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LankaPay CEO Channa De Silva The 2nd Data Privacy and Protection Summit 2026, organised by CICRA and the Daily FT, concluded recently at the Oak Room, Cinnamon Grand Colombo, drawing over 380 senior professionals from data protection, governance, compliance, and cybersecurity sectors. The landmark event, supported by Mastercard as Title Partner, Concentric AI as Strategic

 Dialog Axiata Group Analytics and AI Data Architect Dilshan De Saram (second from right) speaks at the panel discussion. Others from left: Concentric AI Regional Vice President – APAC Chris Farrelly, Brandix Fortude IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Associate Vice President Prageeth Kapuruge, VitalProbe Founder and CEO Billa Bhandari and Moderator CICRA Holdings Group Director/CEO Boshan

CICRA Group Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne (right) exchanges the partnership agreement with LankaPay CEO Channa de Silva. LankaPay Deputy CEO Dinuka Perera is also present – Pic by Ruwan Walpola LankaPay, Sri Lanka’s national payment network and the backbone of the country’s digital financial ecosystem, has announced its participation as a Silver Partner at the 2nd

People’s Bank CEO/GM Clive Fonseka (left) with CICRA Holdings CEO/Group Director Boshan Dayaratne  – Pic by Sameera Wijesinghe  People’s Bank has been announced as the Exclusive Banking Partner for the 2nd Data Privacy and Protection Summit 2026, reinforcing its commitment to safeguarding customer data and leading the financial sector’s compliance with Sri Lanka’s Personal Data Protection

By Hiyal Biyagamage  The escalating scale and sophistication of cyber threats make it imperative for businesses to ask themselves a pressing question: Is the boardroom prepared to respond to a cyberattack? This was the central theme of the 10th Annual Cyber Security Summit’s CEO Forum, organised by Daily FT and CICRA Holdings, held at the

Visa Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives Avanthi Colombage (right) with CICRA Group Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne The 10th Annual Cyber Security Summit 2024, a premier event in Sri Lanka’s cybersecurity calendar, saw Visa as its Strategic Partner for the sixth consecutive year.  Held on 25 and 26 November at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, this

A host of corporates came forward to empower over 100 students from State universities with the latest knowledge and insights to cyber security at the recently concluded Daily FT-CICRA Holdings organised 10th Annual Summit.  The companies who extended support are John Keells Holdings PLC, Carson Cumberbatch PLC, Aitken Spence PLC, LOLC Holdings PLC, Bank of

Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne Lanka Pay CEO Channa De Silva From left: Visa India and South Asia Head of Risk Vipin Suraliya, Sysco LABS Engineering and Architecture Director Nishantha Hettiarachchi, Google Cloud Security Head – Security Engineers Sijesh Sreedhar,Cyber Security Evangelist, EC Council Master Trainer Belly Richadinato, CICRA Holdings Group Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne,

NCINGA Director and CISO Aruna Malalasena (left) with CICRA CEO Boshan Dayaratne NCINGA has announced its role as a Silver Partner at the Daily FT-CICRA Holdings jointly organised 10th Annual Cyber Security Summit, set to take place from 23 to 26 November.  Celebrated as Sri Lanka’s foremost cyber security event, the summit will unite industry

MillenniumIT ESP Director/CEO Shevan Goonetilleke (right) with CICRA Group Director/CEO Boshan Dayaratne  MillenniumIT ESP has come forward as the Silver Sponsor in support of the highly anticipated 10th Annual Cyber Security Summit 2024, to be jointly hosted by the Daily FT-CICRA Campus on 26 November at Cinnamon Grand Colombo.  As one of the country’s leading