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INFOSECURITY EUROPE 2018 |
5-7 JUNE | OLYMPIA LONDON
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PREDICTED FUTURE
SECURITY RISKS AND TAKEN BACK CONTROL
FROM THOSE THAT WOULD DO YOU HARM, THEN
LONDON'S TOURIST ATTRACTIONS BECKON. IF
NOT, START PLANNING YOUR VISIT TO OLYMPIA...
Over 400 exhibitors and 19,500
information security organisations
and practitioners will showcase and
debate the latest innovations while exposing
the full panoply of cybersecurity challenges at
this year's Infosecurity Europe. Growing by 50
per cent over the last 2 years, the show is
Europe's largest gathering of information
security professionals, and this year is bigger
than ever, expanding to Olympia's National
Hall. This larger hall will host the new Geek
Street Stage. It's a new immersive zone that will
see technical experts sharing their expertise in a
series of in-depth, independent, technical
research sessions.
This year more seating is available for
Keynote Stage seminars and the Security
Workshops. For improved access and
comfort, both the seminars and workshops
are being held at Olympia's Conference
Centre, which is accessed using the
Hammersmith Road entrance.
Infosecurity Europe's 2018 theme is Building
Tomorrow's Cybersecurity Today, reflecting the
need for the information security community to
predict future risks, get one step ahead of the
cyber adversary, and step up and wrestle back
control from cybercriminals. With privacy and
security issues so central to modern life, the
complexity of the challenges facing the industry
cannot be underestimated. Technology is
advancing at breakneck speed and global,
political and social shifts coalesce to challenge
the order of things.
Central to all of this are skills, recruitment and
retention, and ensuring there is a pipeline of
skilled professionals - but where will they come
from? The industry needs to encourage
diversity to ensure that it taps into the resources
and skills available. Addressing this is the
second Women in Cybersecurity Networking
Event, a half-day session taking place in
Olympia's Pillar Hall. Chaired by Infosecurity
Magazine editor Eleanor Dallaway, the event
will discuss the challenges around diversity, with
some time available for networking.
At a macro level, the community needs to
make its voice heard if it's to be part of the
international cyber risk conversation, especially
when it's this community that is protecting the
fundamental services that we take for granted,
including water and energy. The high profile
2017 WannaCry attack caused global
disruption to critical infrastructure. Aside from
the financial implications, the attack highlighted
the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. It is
against this backdrop that Infosecurity Europe is
launching its Cybersecurity for Critical National
Infrastructure (CNI) Symposium, an in-depth
focus session on how to address emerging
threats and risks. Topics will look at how
organisations can build the resilience needed to
withstand a cyber-attack.
The Keynote Stage will address the challenges
of building strong cybersecurity strategies and
tactics to protect an organisation's critical
information assets as the world around them
transforms. Baroness Dido Harding, Baroness
Martha Lane Fox and former GCHQ Director
General Robert Hannigan will be presenting
opening keynotes, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday respectively, and this year's speaker
line-up includes representatives from Europol,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, LinkedIn,
NCSC, National Crime Agency, and Thomson
Reuters. Seminars include:
Solving the people problem: Discover how
to make the user the strongest link in
information security and understand how to
build the cybersecurity team of the future.
Preparing for tomorrow's technologies: AI
and Quantum computing - what do they
mean for information security?
Supporting digital transformation:
Understand how information security can
support and add value to the business as it
transforms and innovates.
Defending against the latest cyber risks,
threats & vulnerabilities: From third party
risk to the IoT - what are the risks you
should be worried about and how should
you defend against them?
With so much choice addressing an ever
bigger challenge, be sure to plan your visit so
as to address the known and unknown
challenges facing your organisation in the
coming year. NC
Registration is free until Monday 4th June
12pm noon. For further information and to
register visit www.infosecurityeurope.com.
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