Malaysia’s first and most Managed Services Provider (MSP), Primary Guard together with Cloudflare, a platform that protects and accelerates Internet application online, shared cyber trends and potential threats in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) at the 8th annual Cyber Intelligence Asia. More than 50 delegates from across Asia-Pacific gathered for the two-day conference and exhibition which was held from 11-12 March 2020 at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel.
At the conference, industry leaders were discussing cybersecurity issues for businesses and how to address their rising concerns. Primary Guard, in partnership with Cloudflare exhibited their latest services: Cloudflare Security Services and Cloudflare Bot Management. Protecting more than 25M Internet properties across its network, Cloudflare offers threat intelligence at-scale, integrated security, performance and reliability, and ease-of-use without complexity.
During the conference, Cloudflare’s APAC Solutions Engineer Chrisanthy Carlane also shared how to solve Internet application performance and security problems.
“Our new technology is currently focusing on protecting Internet properties from malicious activity like distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, malicious bots and other nefarious intrusions. We are working hand-in-hand with our partner Primary Guard to better safeguard industrial network infrastructure against the cyber threats,” Carlane explained.
Additionally, as the world moves forward with the advancement of technology, cybersecurity is now the biggest challenge to IR 4.0. The creation of highly versatile cyber-physical world and integration of the information technology is bringing new challenges to the industry.
“In today’s world where everything is globally interconnected through digital, threats to the IT networks, especially banking industry, are on the rise. At Primary Guard, we are working our best to provide innovative IT solutions and latest computing technologies to help minimize the impact from cyber threats,” said Primary Guard’s Director of Enterprise Sales Terrence Yong.
Cybersecurity is of a great importance globally with more cyber-attacks taking place every 39 seconds, on average of 2,244 times a day. Governments and industry leaders are working hard to secure their computer networks and critical infrastructure to deal with sophisticated cybercrimes. Malaysia, among other countries, is leading the way in terms of cybersecurity with the government constantly improving their systems to deal with any type of cyber breach conducted by cyber criminals.
About Primary Guard (as of February 2020)
Primary Guard is a data protection company providing security on the cloud, data analytics and disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). They minimize impact from cyber threats, improve business efficiency and maintain essential functions during or after disaster occurrences. Their innovative solutions help organizations improve uninterrupted day-to-day operations, which in turn helps their clients to have a competitive advantage in the international market.
