12:00-13:30
CEO, Co-Founder of Kaspersky Lab
Russia
General Session The Cyber-Underworld: How It Works
General Session The Cyber-Underworld: How It Works
Underneath the surface of the slick and efficient high-speed information highway that is the Internet today lies a complex and sinister cyber-underworld. It’s multi-layered, well-structured and its cost to the global economy is in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars a year according to some estimates. Malicious players are exploiting vulnerabilities in new technology to steal money, and increasingly often, to carry out espionage campaigns and destroy physical infrastructure. It seems everything in the world – from government functions and banking to fridges and smart TVs – is online today, which means that the number of potential targets for all sorts of cybercriminals continues to skyrocket.
In his presentation, Eugene Kaspersky gives an outline of the structure of this malicious ecosystem, from the very amateur to the ultra-sophisticated criminal groups, possibly backed by governments, which are developing and running complex cyber-espionage systems and developing cyberweapons. Kaspersky will also present his ideas on how the global community should together tackle cyberthreats and keep the Internet safe and secure – ranging from sharing know-how in cyber-forensics, to the implementation of IT security standards.