SYNOPSIS   

Cyberattacks in Malaysia are rising every year—targeting banks, hospitals, manufacturers, government agencies, SMEs, and universities. Yet many organizations still rely on outdated security thinking, fragmented tools, and checkbox compliance.

This training shows you why corporate cybersecurity fails in Malaysia - and exactly how to fix it.


The Reality in Malaysia Today

Malaysian organizations face:

• Increasing ransomware and data breaches
• Weak governance and unclear accountability
• Over-reliance on technology without strategy
• Low cybersecurity awareness at management level
• Compliance-driven security instead of risk-driven security
• Poor incident response readiness
• Skills gaps between policy and technical teams

Most failures are not technical—they are strategic, organizational, and human.


What This Training Will Teach You

This program explains cybersecurity from the business, governance, and technical perspectives - using Malaysian context, regulations, and real-world cases.

You will learn:
•   Why cybersecurity programs fail despite heavy spending
•   How board and management decisions create hidden cyber risks
•   How to align cybersecurity with business strategy
•   How to move from compliance-based to risk-based security
•   How to build practical cyber governance structures

Who should attend  

This training is designed for:

•   CEOs, Directors, and Board Members
•   CIOs, CISOs, IT Managers
•   Risk, Compliance, and Audit Professionals
•   Business Unit Heads
•   Government and GLC Officers
•   Cybersecurity Practitioners
•   University and Training Institution Leaders

No heavy technical background required - business and IT professionals will benefit equally


Why This Training Is Different

You will gain:

•   Clear understanding of real cyber risk in Malaysia
•   Practical frameworks you can apply immediately
•   Simple language - no unnecessary technical jargon
•   Malaysian laws, culture, and business environment
•   Actionable strategies, not theory


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. (Dr.) S. Vignaeswaran PEPC

Ir. (Dr.) S. Vignaeswaran PEPC has more than 40 years of working experience in the electrical, computer, IT, SCADA, project management and tendering field. He has been involved in state-of-the-art applications which includes operational technology (OT) cyber-security from the 1990s. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Monash University (Clayton, Australia), MSc in IT/BIS from University of Keele, UK and a PhD in CyberSecurity from Alabama, USA. He continues to publish cutting-edge research papers in the Engineering, IT, Computer Security and Project Management fields and is now writing a book on Corporate Cybersecurity. These have been based on his role as the Client’s HoD (Electrical & Automation) in a RM 8 billion Saudi Arabian project. All of these three international degrees and his specialized experiences, has allowed the speaker to conduct PhD supervision in Malaysia to the highest standards, requirements and compliances. His venture into the Smart City market segment consolidates his expertise in the Electrical, Automation, Project Management etc, among others. It is his ambition to bring Smart Cities into reality while opening up new market segments for Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) specialists. He is currently involved in the research of a state-of-art utility automation, IT and engineering systems that applies Cybersecurity, AI and pre-emptive decisionmaking models with innovative solution approaches. He has set up MALAYSIA SMART INTELIGENT TECHNOLOGICALLY INTEGRATED CITY (MySITI) special interest group under the MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (MySET) to realize his hopes and achieving his objectives, both locally and internationally.