Engineering Cybersecurity for a Nation: What Singapore is Learning from Cars and Sanitation

Presented at Black Hat Asia 2020 Virtual, Oct. 1, 2020, 9 a.m. (60 minutes).

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;">Defending a country is different from a corporate network. Singapore wants to be a Smart Nation and wants to shift the paradigm of cybersecurity in order to achieve that. Doing so will require us to challenge some mental models: Should cybersecurity be a public good? Should it be an engineering problem or a policy problem? Should users be solely responsible for it? Should it be seen as a cost or a benefit to a company? Facing these dilemmas and looking at how other sectors have addressed similar challenges, could help us define a new way forward for cybersecurity in Singapore.</span></p>

Presenters:

  • Gaurav Keerthi - Deputy Chief Executive (Development), Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
    <span>Brigadier General Gaurav “Yoda” Keerthi is a former air force pilot. In the military, he held roles driving capability development, innovation, and in his final tour, was responsible for cyber defence of the air force. </span><span>As Deputy Chief Executive (Development) in the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), Gaurav oversees the cybersecurity capability and ecosystem development to help keep Singapore’s cyberspace safe and secure.</span><span> He graduated from Stanford and Harvard, has founded numerous non-profit digital start-ups, and leads the national “TechForGood” volunteer-run organisation.</span>

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