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TAIPEI, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Featuring "Bring Security to" as its theme, the international cybersecurity

event gathers over 200 experts and 300 companies at home and abroad to show

considerable cybersecurity prowess. -

CYBERSEC 2023, organized by iThome for the 9th year, kicked off at Nangang

International Exhibition Center in Taipei today, which is expected to attract

the participation of 18,000 cybersecurity professionals, several heavyweights,

and well-known companies at home and abroad from May 9 to 11 with unprecedented

scale as international exchange resumes after the pandemic.

CYBERSEC is not only an annual event that cybersecurity professionals cannot

miss but also an event whose profile has been raised in the international

community over the years, said Ann Gu, Managing Director of iThome and founder

of CYBERSEC. World renowned cybersecurity experts have been invited to

CYBERSEC, including Bruce Schneier, the widely acclaimed cybersecurity guru. As

international exchange resumes after the pandemic, a record-breaking number of

world renowned cybersecurity leaders and experts have been invited to CYBERSEC

2023, including former Secretary of Homeland Security and Founder of the

Berkeley Center for Security in Politics Janet Napolitano, Sr. Director of

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Shane Huntley, creator of the Cyber

Defense Matrix Sounil Yu, Trend Micro Chief Technology Strategy Officer David

Chow, and Fortinet Chief Security Strategist Derek Manky.

According to Gu, CYBERSEC has become increasingly significant in the past nine

years since its inception as more importance has been attached to

cybersecurity. The incredible resilience at all levels nationwide in recent

years has allowed CYBERSEC to take place during the pandemic and develop into a

world-class large-scale cybersecurity conference and exhibition. Gu pointed out

that the scale of this year's expo has grown by 30% compared with last year,

with 18,000 participants signing up and over 300 companies participating, which

take up nearly 900 booths. In addition, 15-parallel sessions have been planned

every day during the three-day event, where over 200 cybersecurity experts at

home and abroad have been invited to share their views.

President Tsai Ing-wen attended the opening ceremony along with high-level

ministers and officials, including Secretary-General to the President Lin

Chia-lung, Secretary-General of National Security Council Wellington Koo, Vice

Premier Cheng Wen-tsan, Minister of National Science and Technology Council Wu

Tsung-tsong, Minister of Digital Affairs (moda) Audrey Tang, and Minister of

Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua. Gu extended her gratitude to President Tsai for

attending CYBERSEC five years in a row, which not only gives a boost to the

cybersecurity industry but also shows that cybersecurity is national security.

She also expressed thanks to American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Acting Director

Jeremy Cornforth and the foreign representatives in Taiwan for their

attendance, making CYBERSEC 2023 the best platform for international exchange.

CYBERSEC 2023 features "Bring Security to" as its theme. Merton Wu, Chief

Editor of iThome and Chairman of CYBERSEC, said that as digitization

accelerates worldwide, cybersecurity threats are ubiquitous—in chips, codes,

and where connectivity exists. Rampant ransomware, mis- and disinformation and

fraud, innumerable software vulnerabilities, frequent infrastructure attacks,

and even the cyberwar triggered by Ukraine-Russia War are a wake-up call. If a

democratic, free, peaceful, and sustainable future is what we aim to pursue,

cybersecurity should be high on the agenda in all sectors, making it the DNA of

corporations and people's lives, to ensure a safe and secure future.

CYBERSEC 2023 features the following sessions, activities, and exhibitions:

Over 30 cybersecurity forums look into the cybersecurity industry and

industrial cybersecurity.

More than 30 forums have been planned this year, including blue team, red team,

DevSecOps & SecOps, Web3, Cyber Leadership, CISO, CMMC, AI security, supply

chain security, FINSEC, ransomware, zero trust, software security, cloud

security, governance, threat research, vehicle security, security awareness

training, and emerging cybersecurity issues.

Cyber Taiwan Pavilion showcases 48 Taiwan cybersecurity companies and focuses

on four major themes.

Cyber Taiwan Pavilion has been an exclusive platform for Taiwan's cybersecurity

brands to showcase their solutions. This year's Pavilion brings together 48

leading cybersecurity companies from Taiwan to display Taiwan's abundant

cybersecurity R&D capabilities as well as diverse and pioneering solutions

centering on four major themes: zero trust, semiconductor, 5G, and IoT.

Cyber Talent serves as a platform for talent recruitment, training, and career

development.

Cyber Talent is arranged at CYBERSEC to enable exchange in career development,

skills training, and talent cultivation through Cyber Talent Forum, Cyber

License Day, and on-site recruitment and skills assessment.

Asia Cyber Channel Summit supports Taiwan cybersecurity companies to expand

overseas and connect with international markets.

Leading cybersecurity agents from Southeast Asia have been invited to this

year's expo to have a face-to-face exchange with Taiwan's outstanding

cybersecurity vendors, optimizing business matching and assisting Taiwan

companies to expand overseas.

CYBERSEC 2023

https://cyber.ithome.com.tw/2023/en

SOURCE: iThome