Building
off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking
brings Cyber Security World Conference 2014 New York City
(www.CyberSecurityWorldConference.com),
forum that will bring the latest thinking from security experts to
hundreds of senior executives focused on protecting enterprises'
information assets.
New
York, NY, USA (November 18, 2014) -- When pro-democracy protests
erupted in Hong Kong in September, cyber attacks aimed at
compromising protesters' mobile phones soon followed. Spread through
links in pro-Hong Kong e-mail messages, the mobile remote access tool
(mRAT) gave the group behind the attack, the most obvious suspect
being the Chinese government, almost total access to the device and
its data. Two weeks later, similar espionage attacks were found
hidden on compromised websites of organizations supporting the
democratic movement.
The
attack on Hong Kong citizens underscores the degree to which
governments have taken to programs typically associated with hackers
and cybercriminals. In fact, our reliance on these technologies has
left us open to a variety of threats, says the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Cybercriminals continue to compromise users' computers
and are increasingly turning their attention to mobile devices. In
addition, online thieves have aimed their tools at larger prey,
resulting in a string of large data breaches at well-known companies,
such as Target, Home Depot, and JPMorgan Chase.
Indeed,
J.P. Morgan Chase, America's largest bank with $2.39 trillion in
assets, announced a few months ago that about 76 million households
and 7 million of small-business customers had been affected by a
cybersecurity attack in one of the most sweeping disclosed global
breaches. The bank said the unknown attackers stole customers'
contact information, which included names, email addresses, phone
numbers and addresses, affected an amount equivalent to two-thirds of
American households.
A
brief walk down memory lane of some the biggest recent cyber-attacks
now include Adobe Systems, Automated Data Processing, Citigroup,
E*Trade Financial, Fidelity Investments, Home Depot, HSBC, Nasdaq
OMX, Neiman Marcus, Target and Wal-mart. It is not unlikely to
consider that the information of every American has already been
compromised in any of these publicly disclosed attacks.
Cyber
security is therefore no longer a term to ignore for neither
individuals nor corporations. The daily activities of all Americans,
the country's economic prominence and global security rely on a safe
and resilient cyberspace. Yet the number of cyber-attacks has
increased dramatically over the last years, exposing confidential
personal and business data, disrupting critical operations, and
imposing high costs on the economy overall.
Golden
Networking's Cyber Security World Conference 2014 New York City
(http://www.CyberSecurityWorldConference.com)
will provide a platform for information security authorities and
innovative service providers to distil their latest thinking for
hundreds of senior executives focused on protecting today's
enterprises. Cyber security experts will discuss topics such as
protecting individuals and companies against cyber-attacks,
biometrics as the future of security, risks brought by mobile
computing, and protecting corporate and national infrastructure
against foreign attacks.
Topics
that Cyber Security World Conference 2014 will discuss include:
• Cyber
Security Megatrends Security Professionals can't Ignore Today
• Designing
and Managing Effective Information Security Programs
• How
Hackers Really Operate to Obtain Financial Data
• Key
Considerations about Security in the Internet of Things Age
• Strengthening
the Security of Industry-wide Technology Infrastructure
• Cyber
Security and its Role in the Overall Security of the United States
Cyber
Security World Conference 2014 is produced by Golden Networking, the
premier networking community for business and technology executives,
entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are
invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to
information@goldennetworking.com.
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