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Countering the Unthinkable: Disrupting Advanced Threats with Unconventional Defenses

As cyber adversaries evolve, so must our defenses. Traditional cybersecurity measures, while essential, often fall short against advanced threats that exploit not just technical gaps but also cognitive and procedural blind spots. To outpace these sophisticated attackers, we must embrace disruptive thinking and unconventional defense strategies that challenge the status quo.

In this session, we will explore with examples how disruptive technologies can shift the advantage back to defenders. More importantly, we will discuss how breaking the attacker’s thought process and disrupting the root causes of vulnerabilities (and stop focusing on the effect) are critical to reshaping the cyber battleground.

Key takeaways include:

  • Understanding why conventional defenses is not longer effective against advanced threats
  • How disruptive technologies can effective protect against attack vectors
  • Practical strategies for organizations to innovate their defensive posture in an age of evolving threats.

Join us to discover how outthinking the attacker and disrupting the playbook can redefine your cybersecurity resilience.

Ken Soh – Athena Dynamics (A BH Global Company)

Ken Soh is the Group CIO of BH Global and CEO of Athena Dynamics, a cybersecurity subsidiary he co-founded in 2014. With over 35 years in ICT, he has led major digital transformation initiatives and built Athena into a trusted service provider serving 350+ public and private entities, including those in defense, maritime and critical infrastructure. He chairs SGTech’s Cyber Security Chapter (Sep 2022-Sep 2025) and co-chairs with CSA the Cyber Security Assurance Alliance. Ken has been an avid speaker/writer and has received multiple leadership awards, including AiSP Cyber Security Leaders, Dun & Bradstreet Singapore Business Eminence, CIO100, ASEAN CIO accolades. He holds an Executive MBA from the NTU–UC Berkeley Programme and a MSc in Computer Studies (AI) with distinction from the University of Essex.