Agenda
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:20 am - 9:45 am
A Universal Regulatory Approach to Cyber Security
- Supporting organisations through legislation and regulatory clarity – Guidance with NIS Directive and GDPR.
- No business left behind: Breaking down the complexity of cyber through an evolving rationale of general and bespoke guidance.
- Working with international organisations and allies to secure Britain’s economy and its place as global cyber power.
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Strategic Headline Sponsor
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Spotlight on Leadership: Championing the Place of Cyber in Strategic Decision Making
- Moving beyond mitigation by building a whole-team approach to business impact assessment.
- From Customers to the C-Suite – How HSBC has sought to embed and champion a security culture.
- Upholding the role of Cyber in HSBC’s engagement with disruptive transformation and emerging technologies and practices.
10:40 am - 11:25 am
Morning Refreshment and Exhibition Break
11:25 am - 12:10 pm
The Swedish Perspective on Cyber Security: How to Enhance International Cooperation with the UK to Prevent Cybercrime
- Preparing for a dark horizon of cyber-crime as Sweden embarks on a hyper connectivity drive to secure 98% of households and firms connected to 1 gigabit per second internet by 2025
- Discerning the real threat of state sponsored cyber attacks with 13,000 monthly cyber activities targeting Swedish entities and strategic threats against Swedish CNI
- Working with the UK and co-operating internationally as an essential part of the National Cyber Strategy build resilience and capabilities to prevent and counter future attacks
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Seminars
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch and Exhibition
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Seminars
2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Stream Keynote
Stream 1 : Threats and Trends
The Rise of the OCGs and the Evolving Crime Toolkit
- The OCG landscape and the exploitation of AI and data analytics to target organisational vulnerabilities
- Defending against outsider trading spreads out from traditional finance markets to other sectors.
- Meeting adversarial capabilities with the latest armoury of digital forensics, intelligence and data sharing tools as well as dedicated regional specialists in Cyber Crime
Stream 2: Tech and Team
Fostering Cyber Heroes – In-Team and Across the Business
- Putting the spotlight on soft-skills and reevaluating the role of all staff members in detecting, reporting and communicating cyber-attacks
- Telling the story of what good looks like in nominating, training, tooling and multiplying Cyber Champions to motivate improved Cyber Hygiene
- Nurturing champions within your central cyber team and creating direct lines between technical and non-technical champions to ensure an embedded cyber culture
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm
Stream Sponsor
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Refreshments and Exhibition
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Case Studies
Stream 1 : Threats and Trends
Phishing Season: Developing the Right Approach to Socially Engineered Cyber Attacks
- Building Internal Awareness through insight into the HMRC tax rebate phishing phenomenon
- Reducing spoof smashing scams by up to 90% through tag and terminate technology
- Keeping ahead of the enemy by identifying vulnerable target groups such as students or the elderly.
Stream 2: Tech and Team
Recruitment and Retention in an Insecure Security Employment Market
- Working with comms and HR to attract the right talent and bake security into the image of your company.
- Obtaining the right balance between upskilling and work-life balance to incentivise and retain your security team.
- The idiosyncrasies of growing a security team at pace and the place of cyber in the story of TransferWise’s success.
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Session
Stream 1 : Threats and Trends
Hyperconnected, Hype-vulnerable: Anticipating the Threats Posed by Emerging Technology and Future Digital Practices
- Spelling out the threat vectors to determine the greatest area of vulnerability in hyper connected networks.
- Balancing risk and cost when baking security into product development – What is the right formula?
- Championing relationships with suppliers, partners and third parties as the strongest safeguard
Stream 2: Tech and Team
The Next Wave of Cyber Solutions and Engaging the Start-up Ecosystem
- Moving beyond the solution-focused mindset and how the UK’s start-ups succeed in the user-centric model
- Signalling and end to the provider-buyer ideal through a more collaborative approach to tacking cyber threats through partnered innovation
- Succeeding with the scale phase and the role of industry in the future of the UK’s Cyber Innovation Cluster
- Cyber Security shift towards looking at cyber as an enabler for business growth rather than a layer in a software stack
