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(25 April 2024) – CyberSecurity Malaysia and KDDI Malaysia have formalized their commitment to collaborate on Digital Transformation and Cyber Security Initiatives through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The MoU was signed by Dato’ Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia, and Miki Sawabe, Managing Director of KDDI Malaysia. Witnessing the signing were Atsushi Karimata, Deputy Chief Of Mission of Japan, and Lt Col Haji Mustaffa Bin Ahmad (Retired), Senior Vice President of Business Development And Industry Affairs.

The signing ceremony was also attended by delegates from CyberSecurity Malaysia, KDDI Malaysia, and the Embassy of Japan. This Memorandum of Understanding seeks to establish a strategic partnership that will enable CyberSecurity Malaysia and KDDI Malaysia to collaboratively advance digital transformation and ensure robust cybersecurity measures.

(22 April 2024) – Hong Kong Federation of E-Commerce (HKFEC) is invited to be a supporting organization of the 9th Cloud Forum. The event will be held on 13 June 2024 (Thu) at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing) with the theme of Gen AI: Reshaping the Future Cloudscape.

For more information, please visit https://hkfec.org/highlight/9th-cloudforum/.

(1 April 2024) – The Consumers Association of Singapore (“CASE”) has appointed Mr Dexter Tay Hai Hong as its new Executive Director, with effect from 1 April 2024. Mr Tay succeeds Ms Lee Siow Hwee, who was on secondment from the People’s Association (“PA”).

For more information, please visit https://www.case.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Media-Release-CASE-appoints-new-Executive-Director.pdf.

(28 March 2024) – Developed collaboratively by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), BioCatch and SSF Stöldskyddsföreningen, the report offers crucial insights into the current landscape of scam activities in Sweden as of 2024.

The findings of this report are both staggering and concerning. Notably, Swedish citizens have incurred substantial financial losses, totaling a staggering $2.75 billion, directly affecting 0.5% of the nation’s GDP. Furthermore, the report highlights that 1-in-8 Swedes have fallen victim to online scams, with a significant portion encountering fraudulent activities on a monthly basis. This alarming trend is compounded by a simultaneous decline in confidence regarding scam detection, evidenced by a notable 93% increase in scam attempts against the Swedish populace.

To read the full report, please visit https://www.gasa.org/research.

(15 March 2024) – TrustArc will join the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024 in Washington, DC during April 2-4, 2024. IAPP Global Privacy Summit is the world’s largest forum for exploring privacy and data protection law, regulation, policy, management and operations. The event is for innovative solutions to challenges information privacy professionals face every day.

The Summit keynote speaker stage has hosted top policy makers, technologists, ethicists, authors and entrepreneurs. Recent speakers have included U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Lina Kahn, author Malcolm Gladwell, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft President Brad Smith, author Margaret Atwood, and humorist/author Trevor Noah.

To see more information, please visit https://trustarc.com/future/.
To register for attending the event, please visit https://iapp.org/conference/global-privacy-summit/.