Top cybersecurity expert due in Manila for web forum

The internet has made the world smaller by providing people interconnectivity and information in an instant. But it also has its dark side and risks.

How do we protect ourselves from the dangers of cybersecurity breach? How do we make social media and computer programs more secure? These and other questions will be tackled at the one-day cybersecurity forum organized by Global Chamber Manila.

The event, dubbed “Forum on Cyber Security & The Internet of Things,” would feature web-security expert Marc Goodman.

Goodman is the founder of Future Crimes Institute and chair of Policy, Law and Ethics at Silicon Valley’s Singularity University.

In the last 20 years, he built an expertise in international cybercrime and terrorism, working with organizations like the Interpol, UN Counter Terrorism Task Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the US government.

The one-day event would be held on Jan. 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Enderun Colleges in McKinley Hill, Taguig.

Colin Christie, executive director of Global Chamber Manila, said organizers expect more than 250 representatives from the public and private sector to attend the event.

For more information, please log on to https://www.facebook.com/events/189509238284540 or www.pilipinascon.ph.