Cyber Space

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Thursday July 15th 2010, Central London, 09:15 - 16:00

Working Together to Improve UK Cyber Security

Overview

As the UK’s dependence on cyberspace grows, the security of cyberspace becomes ever more critical to the health of the nation. Cyber space cuts across almost all of the threats and drivers outlined in the former government’s National Security Strategy launched in June 2009.

The threats to those who use cyber space range from phishing to enable credit-card fraud, through to corporate espionage. These activities can affect organisations, individuals, critical infrastructure, and the business of government. This cyber security strategy recognises the challenges of cyber security and the need to address them. It stressed that the UK needs a coherent approach to cyber security.

Moreover, with cyber warfare becoming a growing and rapid threat, it is more important than ever the government works together and uses the expertise of the private sector to help build cyber warfare capabilities. Through co-operation across sectors, systematic mapping and modelling can help raise the awareness of interdependencies, the capacity and redundancy of essential sectors to withstand and respond to extreme events and long-term trends. Britain’s digital infrastructure across the sectors is under constant electronic attack, including that of terrorists and organised criminals.

This is a relatively new threat, and as a nation, it is of great importance that we are able to detect and prevent attacks that have potentially severely damaging consequences. Accordingly, the Ministry of Defence has published a Green Paper, 'Adaptability and Partnership: Issues for the Strategic Defence Review' (3 February 2010) outlining plans for a major post-election Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and highlights that cyber space, in particular, poses serious and complex challenges for UK security and for Armed Forces operations.

The current government launched 'A Resilient Nation: National Security,' setting out the party’s security strategy. According to the Green Paper the Conservatives will implement a new holistic National Security Strategy that will prioritise cyber warfare as a serious threat. The report states that despite frequent occurrences round the world of service denial and disruption of inadequately protected electronic systems, the threat of cyber attack is widely disregarded.

Agenda

Delegates at this forum will discuss and debate how citizens, business and government can enjoy the full benefits of a safe, secure and resilient cyber space. It will explore how by working together, at home and overseas, by understanding and addressing the risks, by reducing the benefits to criminals and terrorists, and by seizing opportunities in cyber space, the UK’s overall security and resilience can be enhanced.

09:15	Registration and Coffee
09:45	Professor Peter Sommer, Visiting Professor, Information Systems, Integrity Group, London School of Economics (CONFIRMED)
09:50	Adaptability and Challenges: Meeting New Cyber Space Threats What is the nature and extent of the cyber threat to the UK? Responding to new cybercrime challenges in the 21st century Threats, vulnerabilities, impacts and opportunities Professor David S. Wall, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds (CONFIRMED)
10:10	Building UK Cyber Warfare Capability The scope of the Office of Cyber Security The scope and nature of the cyber warfare threat to the UK Working in partnerships with key partners and allies to increase computer security Cyber crime versus Cyber Warfare Considerations for ensuring precautions against the threat Neil Thompson, Director, Office of Cyber Security (invited)
10:30	The Role of Industry in Cyber-Security Public- private partnership : working together to improve UK Cyber Security Public and private sector information sharing, assurance, security and handling Helping Government use industry’s expertise, experience and innovation to aid implementation of strategy Protecting our technology dependent societies John Higgins CBE, Director General, Intellect (CONFIRMED)
10:50	Questions and Answers Session
11:05	Coffee Break and Networking
11:35	Working in Partnership to Counter e-crime Mechanism of e-crime Working in partnership with registries and registrars to prevent e-crime Making the internet a less hospitable environment for criminals Tightening up domain registration standards Mario Kempton, Head of Information Security, Serious and Organised Crime Agency (invited)
11:55	Enhancing Protection, Minimisng Risk Protecting data Privacy matters: who owns data in the cloud? Process and outcomes: information assurance Internal and external threats Iain Bourne, Group Manager - Policy Delivery, Information Commissioner’s Office (CONFIRMED)
12:15	Reducing the Vulnerability of the National Infrastructure to Terrorism Securing the national infrastructure The national security strategy Reducing the vulnerability of the National infrastructure to terrorism and other threats Developing and delivering the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy Using innovation and technology to Protect, Prepare, Pursue, Prevent Coordinating collaboration with international partners DCI Chris Phillips, Head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (CONFIRMED)
12:35	Questions and Answers Session
12:45	Lunch and Networking
13:45	Developing a New Era of National Security in the US Role and scope of US cyber security office US Cyber Challenge – attracting and retaining the best talent Evolving your software and hardware capabilities to meet the modern cyber threat Overcoming political and legal challenges for developing coherent strategy foe effective cyber defence Charles Bartoldus, DHS Attaché to UK Department of Homeland Security (CONFIRMED)
14:05	Building our Cyber Warfare Capability Properly assessing cyber conflict Can cyber-attacks be deterred? Overcoming political and legal challenges for developing coherent strategy foe effective cyber defence Working in partnerships with key partners and allies to increase computer security Developing a new era of national security in the US Cyber warfare – global threat, global solution Nigel Inkster CMG, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (CONFIRMED)
14:25	Coffee Break and Networking
14:45	European Programme on Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) – Building a European Public- Private Partnership for Resilience International framework for cyber security The purpose of EPCIP and wry EU level action is needed Cyber warfare; international threat, international solution The significance of critical information infrastructures for the EU Andrea Servida, Deputy Head of Unit, Internet, Network and Information Security, European Commission (CONFIRMED)
15:05	Protecting Digital Infrastructures Through Research and Innovation Network Security Innovation Platform – delivering innovative programmes for a more secure electronic environment Forging an environment that fosters creativity and innovation in order to generate the knowledge and technologies that can reduce the risk from terrorism Working more effectively with business and academia to ensure research is delivered and exploited Coordinating collaboration with international partners, increasing sharing of knowledge and technologies Andrew Tyrer, Lead, Network Security Innovation Platform, Technology Strategy Board (CONFIRMED)
15:25	Questions and Answers Session
16:00	Chairs Summary and Close

*programme subject to change

Audience

Delegates will include Chief Executives, CSOs, CIOs, CTOs, Heads of Risk and Resilience, Heads of Counter Terrorism, E-crime experts, Head of Infrastructure & Architecture, Information Security Professionals, ICT Directors, Head of Information Systems, CNI Professionals, Heads of Policy and Compliance and will be drawn from central government, local authorities, police authorities, security and intelligence services, telecommunications, utilities, aerospace, academia, health, emergency services.