When we published our security predictions for 2020 at the end of last year, no one could anticipate that a global pandemic was around the corner.
Besides the many negative effects that COVID-19 has had on our society as whole, malicious actors have been quick to take advantage of the daily headlines as lures for socially engineered threats, among others. Trend Micro witnessed a surge of nearly 9 million COVID-19-related threats from January to June, in addition to the many challenges posed by the shift to working from home.
The session will cover:
Besides the many negative effects that COVID-19 has had on our society as whole, malicious actors have been quick to take advantage of the daily headlines as lures for socially engineered threats, among others. Trend Micro witnessed a surge of nearly 9 million COVID-19-related threats from January to June, in addition to the many challenges posed by the shift to working from home.
Watch this on demand recording from December 15, 2020
Where our experts summarise the year that has passed using our prediction report as a starting point, and for insights on current and emerging threats and technologies.The session will cover:
- How cybercriminals have leveraged the coronavirus for digital extortion.
- The change in tactics for ransomware.
- Significant vulnerabilities discovered in 2020.
- The impact of the coronavirus.
- And much more.
The future looks complex, exposed, and misconfigured—but it is also defensible.
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Meet the presenters
Presenter
Udo Schneider
IoT Security Evangelist Europe
Udo Schneider knows not only the dangers lurking in the Internet but also how to protect oneself from them. In his current position as IoT Security Evangelist Europe he focuses primarily on Industrial Automation and IoT Security. Before he started his current position he worked on topics like cloud-computing, virtualisation encryption as well as network security as a Solution Architect for several years. Before that, he also served as Product Marketing Manager and as Channel Development Manager at Trend Micro.
Udo looks back on many years of experience he has gained at leading vendors within the IT security market: Amongst others, in his five years’ stay at Check Point Technologies he worked as Systems Engineer, as Senior Consultant, as Security Analyst, and as trainer. At Perimetrix Systems, he was Technical Director.
Udo looks back on many years of experience he has gained at leading vendors within the IT security market: Amongst others, in his five years’ stay at Check Point Technologies he worked as Systems Engineer, as Senior Consultant, as Security Analyst, and as trainer. At Perimetrix Systems, he was Technical Director.
Moderator
Jean Diarbakerli
Sales Engineer, Trend Micro
Jean joined Trend Micro in 2018 and works as a sales engineer, with his main focus being network security. He is a subject matter expert on TippingPoint in the Nordics and has been working in the field of IT security since 2013.
Prior to joining Trend Micro, Jean worked as a security consultant and managed presales activities and provided architecture and design expertise to organizations in various sectors in Sweden.
Prior to joining Trend Micro, Jean worked as a security consultant and managed presales activities and provided architecture and design expertise to organizations in various sectors in Sweden.
Moderator
Johnny Krogsboll
Technical Director Nordics, Trend Micro
Johnny is the Nordic Technical Director with Trend Micro for more than 3 years and manages a team of 15 cyber security experts and active involved in customer engagements.
Johnny is an active speaker and presenter that likes to share his experience and knowhow. His knowhow has been built up over the last 30 years of experiences with some of the largest companies in the world and various roles;i.e, consultant, trusted advisor, specialist and manager, in the IT industry.
Johnny has been cofounder of 4 startups and started 2 companies on his own.
Johnny is an active speaker and presenter that likes to share his experience and knowhow. His knowhow has been built up over the last 30 years of experiences with some of the largest companies in the world and various roles;i.e, consultant, trusted advisor, specialist and manager, in the IT industry.
Johnny has been cofounder of 4 startups and started 2 companies on his own.
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