SITC - Security Innovation & Technology Consortium

Venue: InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancashire

Background

Cyber security has been identified by the UK government as a key threat that businesses of all sizes will face over the coming years.  In response, Infolab21 is hosting a regional Cyber Security event in partnership with the ICT KTN to help you think about how you could respond to this threat.

The Cyber Security Conference 2011 will be held in Lancaster, providing delegates with the opportunity to hear from leading academics from across Lancaster University's Faculty of Science and Technology, keynote speeches from Daniel Hunt and Tony Dyhouse and a range of exhibitions and break out sessions showcasing cyber security prowess and research.

The main thrust of the event is to develop key insights in to how business can respond in the face of increasingly complex attacks on your infrastructure. Improving the security and resiliency of information systems is a task that must be faced in order to compete effectively in today's economic environment.

Agenda

09:00 - Registration, refreshments and exhibitions
10:00 - Opening Speech
10:20 - Move to Breakout Sessions
10:30 - Breakout Session (Industry)
11:30 - Move to Bowland Suite
11:40 - Keynote Presentation 1 (Daniel Hunt, Get Safe Online)
12:00 - Lunch, refreshments and exhibitions
13:00 - Keynote Presentation 2 (Tony Dyhouse, ICT KTN)
13:20 - Move to Breakout Sessions
13:30 - Breakout Session (Academic)
14:30 - Move to Panel Session
14:40 - Panel Session
15:30 - Refreshments and exhibitions
16:30 - Close

Industry Breakout Sessions

• Option 1: Securapro Hosted Security Services from Octree (Tony Richardson) - SME Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
• Option 2: The National Computing Centre (Dr. Daniel Dresner) - Balancing Risk and Opportunity: Corporate quality security for SMEs and the rest of the supply chain
• Option 3: Isis Forensics (Dr. James Walkerdine) - Protecting Organisations and Individuals Online
• Option 4: Technology Strategy Board (Andrew Tyrer) - a Beginner's Guide

Academic Breakout Sessions

• Option 1: Dr. Bela Chatterjee (Law) - Encryption and the Law
• Option 2: Dr. Mark Lacy (Politics) - Cybersecurity and the Politics of Security
• Option 3: Dr. Daniel Prince (Computing and Communications) - The Tools of the Hacker
• Option 4: Dr. Paul Smith (Computing and Communications) - Network Resilience
• Option 5: Dr. Marisa Jenkins (Psychology)

Booking

This event is free to attend. For further details and to register on line please go to: http://csc2011.eventbrite.com/