Location:ICC Wales
Start date:26/11/2024
End date:27/11/2024
Event Organiser:JISC, UK higher, further education and skills sectorsโ not-for-profit organisation for digital services
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Jisc member and customer organisations are eligible for two complementary in person tickets. Programme so far for the CPD-accredited event at ICC Wales outside Newport includes:
A strategic update from JISC director of security David Batho;
Living and surviving a cyber-attack presented by Stuart Morgan, IT director, City of Portsmouth College;
Jiscโs cyber escape room, putting your skills to theโฏtest to hack devices, crack passwords, and decipher codes;
A look back at significant DDoS attacks across Janet, the lessons learnt and the changes made so far;
Ambrose Neville, head of information security, Queen Mary University of London, on third party risk management and assessment of vendors; and Thomas Willson, CISO, Imperial College London, on risk scoring of IT vulnerabilities.
Other Jisc speakers include Paul Knee, head of security operations; Mark Worthington, security centre operations manager; James Bisset, security specialist; and Richard Jackson, head of cloud security. Opening day one will be Charlie McMurdie, former head of the National Cyber Crime Unit of the Metropolitan Police, former senior cyber crime advisor for PwC UK and former UK lead for cyber crime with Interpol and Europol. Charlie will give an overview of cyber crime, and operational cases investigated and prosecuted, including organised crime groups attacking financial institutions, dark markets that facilitate cyber trade, internet frauds, phishing and hacktivist attacks.
Toby Grainger, head of CymruSOC (Wales Cyber Security Operations Centre), will give
David Batho said: โThis yearโs Security Conference is going to be unmissable. Weโre going to have cutting-edge technology, ground-breaking insights and innovations that will help get ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape.โ
โAcross each day, we will be exploring leadership, governance, operations and assurance, the role of innovation, and what itโs playing in the future of cyber defence. Weโll also update you on the journey of our security operations centre and the benefits for the education and research sector.โ
Also an exclusive online day on November 28, including an ISO 27001 compliance ‘clinic’. Mark Tysom, senior product manager – cyber security, Jisc will share findings from this year’s cyber posture survey by Jisc, which provides IT services to educational institutions such as universities.
