About the Speaker
Anand Prasad | Partner
Talk
Holistic, Risk-Based Telecom Security
Some of the recent high, most high profile, cyber attacks on the telecom sector demonstrate the complexity that arises from maintaining new and older generations of technology side by side. As an alternative to addressing the many security vulnerabilities that emerge reactively or tactically, this talk will outline a holistic, risk-based, approach to telco security.
Anand is a Partner at Deloitte Tohmatsu Cyber (DTCY) for multinational cybersecurity services. With over 25 yrs of experience in all aspects of information and cyber security, Anand advocates risk based holistic security approach. He was Board of Director at Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), founder and CEO of wenovator LLC (acquired by DTCY) and Senior Security Advisor of NTT DOCOMO. Prior to that he was CISO, Executive Officer/Board Member, of Rakuten Mobile, Chairman of 3GPP SA3 where, among others, he led the standardisation of 5G security and held key roles in NEC and other companies. He is also advisor to several organizations, an innovator with 50+ patents, a recognized keynote speaker and a prolific writer with 7 books and 50+ publications. He is a Fellow of IET & IETE, and Editor of Cyber Security Magazine & Journal of ICT Standardization by River Publishers.
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