Keynote Speaker
DATO' TS. DR. HAJI AMIRUDIN ABDUL WAHAB
Chief Executive Officer
CyberSecurity Malaysia
Tanvinder Singh
Director Cyber Security & Privacy
PWC
Michael Daniel
President & CEO
Cyber Threat Alliance
Lena Yu
CEO and Founder, Malmons World Ltd
Founder, World Cyber Health - Malware Village
Asia’s Most Impactful Cyber Security Conference
3 Days of Power Packed Knowledge Sharing and Networking

Training

Conference

Awards

350+ Delegates

50+ Speakers

40+ Presentations
Who should Attend
- CEOs
- CTOs
- CSOs/CISOs
- Regulators
- Law Enforcement Agencies
- Researchers
CISO Connect
Dynamic cyber security leadership is recognized and reinforced through awards, knowledge sessions, panel discussions, training, and networking opportunities that enable CISOs to enhance skills and build relationships with critical stakeholders.
CISO Panel Discussions
- Compliance & AI – Governing the New Technology on the Block
- Internal Threats – Strategies for Partner-Dependent Organizations
- Disaster Recovery – What Works, and Doesn’t, in the Real World
- Leading with Risk – How CISOs Can Drive Business Decisions
- Data Without Borders? – Sovereignty, Trust, and the Cloud Dilemma

CISO Connect Speakers
CISO Awards
AVAR 2025’s CISO Awards recognize impactful cybersecurity leaders who have transformed the real-word effectiveness of enterprise cyber defenses in their organizations. Nominate exceptional CISOs from Malaysia for the Best CISO Award in 5 categories.
Cyber Security Leader Training
| Training session: Building a Secure Malware Analysis Environment Lena Yu, Malware Village | Training session: AI Management Systems for CISOs – Navigating Governance, Risk, and Compliance S Kumar Subramania, K7 Cyber Security |
Expert Speakers
Threat Research Papers
- Sniffing Around: Unmasking the LongNosedGoblin operation in Southeast Asia and Japan
- ValleyRAT Unleashed: A Deep Dive into its Modern Arsenal and Tactics
- Inside the Shadows: APT Tactics Using MSC Files, Grim Resource Injection, and AppDomain Hijacking
- Meet VenomSEO: New Threat Targeting Malaysian Websites for Black SEO
- Unmasking AI-Themed Malvertising Targeting Social Media Users
- Lotus in Perpetual Bloom: Sustained Espionage in Southeast Asia with Evolving Sagerunex Backdoors
- Countering the Unthinkable: Disrupting Advanced Threats with Unconventional Defenses
- From Clusters to Actors: A Practical Threat Actor Attribution Framework
- ConnectUnwise: How Threat Actors Abuse ConnectWise installer as Builder for Signed Malware
- Yet Another Cyberespionage Operation In Vietnam
- High Stakes, Hidden Threats: Unmasking the Vault Viper Network with DNS
- SESE: Social Engineering Second Edition
- Cracking the Vault: Real-World Crypto Wallet Exploits and Defense Strategies
- Operation DRAGONCLONE: Chinese Telecommunication industry targeted via VELETRIX & VShell malware
- The Open doorX : From Directory Listing to Attribution
- IDFKA Backdoor: The Hidden Threat of Rust Implants in Modern APT Campaigns
These are just some of the papers that will be presented at AVAR 2025. View the agenda for more information.
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