The Infosecurity Manchester Roadshow is a regional, information security event on November 17 at the City of Manchester Stadium.
According to the Department of Trade and Industry Information Security Breaches Survey 2004, three quarters of UK businesses have had a security incident in the last year.
The number of companies experiencing malicious attacks such as viruses, worms, fraud and theft has also risen from 44pc in 2002 to 68pc in 2004. In other words, claim organisers, there has never been a more pressing time to ensure that you are in the know and up to date with the latest in information security. Find out what threats you could be facing and equally importantly how to combat them at the Infosecurity Manchester Roadshow. The education programme features keynotes, seminars and case studies including:
Danny Dresner, Standards Manager at the National Computing Centre examines BS 7799, the British Standard for Information Security Management, by detailing 13 steps that ensure a companies good governance in ‘Fulfil your Digital Obligations’. Find out what applying the standard could do for your business and what you do and do not need.
Colin Dixon, Project Manager, Information Security Forum, takes a look at outsourcing, the security risks involved and how you can avoid them in ‘Information Risk Management in Outsourcing’. He covers from building a coherent security framework to day to day risk prevention.
Jon Fell, Partner, Information and Technology Group, at Masons investigates the legal aspects of IT security, discussing the implications of the Data Protection Act, the Turnbull Report, and the Computer Misuse Act. A must attend presentation if you are looking to manage the legal risks and find out what the main legal issues really are.
David Beesley, Director of Network Defence, is giving a seminar on ‘Freedom for Remote Workers’. David explains clientless virtual private networks (VPNs) and what they can do to boost key staff productivity. Is it the right thing for you? How easy is it to install? How to apply it across a range of infrastructures?
Jo O’Brien, Marketing, QinetiQ Trusted Information Management is giving a seminar on ‘Forensic Readiness – Yet More Contingency Planning’?
Marino Corbelli, Director of Marketing at SurfControl is giving a seminar on ‘Internet Security and Corporate Governance’ in which he will show how internet filtering is a key area of information security.
Ian Waggott, Technical Security Manager, O2, with Sarah Carter, Sales and Marketing Director, Harrier Group are presenting a case study on ‘Consolidating Security Infrastructures: The Risks and Rewards of New Technology Adoption’.
Patrik Runald, Technical Manager, F-Secure is giving a seminar on ‘Code Wars – The Latest from the Virus Front Line’. This session takes a look at how viruses have evolved over the last two decades, including the motivations, the damage caused and what you need to do to protect your company from possible exposure. Nick Maguire, Business Development Manager, at Cisco Systems will take a look at security in computing and networks and explain why, for the modern enterprise, these systems are implicitly unsecure. Nike will discuss how the IP network is the most logical and effective place for security in today’s increasingly mobile and agile enterprise and show that self-defending networks are a business necessity, in ‘Securing your success – self-defending networks’.
