Highlights from day one of Infosecurity Europe

This topic was addressed at the morning symposium on Building Cyber Resilience in Critical National Infrastructure & Industrial Infrastructure; you can watch an interview with panel member Nigel Stanley, Chief Technology Officer – Global OT and Industrial Cyber Security CoE at TÜV Rheinland Group here.

Also addressing the issue was an afternoon panel discussion on Cyber-Physical Security: Cyber Risk Management Strategies for Connected OT & IT Networks, which featured Gavin Ellis of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Matt Gordon-Smith from Anglo American, Shawn Scott of Thames Water and TechUK’s Talal Rajab.

Victoria Windsor, Group Content Manager at Infosecurity Group, says: “The security challenges resulting from the convergence of physical and cyber environments took centre stage today for good reason. Operational systems in every industry are being connected to corporate and cloud environments, and the safe ‘air gap’ between IT and OT no longer exists.

Cyber risk is now impacting the physical realm, and organisations must have effective management strategies in place. Technology such as unified threat management tools has a role to play, but it’s also vital that teams collaborate and communicate to understand blended cyber-physical attacks, and develop joint approaches, plans and policies.”

The afternoon saw an expert panel at the Securing SMEs Symposium raise key issues around how smaller businesses – often seen as an easier target than large organisations – can defend against cyber risks and threats, protect customer data and respond to incidents.

Visitors flocked to Geek Street for some immersive, hands-on skills development, and to challenge themselves in the new Infosecurity Escape Room. You can see some video footage here.

Proving popular on the exhibitors’ floor was Pen Test Partners’ live rolling hacking demos, with visitors queuing in the aisles around stand D120 to watch the action.

Another favourite with visitors was Stand R138, belonging to Hack The Box– winner of the UK’s Most Innovative Small Cyber Security Company 2019 award in the Cyber Security Innovation Competition, organised by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The online platform provides labs and challenges for cybersecurity training – an interview with Technical Director James Hooker can be viewed here.

Keynote: 10.15-11.05 am
Discovering the Digital Underworld: Privacy, the Dark Web, Tech & Democracy
Jamie Bartlett, Senior Fellow and former Director of the Centre for the Analysts of Social Media, Demos and best-selling authorKeynote: 11.25 am-12.05 pm
View from the Board: Managing Organisation Complexity & Risk
Dame Inga Beale, Former CEO, Lloyds of LondonSpecial event: Women in Cybersecurity – Pillar Hall, 08:30-11:00 am
Hosted by Infosecurity Magazine Editor Eleanor Dallaway, the event includes an inspirational keynote by Professor Sue Black OBEOff-site event: Infosecurity Magazine – The Royal Garden Hotel, London – 08:00-10:30 am
Breakfast briefing with ServiceNow on the latest industry vulnerabilities and management strategies. Register today as places are limited.

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