International Security Week (ISWeek) runs from Monday to Thursday, November 30 to December 3, and day two will be devoted to cyber. With recent high-profile hacks including the US President’s social media account and campaign website, it is clear that security breaches can happen to anyone, say event organisers.
This new digital event ISWeek is in place of the usual physical two-day event at London Olympia. Day two of ISWeek is sponsored by Tripwire, the cyber security company. Tripwire’s Emanuel Ghebreyesus will speak about a global cyber security resource shortage, and the demand for operational technology (OT).
ISWeek has worked alongside Westlands Advisory (WA) to produce a State of Security Report, available exclusively to ISWeek attendees. Anthony Leather, Co-founder and Director of WA will lead a session on the major themes of the research. It found that the majority of cyber security technologies are still in the early stage of their lifecycle, and that public safety is shifting towards using more digitally enabled services.
As the event organisers say, cyber attacks are not randomly generated, and that there is always a real individual or group behind them. The ‘human factor’ in cyber terrorism is understood by Jenny Radcliffe, also known as the People Hacker. She will explain that technology is merely a means to an end, and indeed that those committing cyber attacks are easily hackable.
Practical ways to protect against all types of cyber crime will be delivered during a training session from Cyber Griffin, founded by the City of London Police, which will include exercises to do at home to raise awareness of cyber.
Of particular interest to security and defence exporters will be as speakers Dr Henry Pearson, UK Cyber Security Ambassador and Tracy Buckingham, Deputy Director of Security and Cyber Security Exports both from the UK Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT).
Verizon suggests that 43pc of breach victims have been small businesses. Emma Philpott, pictured, CEO of IASME Consortium and Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO of Cyjax and ex-military intelligence professional for the Canadian Forces (CF), will examine some of the myths around cyber attacks on enterprises, and how to deal with the aftermath. The keynote speech will come from Chris Greany, former senior counter-fraud policeman and now Managing Director of the consultancy firm Templar Executives, who will explain which areas of cyber security companies should invest in.
Director Rachael Shattock said: “68 per cent of business leaders feel their cyber security risks are increasing, so we are delighted to be offering a wealth of experienced professionals to explain how to prevent cyber criminals from gaining access to and exposing critical data. We are especially proud to be launching the State of Security Report on Day Two of ISWeek, which includes research on all aspects of the security spectrum. All attendees will receive a free copy of this exclusive insight, which is reason enough to join us!”
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The International Security Expo (ISE), International Cyber Expo (ICE) and International Disaster Response Expo (IDR) will be filmed in a television studio setting.
Register for ISW 2020 for free: https://www.internationalsecurityexpo.com/register-for-international-security-week.
