Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE), the interdisciplinary security conference and exhibition, announced that Dr Emma Philpott will deliver an opening keynote ‘Engaging Small Companies in Cyber Security’. Dr Philpott joins The European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli in opening the event, which takes place in Berlin on November 10 and 11, 2015.
Dr Philpott is Director and CEO of the IASME Consortium Ltd, a company that through its work with the UK government has certified more than 300 companies against the Cyber Essentials scheme. Dr Philpott is also Founder and Manager of the UK Cyber Security Forum, a network of more than 350 small companies working in cyber security across the UK. Dr Philpott says: “Low levels of cyber security in small companies is increasingly recognised as a threat to large organisations and consumers alike. This is a difficult problem to solve and I look forward to sharing our experience of certifying a wide range of small companies to a very basic level of cyber security at the ISSE conference.”
Executive Director of event hosts EEMA, David Goodman, adds: “The impact of a security breach on a small company can be terminal, damaging not only infrastructure but also disrupting day-to-day business and harming brand credibility. What is more, we have also observed incidents where cyber-criminals have targeted small companies as the path of least resistance, through which to attack larger enterprises with whom they are working. Therefore, it is in the interests of organisations of all sizes, both public and private throughout Europe to have the best possible safeguards in place.”
The event, in Berlin, will be co-located with the Open Identity Summit 2015. ISSE 2015 is hosted by EEMA and TeleTrusT. Now in its 16th year, ISSE 2015 is supported by Adobe (Platinum supporter), SerNet (Gold supporter) and Secunia (Silver supporter).
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