Abstract

With Industry 4.0, industrial operational environments are rapidly becoming much more connected to improve productivity, margins, agility, and safety. With connectivity, the manufacturing floor becomes another attack vector and a methodical approach is needed. We will look at how to protect the environment from the angle of accessibility, visibility and threat prevention.

Speaker

Mr. Garrick Ng
Chief Technology Officer,
Cisco Systems Hong Kong Ltd.

Garrick Ng is the Chief Technology Officer for Cisco Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, leading Cisco's Enterprise, Commercial and Service Providers systems engineering strategy and operations in these markets. With more than two decades of experience in the ICT industry, he has been driving innovations in the local market with deep knowledge in technology, and has attained significant achievements in developing turnkey cross-architecture solutions to best align with customers' business needs and goals.

Garrick is the Cisco Security Ambassador and has been vocal to promote cybersecurity awareness and actions to the publics. He was awarded Gold (Communication/Management category) in the Cyber Security Professional Awards, organized by the Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) and Government Computer Emergency Response Team Hong Kong (GovCERT.HK), in 2016.

Garrick has made notable contributions to the industry with his capacities as Vice President, IoT & Mobility Special Interest Group, and Committee Member of the Information Security Special Interest Group, both under Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS), Chairman of the Smart City Consortium Security Special Interest Group, and Committee Member of the Cyber Security Alliance under Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF).