15 - 17 October 2018 Bucharest, Romania

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The Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team CERT-RO is an independent structure providing expertise and conducting research and development activities for the protection of Romanian Cyber Space.

CERT-RO is the single national contact point with other CERT structures from institutions, public authorities or le-gal entities, be them public or private, national or inter-national, whilst respecting the attributes specific to other authorities or public institutions. CERT-RO operates a Web portal dedicated to cyber security where news, alerts and advice are published.

OVERVIEW Main Services

PROACTIVE REACTIVE SUPPORT

l Alerts upon new threats, risks and vul-nerabilities that could affect national cyber space

l Monitors vulnerabil-ities on different tech-nologies

l Performs cyber securi-ty audits for public insti-tutions upon request

l Alerts and warns of cyber security incidents that impact Romanian organizations

l Responds to incidents and coordinates efforts to minimize impact

l Investigates and re-searches malware and cyber incidents

l Coordinates awareness campaigns

l Provides support to oth-er organizations for setting up CERT structures

l Provides consultancy for securing critical infrastruc-ture

l Provides expertise for developing policy, regula-tion and other strategies

Main ActivitiesThe institution has as a primary task to prevent, analyze and respond to cyber security

incidents occurred in Romanian cyber space. It also collects and processes multiple

source feeds regarding IPs or URLs from Romania detected as being involved in cyber

security incidents based on which CERT-RO operates an early-warning system. The

incidents are recorded through a centralized database for processed alerts. Moreover,

the team monitors and reports vulnerabilities on different types of technologies.

CERT-RO performs cyber security audits for public institutions upon request and offers

support in solving cyber security incidents.

CERT-RO has already built a network for

cooperation with its partners from the private and

public sectors. Our aim is to enlarge this circle of

trust for a safer Romanian cyberspace.

CĂTĂLIN ARAMĂ, General Director CERT-RO

CERT-RO has already built a network for cooperation with its partners from the private and public sectors. Our aim is to enlarge this circle of trust for a safer Romanian cyberspace.

OVERVIEWThe Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team CERT-RO is an independent structure providing expertise and conducting research and development activities for the protection of Romanian Cyber Space. CERT-RO is the single national contact point with other CERT structures from institutions, public authorities or legalentities, be them public or private, national or international, whilst respecting the attributes specific to other authorities or public institutions. CERT-RO operates a Webportal dedicated to cyber security where news, alerts and advice are published.

Main ActivitiesThe institution has as a primary task to prevent, analyze and respond to cyber security incidents occurred in Romanian cyber space. It also collects and processes multiple source feeds regarding IPs or URLs from Romania detected as being involved in cyber security incidents based on which CERT-RO operates an early-warning system. The incidents are recorded through a centralized database for processed alerts. Moreover, the team monitors and reports vulnerabilities on different types of technologies. CERT-RO performs cyber security audits for public institutions upon request and offers support in solving cyber security incidents.

Main ServicesPROACTIVE

• Alerts upon new threats, risks and vulnerabilities that could affect national cyber space

• Monitors vulnerabilitieson different technologies

• Performs cyber securityaudits for public institu-tions upon request

REACTIVE

• Alerts and warns ofcyber security incidentsthat impact Romanianorganizations

• Responds to incidentsand coordinates effortsto minimize impact

• Investigates and researches malware andcyber incidents

SUPPORT

• Coordinates awarenesscampaigns

• Provides support to other organizations for setting up CERT structures

• Provides consultancy for securing critical infra-structure

• Provides expertise fordeveloping policy, regula-tion and other strategies

CĂTĂLIN ARAMĂ, General Director CERT-RO

The Romanian Computer Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) is pleased to announce the VIII edition of the Annual International Conference „The New Global Challenges in Cyber Security” that will take place between the 15th and 17th of October in Bucharest, Romania. This year the event has a new flagship partner: the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). As always, we will tap into The New Global Challenges in Cyber Security together with experts from European and International institutions and leading cyber security companies. We will have a closed CERT/CSIRT session on the 15th morning and welcome dinner in the same day evening, and other two full days of presentations, talks and networking opportunities on the 16th and 17th of October. The topics for this year range from policy developments at European and International level, capacity building tools and initiatives, to the implementation of new technologies in the cyber security field, as well as insights in the global threat landscape.

Event Summary The Romanian Computer Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) is pleased to announce the VIII edition of the Annual International Conference „The New Global Challenges in Cyber Security” that will take place between the 15th and 17th of October in Bucharest, Romania. This year the event has a new flagship partner: the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). As always, we will tap into The New Global Challenges in Cyber Security together with experts from European and International institutions and leading cyber security companies. We will have a closed CERT/CSIRT session on the 15th morning and welcome dinner in the same day evening, and other two full days of presentations, talks and networking opportunities on the 16th and 17th of October. The topics for this year range from policy developments at European and International level, capacity building tools and initiatives, to the implementation of new technologies in the cyber security field, as well as insights in the global threat landscape.

Event Summary

Day 1 – 16 Oct 09.00 - 09.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

09.30 – 09.45 Welcome Address Cătălin Aramă, General Director, CERT-RO 09.45-11.15 Opening VIP Session Viorel Ștefan, Viceprime-minister of Romania Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union Petru Bogdan Cojocaru - Minister of Communication and Information Society Victor Negrescu – Minister Delegate for European Affairs Mihai-Viorel Fifor - Minister of Defence H.E. Ambassador Sorin Ducaru – Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Sorin Grindeanu – President of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority Moderator: Cătălin Aramă - General Director, CERT-RO

11.15-13.00 Plenary Session I - Responsible behavior in cyber space, attribution of attacks and cyber diplomacy Maria Manuela Catrina – State Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Information

Society Mark Pfeifle - President, Off the Record Strategies James Caffrey - Policy Officer – DG CONNECT Ken Ducatel – Acting Head, CERT-EU Blažej Lippay – Director, Office of the National Security Authority of Slovakia James Smythers – Cyber Officer, US Embassy in Bucharest Moderator: Andrea Rigoni, Partner - Cyber Security Services, Deloitte Agenda | certcon8

09.30 – 12.30 CERTs Cooperation closed session (dedicated only for national CERTs participants) 19.00-20.00 Welcome Dinner

Early Registration – 15 Oct

Opening Session

14.00- 15.15 Parallel Session I S1. Perspectives in Cyber Security Opening Address: Daniel Ioniță, CERT-RO

S2. Building & Consolidating the Cyber Security Culture Opening Address: Iulian Alecu, CERT-RO Thomas Schrek, COB, FIRST Radu Stănescu, Senior Information

Security Consultant, European Parliament/ANSSI

Adrian Danciu, Regional Director – South Eastern Europe, Fortinet

Marius Iordache, IP Network Architect, Orange Romania

09.00 - 09.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

10.45 - 11.15 Coffee Break

09.30- 10.45 Parallel Session II S1. Effective Critical Infrastructure Protection Opening Address: Nelu Munteanu, CERT-RO Cătălin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist,

Bitdefender Marcin Paciorkowski, Regional Sales

Engineer, Kapsch Laurent Chrzanovski, Prof. Univ. PhD.

Habil. – Founder, Cybersecurity Trends

S2. Cyber Security Solutions for Smart Investigations Opening Address: Cristian Drigă, CERT-RO

11.15 - 12.30 Parallel Session III S3. AI & Machine Learning Challenges in Incident Management Opening Address: Paul Turcu, CERT-RO Ovidiu Neghina, CS Specialist, CISCO Ovidiu Pismac, Account Technology

Strategist, Microsoft Gad Naveh, Advanced Threat Prevention

Evangelist, Checkpoint

S4. Keeping IoT under control Opening Address: Cezar Bărbuceanu, CERT-RO Almerindo Graziano – CEO, Silensec Rastislav Janota, Director - SK-CERT Mihai-Daniel Chiroiu, PhD – Lecturer,

Polytechnic University of Bucharest

Boris Radanovic , Safer Internet Center UK Fred Streefland, CSO North-Eastern

Europe, Palo Alto Networks Mariusz Stawowski, CTO, Clico Valentin Necoara, CTO, certSIGN

Day 2 – 17 Oct

Adrian Aldea, EMEA Security Tiger Team, IBM

Adrian Victor Vevera - Technical Director National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics

Ioan Cosmin Mihai, PhD, Assoc. Prof., “A . I. Cuza” Police Academy

13.00- 14.00 Lunch

Laurent Chrzanovski, Prof. Univ. PhD. Habil. – Founder, Cybersecurity Trends

13.30 - 14.45 Plenary Session II – Global Risk Landscape. A Cyber Security Capabilities Perspective Virgil Spiridon – Director of Operations C-PROC Anton Rog – Director, Cyberint Vincent Danjean - Head, Interpol - Cyberspace and New Technologies Laboratory Jaroslaw Ponder - Head of ITU Office for Europe Peter Traven – Assistant Legal Attache, US Embassy in Romania Cristian Cucu – CIO, Secretary of State, Romanian Government Lucian Marinescu – Counselor, Department of National Security, Presidential

Administration

Moderator: Iulian Alecu, Deputy General Director, CERT-RO 14.45 - 15.00 Closing Remarks

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12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

The conference will be held at the National Library of Romania, 22 Unirii Blvd. The event will take place on the ground floor, where the CERT-RO team will assist you with seating and orientation. Please enter through the East Wing, facing Mircea Vodă Blvd. Registration is open between 8:30 and 9:30.

Conference Venue

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The conference will be held at the National Library of Romania, 22 Unirii Blvd. The event will take place on the ground floor, where the CERT-RO team will assist you with seating and orientation. Please enter through the East Wing, facing Mircea Vodă Blvd. Registration is open between 8:30 and 9:30.

Conference Venue

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Venue plan

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Parallel Session room

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The venue is centrally located (see the map above), so you could consider accommodation options such as the International Hotel Bucharest, Hotel Mercure Bucharest or the Hotel NH Bucharest. All of the aforementioned hotels are walking distance from the venue. Citizens of the EU, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein, and Switzerland can stay temporarily in the territory of Romania without any permit on the basis of a travel document or an identity card. Please visit http://evisa.mae.ro/LongStayVisa for a list of other visa-exempted countries. Other It is quite easy to change your currency (especially EUR) for the Romanian Leu (RON) at the airport. For an updated list of exchange rates please follow this link - http://www.bnr.ro/Exchange-rates-1224.aspx.

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Accomodation & Visa Requirements

The venue is centrally located (see the map above), so you could consider accommodation options such as the International Hotel Bucharest, Hotel Mercure Bucharest or the Hotel NH Bucharest. All of the aforementioned hotels are walking distance from the venue. Citizens of the EU, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein, and Switzerland can stay temporarily in the territory of Romania without any permit on the basis of a travel document or an identity card. Please visit http://evisa.mae.ro/LongStayVisa for a list of other visa-exempted countries. Other It is quite easy to change your currency (especially EUR) for the Romanian Leu (RON) at the airport. For an updated list of exchange rates please follow this link - http://www.bnr.ro/Exchange-rates-1224.aspx.

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Accomodation & Visa Requirements

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