Irish Information Security Forum 2021 IISF Hot Topics 2021 Question Title * 1. How would you describe your function in Information Security? Governance/Compliance Technical/Operational Risk Audit Sales or Consultancy Management Other (please specify) For each category below, rank the topics you would like to hear about in the coming year. Rank 1 as most interested. Question Title * 2. Operational/Technical 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mobile Security - Corporate and BYOD Mobile Device Management, Emerging threats, Endpoint device protection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 AI/ML - Detention and prevention technology 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IoT – Detection and threat management 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cloud Computing – Securing cloud infrastructure, Vulnerability management, Cloud hosted security verses on-premise solutions, Multifactor Authentication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Application Security – Cloud apps, DevOps/DevSecOps, Containerisation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Incident Responses Handling - Offensive activities (Red/Blue teaming), Table top exercises 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Identity & Authentication – Biometric/vocal recognition, MFA, Identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SOAR – Security Orchestration, Automation and Response. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 CI/CD – Adding automated testing via CI/CD. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Converged endpoint security i.e. unified endpoint protection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Securing Cloud Migration Question Title * 3. Strategic/GRC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mobile Security - Policy, Privacy, Regulation, Evolving technologies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AI - Dual use of technology: aiding and evading cyber threats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IoT – The application in the corporate world 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cloud Computing – Cloud vendor management, Security assessments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Application Security – Cloud apps, DevOps/DevSecOps, Containerisation, Multifactor Authentication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Incident Responses Handling – Handling data breach & GDPR, Incident response best practices 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Asset Management – Risk based approach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cyber Security Awareness – Policy, Training, Emerging threat tactics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cyber Risk Management – Measuring controls, Quantifying spend, Gaining support at Board level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Digital Ethics and Privacy, Brexit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Supply Chain Risk – Outsourcing, Vendor remote access, Governance oversight 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cyberwarfare - Attacks on critical national infrastructure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 How to measure effective security in a remote workforce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) of remote working Question Title * 4. Are there any other topics you would like to see covered in 2021? Question Title * 5. Would you recommend IISF membership to other people? Yes No If no, please feel free to explain Question Title * 6. Are there any changes to IISF would you like to see for 2021? Done