As Malaysia progresses towards the digital ambition, companies from all industry sectors are experiencing more sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks. The forthcoming Cyber Security Summit Malaysia 2025 will thus seek to confront these mounting challenges through assembling a coterie of thought leaders, policymakers and industry players that hope to chart the nation’s cybersecurity future.
A mid-sized Southeast Asia financial services company was recently hit with an advanced ransomware attack that encrypted critical customer data and internal systems. The hackers asked for a six-figure ransom in cryptocurrency. Instead of caving in, the company implemented a defence-in-depth approach which included Zero Trust micro segmentation, AI-driven anomaly detection, immutable backups and wide-ranging employee-awareness campaigns. This pro-active approach saw thousands of hours saved (bringing downtime down to only 12hrs vs the industry standard of 72), a near total data decryption rate of 98% without paying the ransom, and a 60% reduction in the success rates for phishing within just six months.
This use case in the real world highlights the importance of being prepared, having layered defences and a workforce that is ready — all of which is why Cyber Security Summit Malaysia 2025 has been established – to provide leaders with the unparalleled knowledge they need to anticipate and withstand adversities brought about by cyber threats.
Summary on the Cyber Security Summit, Malaysia
Brought to you by Exito Media Concepts, the Cyber Security Summit Malaysia 2025 on 9 October in Kuala Lumpur will convene more than 150 cybersecurity executives, IT heads, solution providers and policy makers from various sectors. Given that Malaysia is just one of many countries experiencing a digital evolution, the summit has been created as a platform to showcase how organizations can harness lessons learnt in real-world events to deliver tangible resilience. Keynote sessions, expert panels and case study deep-dives will focus on the threats of tomorrow, changing regulations and technology which is driving the APAC cybersecurity scene. It’s a very strategic environment in which to map out the expectation of government and priorities against the innovative future-facing enterprise, coming together under one theme to enable cross-sector cooperation that can defend digital Malaysia.
Speakers
The summit promises to bring together a great line up of thought leaders and experts on cybersecurity initiatives in Malaysia and the region. Key speakers are Ir Dr. Megat Zuhairy bin Megat Tajuddin, Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA); Dato’ Ts Dr Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO of Cybersecurity Malaysia; Amal Wickramasinghe, Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance (Cybersecurity & Data Privacy) at Axiata Group; Jaco Benadie, Partner, Technology Consulting – Cyber at Ernst & Young Consulting; Dr Mazlan Abbas, CEO and Co-founder of Favoriot; and Umang Varma, Head of Customer Engineering at Google Cloud. Their perspectives will give strategic guidance and practical guidelines for enhancing cyber resilience at all levels.
Topics of Discussion
● Cybersecurity in 2025: Aligning National Resilience with Innovation
● Zero Trust in Action: From Strategy to Seamless Adoption Across Industries
● Cloud-Native Security: Where SASE, XDR & SIEM Converge
● SOC-as-a-Service & MDR: The New Cyber Command Centers
● AI-Driven Detection & Response: Are We Ready for Autonomous Security?
● Securing Malaysia’s Data Centers & Sovereign Cloud
● Next-Gen Cyber Defense: AI, Sovereignty & Preparedness for 2026
The Cyber Security Summit Malaysia 2025 will serve as an important international forum for shaping expertise, creating connections, and strategic thinking. The summit hopes to solidify the cybersecurity landscape in Malaysia by bridging real-world cases with expert tips and new technology as well as future-proof organizations for potential threats. It reinforces the fundamental importance of cybersecurity to national growth and calls on others from all sectors to join forces in raising a stronger, more secure digital future.
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