{"id":4213,"date":"2012-06-29T07:04:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2012-06-29T07:05:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:05:10","slug":"a-quick-look-at-cyber-security-in-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2012\/06\/a-quick-look-at-cyber-security-in-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick look at cyber security in Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"
ICT Pulse\u2019s Publisher, Michele Marius, gave a talk at a cyber security seminar on 26\u00a0June. The presentation slides are shared, and an interesting development in Jamaica is discussed.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a>Earlier this week, on 26 June, ICT Pulse participated in a seminar and executive breakfast under the theme, \u201cScaling up Security Management for Newer Threats\u201d<\/em>. The event, hosted by Paladion<\/a> at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, Jamaica, was targeted at network security specialists and senior executives from both the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n Paladion is one of the leading information risk management firms, with a presence in 30 countries worldwide. It has been included in a number of internationally recognised rankings for the network\/information security, such as those prepared by Deloitte<\/a>, Gartner<\/a>, Info Security Products Guide<\/a>, and Red Herring<\/a>.<\/p>\n Although the focus of the seminar were the talks by Paladion Networks\u2019 Chief Operating Officer, Vinod Vasudevan, ICT Pulse\u2019s Publisher, Michele Marius, was invited to share some views into cyber security in the Caribbean, based on her many posts on the subject:<\/p>\n In her talk, which was titled \u201cJamaica: Victim or Perpetrator of Cyber Crime and Threats<\/em>\u201d, Michele sought to provide some context on cyber security specifically in Jamaica and in the region. First, key insights gleaned from Caribbean network security experts featured in articles published by ICT Pulse were highlighted. Thereafter, the Jamaican situation was examined, and finally suggestions were made on how participants, and the wider community, could improve their individual and collective security. The slides that were presented are shared below.<\/p>\n\n