Manatunge at global CISO forum
Chief Risk Officer of Commercial Bank, Sanath Manatunge represented
the country at the Global CISO (Chief Information Security Officers)
Forum recently in Florida, USA. It was organised by the International
Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council).
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Commercial Bank’s Head of Risk Management,
Sanath Manatunge with ECCouncil President Jay Bavisi at the
Global CISO Forum in Florida, USA. |
The goal of this closed door forum was to create an open platform for
CISOs to discuss their successes, failures, obstacles, and challenges.
Open conversation would lead to the creation of actionable items that
can be discussed and applied to the organisation.
At a panel discussion on 'How IT security should support business in
risk management', at the forum, Manatunge said that today, businesses
and IT are not separate functions anymore. For example a bank runs its
entire business functions including operations, ATMs, cards and loans on
IT platforms. IT has therefore become part of the business.
"Hence, the word 'risk management' could be misleading. As risk
managers what we should do is to facilitate 'Risk Optimisation' for
business managers," Manatunge said at the panel discussion.
"More than the learning, it is the exposure to professionals from
high-tech corporate environments that was invaluable. Dissemination was
much effective. We also received insights from senior IT risk
professionals working for US government agencies and different
perspectives from ethical hackers," Manatunge said. |
