Infosecurity Europe, the information security event, is running a three-day online conference instead, from Tuesday to Thursday, June 2 to 4. The virtual conference will feature a panel discussions and presentations on resilience, strategic planning and human risk. The CISOs and industry leaders taking part are from such organisations as Airbus, JLL, NHS, Uber, Opel Vauxhall and Dropbox.
Like other event organisers, Reed Exhibitions postponed Infosecurity Europe, which was due to run those three days at Olympia, in west London (pictured; the June 2019 event). New dates for the physical event will be announced soon. To register to attend visit: https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/landing-pages/virtual-event/.
Nicole Mills, Senior Exhibition Director at Infosecurity Group said: “We’re proud of the role that Infosecurity Europe has played in keeping our community informed over the last 25 years, and we’re determined to keep the conversation going despite the challenges and limitations we all currently face.
“By running a conference online, we’re able to bring industry leaders and change-makers together virtually, and we are delighted that so many of them were still keen to be involved. We hope that infosec professionals across Europe will take the opportunity to join our webinars, learn from our fantastic speakers and gain new ideas, knowledge and inspiration to strengthen their organisations’ security posture.”
Attendees can join live each day for the sessions, which will run from 11am to 4:30 BST.
Day one covers incident resilience.
Panel: Ensuring the Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Most Critical Systems. Panellists include Dr Kevin Jones, Global Chief Digital and Information Security Officer (CISO), Airbus.
Panel: Addressing Cybersecurity Risks: New Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Tips for Securing Your Systems, Vendor Access, and Data. Panellists include Becky Pinkard, CISO, Aldemore; Amit Basu, Vice President, CIO & CISO, International Seaways.
Presentation: Building a Resilient Company Culture that Will Help Employees Thrive led by Shobhana Ahluwalia, CIO at Uber
Amit Basu of International Seaways says: “The COVID-19 outbreak might be viewed as the moment the way the world worked fundamentally changed. Working from home has created a serious challenge for information security professionals; hackers are not on lockdown, and we need to build our cyber-resilience. CISOs are scrambling to figure out how to keep enterprise information assets safe when users’ computers are not secured by the standard enterprise level controls. Infosecurity Europe’s virtual event will enable us to share our problems and ideas, and discuss the new threats and how we can better defend our organisations against them.”
Day two, the human factor; how to manage human risk, and engage users to drive a secure mindset across the organisation.
Panel: How to Effectively Manage the Human Element of Risk. Panellists include Mark Osborne, EMEA CISO, JLL; David Boda, CISO, Camelot (National Lottery); Dr Jessica Barker, Cybersecurity Consultant; Saiful Choudhury, Head of Privacy, University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS Trust; Vincent Blake, Information Technology Security Officer, Pearson Plc.
Panel: Working and Securing Businesses Remotely to Achieve Business Continuity. Moderated by Mark D. Nicholls, Head of Information Security, CISO. Panellists include James Packer, Head of Cyber Security, EF Education First; Jon Townsend, Chief Information Officer, National Trust; Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs, Duo Security, Cisco.
Presentation: Strong Leadership for Uncertain Times. The speaker is Sajed Naseem, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), New Jersey Courts.
Mark Osborne says: “Many CISOs have used the unpredictable nature of human behaviour as a handy excuse for security issues, while burning cash on elaborate policy portals, awareness training and phishing tests merely for contractual compliance. More recently, ‘user collaboration’ has become fashionable, but this has promoted a sense of enhanced staff entitlement, rather than a focus on their corporate obligation. We’ll be talking about an approach which involves harnessing ‘user power’ as a force for good security, reducing risk and increasing ROI on tightening budgets.”
Day three, planning and strategy.
Panel: Allocating the Security Budget: How to Do More with Less? Panellists include Deborah Haworth, CISO, Penguin Random House UK.
Panel: Creating More Resilient Supply Chains. Moderated by Paul McKay, Senior Analyst, Security & Risk, Forrester. Panellists include Diana Kramer, Senior Security Engineer, King; Adam Drabik, CISO, Opel Vauxhall; Christian Toon, CISO, Pinsent Masons LLP
SME Panel: Implementing Information Security Controls to Manage 2020’s Risk in the SME. Moderated by Bridget Treacy, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Bridget Treacy of Hunton Andrews Kurth says: “A recent Verizon report indicated that just under half of all cyber-attacks target SMEs – and a data breach can be fatal. Often small businesses simply don’t have the budget or experience to invest in cybersecurity, but they – or their customers – may have extremely valuable data. My session will focus on the practical steps SMEs can take to implement information security controls, along with strategies for managing information security and cyber risk that do not depend on large budgets.”
To follow, ore details on new speakers and panellists. Visit www.infosecurityeurope.com/virtual-event.
