Cyber Security

UK Cyber Security Strategy: Embracing Innovation, Managing Threats

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Overview

Cyber security is of paramount importance to the coalition government, and is only moving up the agenda. The safety of our critical national infrastructure, protection of intellectual property, and our ability to successfully embrace the opportunities that the internet represents depends evermore on our capability for and commitment to protecting cyberspace.

The UK Cyber Security Strategy, published November 2011, lays out the government’s plans for effectively dealing with the cyber security threat and the allocation of a budget of £650 million for the improvement of the UK's cyber security capabilities. The four key objectives for this strategy include becoming a safe place to do business in cyberspace, being more resilient to cyber attack, building key partnerships to promote cross-border cyber security and enhancing the UK's cyber security knowledge and skills capability. Plans to develop a joint public-private sector 'hub' have been revealed, to allow information sharing and create a framework for cyber security best practice

The National Security Strategy, published October 2010, categorised ‘hostile attacks upon UK cyberspace by other states and large scale cybercrime’ as one of the top four risk priorities. As of November 2011, there were more than 600 attacks on the UK government per day.

Cyber security attacks are frequently reported in the media and ‘disturbing attacks’ have recently been reported by GCHQ, with criminals targeting citizens' data, credit card numbers and industry secrets. The 2012 Olympic Games represent an opportunity to showcase UK cyber security resilience; Beijing experienced 12 million cyber-attacks per day during the 2008 Olympics. The Foreign Sectretary William Hague has recently emphasised the growing need for international collaboration to build cross-border norms for behaviour in cyberspace, and the neccessity of securing cyberspace to ensure economic prosperity and growth was highlighted in the UK Cyber Security Strategy.

Agenda

Following on from last year’s inaugural event, UK Cyber Security Strategy: Embracing Innovation, Managing Threats brings together policymakers, public services and industry to share knowledge, assess the risks, and collaborate to tackle cyber security threats. Meet and network with those pioneering for greater awareness and effective guidelines, and prepare yourself to respond efficiently to this developing policy area.

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:15	Chair’s Welcome Address Peter Sommer, Cyber Security Expert, Open University (CONFIRMED)
09:20	Opening Keynote: The UK's New National Cyber Security Strategy - Protecting and Promoting the UK in a Digital World A new and transformative programme: The vision for UK cyber security in 2015 Some important principles: Tackling threats whilst respecting fundamental privacies and human rights Working in partnership: The roles of government, the private sector, individuals and wider society Key objectives of the UK Cyber Security Strategy, and plans for their implementation Government investment in cyber security: How £650 million is being allocated to tackle the cyber security threat The construction of the cyber security 'hub': A platform for information sharing and developing a framework for cyber security best practice Mike StJohn Green, Former Deputy Director, Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA), Cabinet Office (CONFIRMED)
09:40	Protecting Data in Cyber-Space Identity management, identity assurance and personal information sharing online: How can we make our information safe and secure? Teaming cyber security and information assurance with a respect for individual privacy and autonomy Safe information sharing in cyber space The importance of an information assurance culture in public sector organisations The role of the ICO in protecting citizen privacy and data Dr Simon Rice, Principal Policy Adviser (Technology), Information Commissioner's Office (CONFIRMED)
10:00	Sponsor Slot: How to Achieve Compliance, Security and IT Operational Excellence - Using the Data You Already Have! Current compliance, security and operational challenges How to address the problems you have - what are your drivers The LogLogic approach Big Data - How to generate value Compliance Security IT Operations SLA management and auditing Clive McDonald, Senior Solutions Architect and Andrew Morris, Director of Pre-Sales, Worldwide, LogLogic (CONFIRMED)
10:20	Questions and Answers Session
10:40	Coffee Break and Networking
11:00	Preventing Cyber Attacks At Large Scale Events: Cyber Security Strategies For The 2012 Olympics How has the threat changed since 2008 and how can our cyber security capabilities respond to that? Strategies that are being implemented to minimise the risk of cyber-attack on the 2012 Olympic Games Keeping mission-critical games systems isolated from the web Taking complex cyber-attacks into account when designing the Olympic games IT architecture The Technology Operations Centre in Canary Wharf: How ethical hackers have security tested the network Gerry Pennell, Chief Information Officer, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (CONFIRMED)
11:20	Addressing the Skills Gap: The Cyber Security Challenge Cyber security as an increasingly important profession due to modern dependence on technology Grasping the economic opportunities associated with cyber security by building a skilled workforce The importance of raising awareness of cyber security career opportunities Increasing the number of skilled candidates in the cyber security profession The Cyber Security Challenge: Allowing citizens to test out their cyber security skills Providing career-enabling prizes allowing participants to move into the industry Judy Baker, Director, Cyber Security Challenge UK (CONFIRMED)
11:40	Questions and Answers Session
12:00	Digital by Default and Information Security Successfully delivering more government services online Ensuring a robust citizen identification system to prevent fraud The development of the system: Creating ‘hubs’ that can identify citizens without violating privacy Creating a system of choice for Universal Credit users: Providing multi-channel authentication Establishing a marketplace in customer identity and trusted data services Creating an online user experience of ‘one government’ Balancing ease of use with security requirements David Rennie, ID Assurance Proposition Manager and Stephen Dunn, ID Assurance Lead Technical Architect, Cabinet Office (CONFIRMED)
12:20	Sponsor Slot: AccessData In cyberspace no one can hear you scream. Cyberspace finds government, military, commercial, civilian and law enforcement meeting in a common arena, the fifth theatre. The benefits enjoyed by digital society are significant, but so are the risks. We discuss the information security challenges in owning, policing and remediating your entire data estate: volatile data, data at rest and data in motion. What skills, technologies and methodologies are needed to proactively defend our most valuable assets? Can we any longer differentiate between protecting Critical National Infrastructure and securing our homes and workplaces? Adrian Culley, Global Security Engineer, AccesData (CONFIRMED)
12:40	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Case Study: Building A Secure and Resilient Shared Services Network Kent County Council's trial of the Public Sector Network: Cutting costs by delivering shared services and increasing the efficiency of public service delivery The Public Sector Network Project and cyber security implications for its users Building a safe, secure, and reliable network available to the pubic within county boundaries Working with the private sector to test the PSN's security resilience The PSN and cyber security: What steps have been taken to ensure information security is secure? Effective compliance with PSN standards, practices and governance Jeff Wallbank, KPSN Partnership Development Manager, Kent County Council(CONFIRMED)
14:20	Sponsor Slot: Level 3 Ian Cleary, Product Director – Internet Services, Level 3 (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Questions and Answers Session
15:00	Coffee and Networking
15:20	Protecting Our Critical National Infrastructure From Cyber Security Attacks What constitutes a cyber-security vulnerability? The importance of sharing best practice across the public sector and private sector Effective ways to protect networks, applications and operating systems Guidelines for raising awareness, improving practice, and reporting accidents Best practice for dealing with botnets, malicious hardware, keystroke logging, and hacking The implications of the 2010 ‘Stuxnet’ attack, and how resilient we are to an attack of this magnitude With the vast majority of critical infrastructure in the UK being privately owned, what steps do businesses need to take to secure their networks? Professor Madjid Merabti, PROTECT: Research Centre for Critical Infrastructure Computer Technology and Protection, Director of School of Computing and Maths, Liverpool John Moores University (CONFIRMED)
15:40	Ensuring Public Safety on the Internet Basing internet guidance for the public on good cyber security practice Building key principles and norms to guide internet use The internet as a tool for driving democracy and moving the economy forwards Making the internet safe for both ‘internet natives’ and older people Ensuring that the internet is inclusive and addressing the ‘digital divide’ The Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Chair, Parliamentary, Internet, Communications and Technology Forum (CONFIRMED)
16:00	Case Study: ‘The Uncertainty of Identity’ - Cyber Security in Higher Education City University London and the launch of a cross-disciplinary Centre for Cyber and Security Sciences The changing nature of IT research in universities: Reflecting social, economic and geopolitical concerns Bringing together cyber security specialists to tackle cyber-terrorism and cybercrime, and supporting UK and EU cyber security strategies Funding the project, and other institutions involved: Working with UCL, University of St Andrews, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Home Office ‘The Uncertainty of Identity’ project: Cross institutional collaboration to examine real identities vs. virtual identities How this project could be instrumental in helping governments protect critical national infrastructure Dr Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Reader for Information Security, Assistant Dean for E-Learning, City University London (CONFIRMED)
16:20	Questions and Answers Session
16:40	Chair's Summary and Close

*Programme subject to change without notice

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Audience

Delegates will include chief executives, csos, cios, ctos, heads of risk and resilience, heads of counter terrorism, e-crime experts, heads of infrastructure & architecture, information security professionals, ict directors, heads of information systems, cni professionals, and 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.