Series 03

Episode 5

Öykü Işık

Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity at IMD Business School

In this episode of ASM Connected, host Iain Tomkinson chats to Öykü Işık, who is a Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity at IMD Business School. Her current work focuses on digital resilience, AI Trust and transparency, as well as operationalisation of digital ethics practises in organisations.

They discuss the challenges that emerging technologies present for security and how digital ethics can maintain pace with technological advances.

Öykü is a computer scientist by training and earned her MBA in Istanbul, and her PhD from the University of North Texas. She designs and delivers programmes at IMD Business School, which includes Cybersecurity for Business Executives and Digital Ethics for Senior Executives and has taught in Turkey, USA, Belgium and now Switzerland. She was also recently recognised on the Thinkers50 Radar List 2022.

Show Notes:
Topics Discussed In This Episode

3:31 – According to Cisco, more than 80% of data breaches are from phishing, could employee engagement and training help prevent attacks?

08:51 – What can be done to reduce the impact and leverage the threat that Ransomware poses?

13:00 – Is there enough investment into post breach technologies and education or is it deemed as a damage limitation exercise once people have discovered a breach?

17:16 – Can different cyber security tools help with threat detection or can it worsen the problem due to app fatigue?

22:35 – Should we be looking at the vendors and partners we work with more closely and what should we consider looking for to give us some comfort that our data is going to be secure when we’re engaging with vendors?

28:12 – Quantum computing is hailed as the next big step in computational development but if the systems can solve complex problems far faster than current systems, does this not pose a huge threat to the current type of encryption that protects our data?

32:01 – Is AI just a well written “bit of code” or is it more?

39:16 – How do we measure and audit the bias and the effectiveness of technologies such as AI?

43:22 – Is legislation able to keep up with technologies such as AI and should we police and set rules for its use?

53:16 – What advice would Öykü give to a sales person or cybersecurity vendor for starting an initial conversation with a prospective customer?

55:52 – Is Öykü a fan of AI or not?

56:16 – Öykü’s favourite tech gadget

Resources

American Society of Transplantation, 2021 ‘Racial Bias in Clinical Tools and Impact on Organ Transplantation’ myast.org

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Connect with Öykü Işık: linkedin.com/in/oykuisik

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