PROFIT Security Day 2022: How is Information Security in Kazakhstan

Leading information security experts discussed the state of cybersecurity in Kazakhstan.

On November 11, the ninth PROFIT Security Day 2022 conference took place in Almaty.
This year, the conference broke attendance records: more than a thousand registrations, several thousand online participants, and over 300 guests in the hall.

The conference was opened by Konstantin Aushev, Partner and Head of the Technology Practice at KPMG in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Konstantin provided an overview of the risk and threat observations KPMG currently sees based on completed projects.

Yuri Moroz, Deputy Head of the Cybersecurity Department at the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARRFR), spoke about the approaches used by the Agency to ensure information security. According to the speaker, it is necessary to enhance the competencies of information security professionals. The market, in turn, uses detailed technical recommendations and engages in staff training.

Bakhtiyar Baimagambet, Regional Manager at Trend Micro, discussed in detail the cyber threats and risks that businesses face today. He presented Trend Micro's analytical research on cyber threats for the first half of 2022. 

It is worth noting that Trend Micro does not simply supply antivirus solutions. The company provides comprehensive solutions for protecting IT infrastructure and ensuring industrial security.
With such a wide range of solutions in its portfolio, Trend Micro shares data obtained from these systems—more than 2.5 trillion events per day.
In the first half of 2020, approximately 1 billion threats were prevented, while in the first half of this year, more than 22 billion threats were prevented.

Continuing the topic of workplace protection, Dmitry Garf and Maria Bocharova, engineers at VMware, spoke at PROFIT Security Day 2022. They presented the Zero Trust concept, emphasizing zero trust in organizing a digital workspace using VMware technologies.

VMware recommends following several principles when implementing remote access concepts: protect access to all applications using Single-Sign-On, verify identity through multi-factor authentication, control access, and ensure least-privilege access with robust management.

Also speaking at the conference was Anna Gusarova, Director of the Central Asian Institute of Strategic Studies. Her presentation topic was "QR Codes and the Perception of Kazakhstani Citizens: The Ashyq Example." Anna presented the results of surveys regarding citizens' opinions on the necessity of implementing Ashyq during the coronavirus pandemic.


Source: profit.kz