Sri Lanka Insurance |(SLIC) organized a Cyber Risk Awareness Forum for Bankers of Sri Lanka at Ramada, Colombo. The programme was attended by Chief Executive Officers, Chief Risk Officers and Chief Information Officers of Licensed Commercial Banks. K.G.P. Sirikumara, Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was the Key Note speaker at this special forum.
Banks and Financial institutes are one of the industries that are most vulnerable for cyber risks in any economy. Understanding the severity of Cyber Risks banks may face, Sri Lanka Insurance came forward to facilitate the much needed Cyber Risk Awareness forum for the Banking Sector of Sri Lanka.
This special awareness session was carried out with TURTLEMINT from India, which is an Insurance and reinsurance broker company.
This special forum was organized to educate the decision makers of the banking sector about the potential cyber risks and vulnerabilities faced by banks and financial institutions, challenges Chief Risk Officers, Chief Technical Officers, Chief Information Officers have to face, proactive measures a banks needs to take to mitigate cyber risks and enhance the overall cyber security position of the bank and encourage them to develop and implement comprehensive cyber security policies and procedures.
The session also stressed on the importance and benefits of having cyber security insurance as a precautionary measure.
An interesting and important line up of topics were discussed during the awareness session such as Roles and Responsibilities of external or ancillary stakeholders, exiting policies and regulations and the Data Protection Act 09 of 2022.
The key note speech addressed the compliance framework of cyber Insurance and impact on the banking sector which was delivered by the Assistant Governor of CBSL Sirikumara.
Furthermore, the resource panel had engaging sessions which gave the opportunity for the participants to have direct dialog and have their queries answered. Going beyond their call of duty, Sri Lanka Insurance as a responsible corporate citizen continues to add value to its customers, business community and the public through numerous initiatives.
The organization saw that creating awareness on Cyber Risk is a need of the hour hence the organization took the necessary steps to arrange this successful programme.
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