Giving the Welcome Speech as the Guest-of- Honour at the Governance, Technology Audits, Control and Security (GTACS) 2018 Conference, organised by ISACA Singapore Chapter, on 21st May 2018, at MBS Convention Centre Singapore, Mr David Koh, Commissioner of Cybersecurity for Singapore, Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) and Defence Cyber Chief, Ministry of Defence (Singapore), emphasized that cybersecurity is a C-Suite responsibility.
The tone-from-the top is key to building an effective cyber risk management culture within an organization.
“Cybersecurity is a team sport” was a theme that Mr David Koh highlighted at the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity, as part of the Singapore International Cyber Week 2016 (SICW), requiring close partnerships among all involved, including governments in the region and industry partners in the private sector. Expanding on this theme at GTACS 2018, he said that it is important for C-Suite leaders to understand cybersecurity issues, so as to make informed decisions on risk management and its trade-offs.
From the perspective that “Cybersecurity is not an IT problem, it is a risk management issue”, tone-from-the-top, where the Board and senior management are highly engaged and understand what comprises information ‘Crown Jewels’, is a foundational building block for effective cyber risk management…Click here to read full article.
