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There’s no ‘silver bullet’ solution with cybersecurity — a layered defense is the only viable defense, starting with people.

Jaco Benadie

EY ASEAN Cybersecurity Energy Leader and OT Cybersecurity Competency Lead

Protecting the digital landscape from cyber threats. Passionate about supporting the safety and reliability of industrial processes that power the world we know.

Jaco is the EY ASEAN Cybersecurity Energy Leader and OT Cybersecurity Competency Lead, based in Malaysia.

His career spans more than 20 years, most of which was spent in London. With a deep understanding of operational technology and industrial control systems, Jaco has extensive experience advising large and established organizations on cybersecurity. He leads teams to help organizations safeguard their critical computing infrastructures against an ever-increasing global cyber threat landscape.

Prior to joining EY, Jaco held senior roles in the energy and critical infrastructure sectors. 

How Jaco is building a better working world

“I’m passionate about helping clients to safeguard their critical computing infrastructures against an ever-increasing global cyber threat landscape. I support energy companies across the sector to build fit-for-purpose cybersecurity strategies that focus on reducing enterprise risk and enabling secure, resilient digital transformation.

In the digital world, threat actors are well organized and are collaborating on the dark web and other platforms. I believe it’s critical to drive more collaboration among industry peers to share protection tactics, techniques and processes to safeguard the world we live in today against digital organized crime.”

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