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28.11.19 7 NEWS THE Malta Stock Exchange's (MSE) Annual Awards Dinner was hosted at e Phoenicia Hotel, Flo- riana on Friday 22nd November, under the patronage of Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna. e three awards presented were the Lifetime Achievement Award, the MSE Employee of the Year Award and the MSE Company of the Year Award. e minister and chairman of the Exchange Joseph Portelli presented the awards to the three winners. e 'Lifetime Achievement Award', was presented to Alfred Pisani - Chairman and CEO of Corinthia Group plc, the 'MSE Employee of the Year Award' went to Stephanie Critien– Manager, Dematerialisation and Legal Of- fice, whilst the 'MSE Company of the Year Award' was award- ed to RS2 Software plc and was presented to company Chairman Mario Schembri. e guest speaker for the event was Claire Zammit Xuereb, Hos- pitality Director for AX Group. Malta Stock Exchange annual awards dinner OFFICIALS from the European Cen- tral Bank (ECB) and the European Banking Federation (EBF) will be ad- dressing, amongst others, the half- day conference on Cyber Risk in the banking sector, organised by the Malta Bankers' Association (MBA) on 29 No- vember 2019. e event, entitled "Cyber Risk in the Banking Industry – Addressing and mitigating threats", is aimed at enhanc- ing awareness on this very topical risk, with a view of improving its effective governance in credit institutions. e conference will be held at the Corinthia Palace Hotel Ballroom in Attard on 29 November and starts at 08.00hrs and ends at 13.00hrs, followed by a networking lunch. Nancy Masschelein, Head of Section of Methodology and Data Management DG III at the ECB, will be highlighting issues arising from IT and Cyber risk as part of the ECB Banking Supervi- sion Supervisory Priorities. Her pres- entation will include an overview of ECB activities and will address the key findings arising from the ECB's cyber security oversight of the supervision of less significant institutions (LSIs) by national supervisors. Another key speaker will be Alexan- dra Maniati, Head of Cybersecurity & Innovation at the EBF. She will provide an overview of cybersecurity-related developments in terms of EU policy- making, and present the strategy and actions of the European Banking Fed- eration in this field. Daniele Frasca, Director, Cyber Risk Services Deloitte in Milan, Italy will be covering trends in cyber risk and reg- ulation for financial institutions, and how increasing connectivity undoubt- edly benefits organizations. However, such connectivity is largely built and designed primarily to share informa- tion rather than protect it. MBA's event on Cyber Risk will kick off with a welcome address by Marcel Cassar, MBA Chair and CEO of APS Bank plc. He will be followed by an opening speech delivered by Danie- la Bagnaschi, Head of Data Manage- ment and Business Intelligence MFSA. Drawing ties between the MFSA's vi- sion and plans for risk mitigation in the cyber space, she will elaborate on the crucial aspects of the People, Process and Technology triad, as well as their impact on the cyber resilience frame- work of regulated entities. Presentations will be also delivered by Daniel German, Information Security Officer at the Central Bank of Malta and by Sandra Saliba, Senior Analyst, Securities and Markets Supervision at the MFSA. An interesting section of the MBA's event will be a panel discussion featur- ing various participants including In- spector Timothy Zammit, Malta Police Cyber Crime Unit; Nancy Massche- lein, ECB; Alexandra Maniati, EBF; and Daniele Frasca, Director, Cyber Risk Services Deloitte in Milan. e panel discussion will be moderated by Rod- ney Naudi, Member of the MBA's Cy- bersecurity Sub-Committee and MBA representative on EBF's Cyber Security Working Group. e conference targets key personnel within banks, namely board directors, CEOs, COOs, CIOs as well as officers in risk, compliance, security, internal audit and IT functions. However, firms from different sectors of the financial services' industry and other economic players would also benefit in view of the fact that such entities are exposed to continual cybercrime threats. For more information on this con- ference, visit www.maltabankers.org. To register for the event, please email info@maltabankers.org or phone 21412210. ECB and EBF officials to address Malta Bankers' Association annual conference on cyber risk in banking industry (Left to right): Nancy Masschelein, Head of Section of Methodology and Data Management DG III at the ECB; Alexandra Maniati, Head of Cybersecurity & Innovation at the EBF; and Daniela Bagnaschi, Head of Data Management and Business Intelligence MFSA

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