Kaspersky Lab has held a multi-city press conference focusing on Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity Solutions (KICS). KICS is a specialized protection for industrial control systems. The company brought together its senior team of experts to share their views at the gathering. Present on the occasion were Vicente Diaz, Principal Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab Global Research & Analysis Team, Vikram Kalkat, Senior Key Account Manager, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security Global Business Development, APAC Region and Altaf Halde, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab – South Asia. A number of critical issues were discussed during the consecutive events organized at ITC Grand Central in Mumbai and Le Meridien in New Delhi.
In addition to malware and targeted attacks, industrial organizations face a number of threats and risks targeting people, process and technology. As we’ve seen in the past, underestimation of these risks could have serious consequences. Kaspersky Lab has developed a comprehensive portfolio of technologies, solutions and services to help our customers tackle and manage many of these risks. Only cyber security companies that understand the differences between industrial systems and standard, business-oriented enterprises are able to deliver security solutions that meet the unique needs of industrial control systems and industrial infrastructure owners.
In his opening remarks, Vicente Diaz, Principal Security Researcher, Kaspersky Lab Global Research & Analysis Team said, “In the current APT landscape, India is realizing that they need to keep up with new technologies and best practices in cybersecurity, as there are many cyber criminals and nation-sponsored attacks targeting both companies and governmental organisations perceived as ‘low hanging fruit’ in the eyes of the attackers.”
In his welcome address, Vikram Kalkat, Senior Key Account Manager, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security Global Business Development, APAC Region said, “Operation technology of critical infrastructures should focus on infrastructure availability of automated systems rather than only data confidentiality. On top of that, in these cases business risks should be addressed by the CEO or CFO of a company rather than a CIO.”
Altaf Halde, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab – South Asia further added, “We welcome e-governance initiatives that are entirely supported by technology and it is a result of continuous investments by the IT companies in cloud, IoT and the like. As automation technologies such as machine learning and robotics play an increasingly great role in everyday life, their potential effect on the workplace has, unsurprisingly, become a major focus of research and public concern. The discussion tends toward a guessing game: which jobs will or won’t be replaced by machines?”
