A one day event with local and international speakers addressing the problem of global cybercrime
Thursday, 24th February 2022
Free and online – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM NZDT
Cybercrime is a “$1trillion dollar drag on the global economy” that harms public safety, undermines national security and damages economies. In 2021, nearly $50 billion was reported lost by internet users around the world to scams and frauds with detection and prosecution of offenders estimated to be as low as 0.05%.
In New Zealand, over a dozen agencies play a part in tackling cybercrime – prevention, detection and response – but there is no national data available on the true impact to the country and New Zealanders.
On Thursday 24th February, (ISC)2 Auckland Chapter is hosting a one-day online event with local and international speakers who will shine a light on global cybercrime and the efforts being made to prevent more people from falling victim.
Confirmed Speakers
Dr Martina Dove is a researcher with a passion for fraud prevention. During her PhD, she researched individual characteristics that make people susceptible to fraud, scam and persuasion techniques used by fraudsters and human factors, such as cognitive biases and mental models, that contribute to fraud victimisation. She recently published a book: “The Psychology of Fraud, Persuasion and Scam Techniques” and also writes for State of Security blog.
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Kevin Green, a Westpac financial crime and anti-fraud professional will run an online version of the bank’s innovative awareness raising card game ‘Stash the Cash’ that seeks to educate potential victims on common scam and fraud tactics and makes learning fun. Volunteers to take part will be sought ahead of this session.
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Bronwyn Groot, deals with cybercrime every day – anything from investment scams targeting new crypto investors seeking high returns to long lived romance scams harming families. She was the winner of NZ’s first Anti-Fraud Award at the Fraud Film Festival, holds a private investigators licence and has spent more than a decade tackling frauds and scams. She contracts to private companies as an expert adviser, working with their scam victims and also delivers staff training on key security awareness topics.
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Moises Sanabria – IDCARE A/NZ have analysed over 100,000 victim reports to develop an in-depth understanding of the Psychology of Scamming and contributing personality factors. The organisation is well-funded in Australia and understands the complex cybercrime reporting realities that can deter victims.
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Tony Krzyzewski is a Global Cyber Alliance Ambassador and supports the Alliance’s initiatives to help reduce the impact of cybercrime around the world. Tony will give an update on GCA priority activities to address cybersecurity threats and his NZ efforts to raise the maturity of local government and other critical sectors.
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Petra Lucioli, Group Claims Manager from Delta Insurance presented to ISC2 on the cyber insurance claims landscape back in 2019 and will provide an update on local and regional cyber insurance claims data and learnings from post incident clean up with a focus on effective prevention efforts.
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Nigel Phair is a former Australian Federal Police Officer and author of the new book “Cybercrime in Australia: 20 years of in-action”. Nigel previously lead investigations at the Australian High Tech Crime Centre and is now UNSW Institute for Cyber Security Director of Enterprise in Sydney.