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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 1 NOVEMBER 2020 13 COMMERCIAL Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director for CEE, MCT, Cybersecurity Expert and Penetration Tester, CEO of CQURE and CQURE Academy. Paula delivered a session on how to hack and protect the endpoint. She explored how to thwart sophisticated hacking tech- niques with endpoint privilege manage- ment, develop comprehensive security at the endpoint, and protect against, block and contain attacks on the end- point to lower the organisation's cyber risk and mitigate the damage potential of an attack. For the next panel, 'The Shifting Sands of Cyber Security', Paula was joined by George Balafoutis, Technical Delivery Manager at Microsoft, and Robert Mus- cat, Information Security Specialist at MITA. This panel was moderated by Reuben Gauci, Security Operations Manag- er at MITA. The prevalent point that came out from this discussion was the requirement of sophisticated systems, such as Intrusion Protection and De- tection Systems with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, to help keep pace with the identification of and protection from cyber-attacks. The opportunity for par- ticipants to ask questions concluded this session. Ian wrapped up this webi- nar thanking everyone for the participa- tion and cooperation. We could not ask for more. The line- up of panellists gave us a current status of the cyber security scene from both the local and international perspec- tives. What's sure is that cyber security is a shared responsibility; we are all in the same boat irrespective of the size or geographic position of our country. Whether physical or online, Cyber Se- curity Malta will meet you next year for another gathering amongst cyber security experts, policy coordinators, enthusiasts and more.