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An Dang Duy, Chief Information Officer à la Fédération internationale d’athlétisme (IAAF), a accordé un entretien à iSportconnect, dans lequel il présente la stratégie de son organisation pour prendre les hackers à contrepied.

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Keeping Data Safe Is Cyber Hygiene for IAAF

The man whose task is the “digital transformation” of one of the biggest Olympic federations, the IAAF, world governing body of athletics, will be a featured panellist at The SPOT in Lausanne.

An Dang Duy, the IAAF’s Chief Information Officer, who will join the session on Cyber Technology and Digital Security, is responsible for overseeing the federation’s cybersecurity efforts as one part of his responsibilities. 
“I see cybersecurity as hygiene.” He said. “There are very experienced hackers out there and they are finding new ways to attack. As we are building out our digital assets, it is increasingly important that we protect ourselves by adopting a security by design approach.”

The most disturbing incident occurred in early 2017. The IAAF reported that the hacking group known as Fancy Bear was probably behind the “sophisticated intrusion” when an unauthorised user remotely accessed the IAAF network containing Therapeutic Use Exemption forms of athletes detailing whether they were allowed to use certain prescriptions.

An Dang Duy, who was brought on board as the information technology chief at the IAAF several months after the breach was discovered, said: “We are an important federation and we have been high profile in identifying and excluding cheats,” and that apparently has made the IAAF a hacking target for certain politically motivated parties. There are also hackers who are just intent on causing disruption as “cyberterrorists.”
He came to the IAAF after years as the CIO at Kantar Media, one of the world’s largest audience research groups (part of WPP), and he sees himself primarily as a marketing man.

“In terms of overall priorities, I would say my main focus would be on how we at the IAAF can increase fan engagement and the use of data to that end. This is a relatively new area for the federation.”

Cybersecurity just inevitably comes with the territory. Having a secure digital infrastructure is of course essential for all aspects of the IAAF’s business, and the threat is ever present. “There are very experienced hackers out there and they are finding new ways to attack,” he said.

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