolving realm of cybersecurity threats.
Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate how to create an institution-wide approach to ransomware attacks to ensure all stakeholders are on board with the strategy
- How to understand all processes and services that will be impacted by ransomware attacks
- Implement structured and continuous testing plans to ensure that recovery aligns with your impact tolerances
Speakers:
Prateek Agrawal
Head of Technology Resiliency, Centene Corporation
Prateek Agrawal is an operational and technology risk and resilience executive who has held the senior resiliency, crisis management, business continuity management,and technology risk roles at highly regulated, systemically important financial,insurance and healthcare institutions. He has designed and operationalizedsustainable processes, managing risks ranging from business continuity and resiliency, cyber security, third-party, to privacy and data protection at Citi, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of Montreal, and USAA. He has successfully managed major natural disasters, cyber,data and supply chain incidents globally.In addition to his role as Head of Technology Resiliency at Centene Corporation, he is a Cyber Security Board member at Safe House Initiative and Executive Advisor at White Tuque. He was previously a Board Member of Sheltered Harbor and actively engaged with Industry associations such as SIFMA and FS-ISAC Resiliency Committee.
Alapan Arnab
Technology Resilience Expert, Finance
Alapan is an experienced technology executive with roles in operational resilience, cyber-security, technology reliability, and technology risk management. His most recent roles have been leading group-wide, highly diverse, high performance teams spanning multiple countries, for large (D-SIB level) multi-national banks. As a technologist, Alapan has designed, and led the implementation of a wide variety of large, complex, resilience, cyber-security, and technology risk management programs in diverse areas such as digital banking, cloud computing, DevOps & agile transformation, operations technology and security operations.
Mohammad Khan
CISO & Lead — IT Risk & Security Center of Expertise, ING Italy
Azmat is a seasoned cybersecurity expert with over 15 years of experience in the field. As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of an entity part of ING Group, Azmat leads the organization’s efforts in developing and implementing cybersecurity strategies to protect against emerging threats. His expertise spans across various domains including risk management, compliance, incident response, and security awareness training.
He educates audiences on best practices for securing their digital assets and navigating the evolving threat landscape. With his practical approach and deep understanding of cybersecurity challenges, he empowers organization to stay ahead of cyber threats and safeguard their sensitive information.
In addition to his role as a CISO, Azmat is actively involved in mentoring aspiring cybersecurity professionals and advocating for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. He holds a bachelor’s & master’s degree in computer application and several industry certifications, including CISSP, CISM, SABSA etc.
Ky Nichol
CEO, Cutover
Ky is the CEO of Cutover, he started out in the Space Industry with a physics background, he spent some time working with NASA and more with the European Space Agency on the International Space Station Program. He loved the seamless way teams and technology come together in the Space Industry to do great things! He left that industry to work as a tech consultant in the enterprise, working with the founding team for many years. Following frustrations they saw in managing tech ops/IT operations/SRE in the enterprise, they had a vision for a framework for teams and automation to work together to harness volatile and complex processes to reduce risk, increase productivity and reduce costs — they call this Collaborative Automation. On that basis they founded Cutover which has grown tremendously since its inception in 2015 and is now adopted at many of the world’s largest financial institutions and technology companies.
