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Presentation Topic: Save yourself! How the Cyber Self Defence Framework can help you prioritise and apply defence in depth efforts using traditional situational crime prevention strategies
At the end of 2020, The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) declared cybercrime to be a "$1 trillion dollar drag on the global economy" that can harm public safety, undermine national security, and damage economies.
Incidents of cybercrime have increased by anything from 40% to 400% in the fraught environment of a global pandemic and the true scale of the problem remains unknown in New Zealand with only 10% of fraud or cybercrime incidents reported to Police.
Digital safety and security advice can be confusing or packed full of jargon that leaves the average internet user unsure on how to protect themselves and where best to start.
The Cyber Self Defence Framework (CSDF) proposes a set of situational security measures – tailored to common cyber-enabled crimes including phishing, social engineering, malware and online scams and fraud – that can help you understand real-world threats to your identity, finances, data and devices and assist you in prioritising your security investments.
Attendees at this session can help refine the framework and break the causal chains to prevent cybercrime from occurring.
Speaker: Chris Hails
Chris is an Auckland based security researcher seeking to reduce the emotional and financial harms caused by cyber-enabled crime. By day he leads information security for a financial services organisation, in his spare time he arranges security events and works with groups to educate on cybersecurity risks and the importance of developing an organisational security culture.
His 2019 research into the human factors that impact information security was funded by Internet NZ and lead to the development of an individual’s ‘Security Quotient’ score based on behavioural qualities that may pre-dispose internet users to fall victim to socio-technical attacks.
He has previously consulted on privacy and security techniques, worked at New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre and developed the ORB cybercrime reporting platform for government agencies at NetSafe.
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