Homegrown Start-Up Responsible Cyber at Tech Week Singapore 2023: What to Expect

by Ferry Bayu | Sep 5, 2023 | Business

Going Above and Beyond: Here’s what you can Expect from Homegrown Start-Up Responsible Cyber at Tech Week Singapore 2023

SINGAPORE, September 5 — Chaos, destruction, and dystopia are not typically thoughts you expect to entertain when going through the aisles of a technology event for business. A homegrown cyber security and risk management start-up Responsible Cyber seems hell-bent (pardon the language; seems apt given the context) on getting visitors to take off their rose-tinted glasses and see risk aversion, an oversubscribed maladaptive coping strategy, for what it is. 

Set within a post-apocalyptic themed booth, Responsible Cyber is staging a compelling narrative on why having a robust and resilient architecture for managing third-parties is essential to ensuring the integrity and immutability of the data an organisation protects. 

Indeed, the strategy that Responsible Cyber is adopting signals a clear delineation from the traditional approach of making visitors feel safe. 

“Anyone who’s been in cyber security for any amount of time will know that the job involves getting down into the trenches, diving deep into the technical details, investigating security incidents, analysing vulnerabilities. It’s not pretty,” remarks Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Mikko Laaksonen. 

“If anything, it’s like entering a battleground, and practical knowledge and skills are essential. Our booth will hopefully encapsulate that rhetoric.” 

As a teaser, visitors can look forward to: 

-Acertifiably Gram-worthy Installation  

-A Towering Display visible from across the room 

-Enjoy Special Occasion Savings with every purchase of an Autographed Copy of “Building a Cyber Resilient Business” 

-Meet and Greet with World Economic Forum’s Expert on Cyber Security, Dr Magda Chelly 

-Safepicking demo and sharing, followed by first-hand experience 

-Carefully Curated Gift Bags (first-come first-serve basis) worth its weight in gold in the next pandemic 

-Ad-hoc Demos of our revolutionary ecosystem risk management platform IMMUNE X-TPRM –

When asked why the push for something so massively different from the norm, Co-Founder and Managing Director Dr Magda Chelly says “We are a start-up; we are known for thinking out of the box, and that’s what I want people to know about Responsible Cyber and our solutions – if our customers need a specific solution for managing their ecosystem risks, they can come to us and we will deliver.” 

Tech Week Singapore is renowned for connecting cyber security professionals and business leaders with the industry’s brightest minds and most innovative solutions. Its 2022 edition saw an impressive turnout of 22,885 attendees ranging from C-Suites to start-ups, solidifying its status as Asia’s most important technology event for business. 

In a massive push for brand awareness, the start-up will have a whopping 36 square metre booth by the entrance of Cyber Security World Asia, and a digital presence on the Tech Week Singapore app across five shows: Cloud Expo Asia, Cyber Security World Asia, Data Centre World Asia, Big Data & AI World Asia and eCommerce Expo Asia. 

Amid this buzz, Responsible Cyber will also shine the spotlight on its flagship product, IMMUNE X-TPRM, as a beacon of hope identifying and neutralising unknown and foreign elements – a metaphor for the SaaS platform’s advanced capabilities in facilitating the timely detection and mitigation of potential threats and risks. 

Are you keen on ecosystem risk management? We would love to share how our customers approached this journey and why they adopted IMMUNE X-TPRM. 

If you’d prefer to have an in-person chat, visit Responsible Cyber’s E-zone on the Tech Week Singapore app and we’ll schedule time for a chat. 

About Responsible Cyber 

Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd is a Singapore-based cyber security and risk management start-up established in 2016 by industry veterans Magda Chelly and Mikko Laaksonen. Today, the company has a presence in the UK, France and Poland. Its corporate shareholders include Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise. The company stands at the forefront of cyber security innovation with the introduction of two pioneering AI-powered products: IMMUNE X-TPRM and IMMUNE GRC. 

IMMUNE X-TPRM is our answer to modern third-party risk management challenges. On the other hand, IMMUNE GRC is designed to streamline governance, risk, and compliance processes. 

To learn more about Responsible Cyber, visit www.responsible-cyber.com 

Media Contact 
Wen Sin LIM 
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Certificate awarded to Responsible Cyber for meeting CSA Cyber Security Essentials

by Ferry Bayu | Sep 5, 2023 | Business

Certificate awarded to Responsible Cyber upon successful fulfilment of the criteria of the CSA Cyber Security Essentials Mark assessment

For many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), limited budget and resources make purchasing a suite of next-gen cyber security tools (as large enterprises typically do) a luxury.
What SMEs can have in their arsenal, however, is a cost-effective baseline of security measures, outlined in a straightforward and proven framework, which they can readily implement to deter opportunistic cyber criminals with fairly basic equipment and not a whole lot of technical skills.
This is where the Cyber Essentials mark comes into play.

SINGAPORE, September 4 — Singaporean cyber security
start-up Responsible Cyber signed itself up for a cyber security audit that
would grant a third-party the information it needs to ascertain whether the organisation
is indeed equipped to protect itself (and therefore its clients, and its
clients’ clients) in the digital domain.

When asked why they did it, the co-founder
and Managing Director Dr Magda Chelly had this to say, “We cannot in good
conscience encourage other businesses to undertake rigorous cyber security
audits while not subjecting our own people, processes and technology to the
same scrutiny.”

“We wanted to demonstrate that adopting
cyber security best practices can be done without necessarily breaking the bank
or stretching resources thin, and I think we did just that.” she added.

Upon successfully passing the audit conducted
by one of CSA’s appointed certification bodies, Responsible Cyber was awarded the
Cyber Essentials mark, a cyber security certification introduced by the Cyber
Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) in 2022 as part of the SG Cyber Safe
Programme.

Frequent news of data breaches has fuelled
apprehension surrounding the security of personal data, prompting the demand
for heightened cyber security measures by businesses – and small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) are no exception.

SMEs may not have the luxury of a dedicated
IT security team, nor the ability to invest in robust cyber security measures
and tools, but there is hope yet, says Project and Compliance Manager Wayne Yan
who described the exercise as “fairly straightforward with ample guidance”.

“We reviewed our existing policies against the checklist that was
provided, and ensured that all required security controls were implemented and
reflected in our policies.”

For organisations that require additional
help, CSA has also made tailored cyber security toolkits freely available for
download on their official website.

As the name suggests, the Cyber Essentials
mark serves to distinguish organisations that have built a minimum level of
security into their operations. It provides a baseline from which organisations
can start to reduce their exposure to common cyber threats and vulnerabilities,
but it is far from a guarantee of protection against emerging threats.

“Safeguarding against threats is a
continuous journey, requiring constant vigilance and adaptation. We are
committed to the protection of the data with which we have been entrusted. We
hope that this sentiment gets reflected to our clients and that more cyber
security companies will take the opportunity to set the tone,” said Dr Chelly.

Every business – whether a small
organisation embarking on its digital journey or a large multi-national
corporation with digitalised business functions – needs to play its part.

Co-founder Mikko Laaksonen has added that they
would be gearing up for the Cyber Trust mark certification next, where
assessments will be even more rigorous, encompassing document review and
verification, as well as an evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness. — Responsible Cyber

Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd is a Singapore-based cybersecurity and risk management start-up established in 2016 by industry veterans Magda Chelly and Mikko Laaksonen. Today, the company has a presence in the UK, France and Poland. Its corporate shareholders include Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise. The company stands at the forefront of cyber security innovation with the introduction of two pioneering AI-powered products: IMMUNE X-TPRM and IMMUNE GRC.

IMMUNE X-TPRM is our answer to modern third-party risk management challenges. On the other hand, IMMUNE GRC is designed to streamline governance, risk, and compliance processes.

To learn more about Responsible Cyber, visit www.responsible-cyber.com

Magda Chelly
in**@***************er.com