Summit Agenda

Opening remarks from the Chair

9:15 am - 9:20 am

National Cyber Security Strategy – Making the UK the Hardest Target

9:20 am - 9:40 am

Ministerial Keynote

• Spending £1.9bn to enhance the UK’s sovereign cyber capabilities to defend citizens, businesses and critical national infrastructure
• Developing a shared approach across public and private sector to ensure cyber resilience for a strong economy
• Building engagement with businesses and organisations to protect sensitive information, intellectual property and critical systems
• Investing in crypto-research and technological development to defend against emerging and prospective cyber threats
• Developing the UK-skills base to supply the increasing need for cyber professionals
• Exerting influence internationally through bilateral and unilateral partnerships to maintain the stability of cyberspace

Safeguarding the Nation – The NCSC Vision for a More Secure Britain

9:40 am - 10:00 am

Morning Keynote

• Spearheading cross-government action to directly support organisations in cyber incidents – shared lessons
• Enabling organisations to make informed decisions and tailor their cyber response to the complexity of specific business environments
• Encouraging government and industry to incorporate cyber within a holistic approach to security
• Addressing systemic vulnerabilities and identifying security concerns presented by mobile, IoT, wearables, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and the cloud
• Harnessing collaboration with the cyber technology and solution providers to tackle emerging challenges and threats
• Promoting ‘secure by default’ standards to ensure resilient supply chain of products and services

Headline Partner Address

10:00 am - 10:15 am

Questions and Answers

10:15 am - 10:25 am

Coffee and Expo

10:25 am - 11:05 am

Defending Across Borders: Tackling Cyber Threats Bilaterally and Multilaterally

11:05 am - 11:20 am

• Working in tandem with industry leaders and foreign governments to create a system of international cooperation and a culture of cyberspace norms
• Promoting an interoperable, open and secure communications infrastructure for government and corporations to reinforce international trade and innovation
• Fortifying cyber security and critical infrastructure – using cost as a deterrent to malicious cyber-attacks
• Deepening existing links with closest international partners to uphold cyber security in a shifting geopolitical landscape
• Developing cross-border technological collaboration to fight emerging cyber threats

Transforming Defence IT and National Security

11:20 am - 11:35 am

• Investing £265m and engaging with industry and suppliers with the new Defence Cyber Protection Protocol to boost the UK’s military cyber systems
• Investing £40M to create the Cyber Security Operations Centre designed to protect MoD assets and answer significant national Cyber attacks
• Utilising state-of-the art defensive cyber capabilities to protect the MOD’s cyberspace from malicious actors
• Investing in cyber warfare technology for data security, networks and infrastructure protection and the mitigation of insider threats
• Maintaining skilled workforce through the Defence Cyber Aptitude Test (DCAT) to defend the British Defence Network from thousands of daily attacks and to gain information superiority over adversaries

Delivering a Step-Change in the Battle against Cybercrime

11:35 am - 11:50 am

• Delivering a wake-up call: Why organisations need to consider cyber as mission critical
• Delivering rapid response to the UK’s most serious incidents of cyber-crime and cyber terrorism through the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU)
• Targeting criminal vulnerabilities and disrupting criminal activity globally by working proactively with UK devolved administrations and international partners
• Leading the development of networks for shared intelligence across the criminal justice sector to heighten police awareness of threats
• Maintaining encrypted data-sharing and communication channels with regional and international partners such as Europol and Interpol
• Working with CREST and the wider cyber community to prevent young people from participating in illegal online activities and guiding them towards a ‘digital defender’ career

Questions and Answers

11:50 am - 12:00 pm

Lunch and Expo

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Developing a World-Leading Cyber Economy

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm

Afternoon Keynote

• Creating a burgeoning and innovative cyber security sector to meet the demands of a modern, digital economy
• Investing £50m in the development of two world-class cyber innovation centres over the next 5 years
• Addressing the cyber skills shortage through the £20m cyber clubs programme to teach 6,000 students cyber skills
• Working with industry and universities to enhance recruitment needs, develop cyber skills and the next generation of cyber leaders, including the development of cyber apprenticeships
• Investing over £6.5m to support advanced cyber tech research to protect the UK in cyber space

Organisational Preparedness: Moving Beyond Compliance

1:50 pm - 2:05 pm

• Moving the dialogue forward from awareness of threats to building capabilities to defend against them
• Connecting the board with C-level technology and security leaders – engaging with non-execs and investors
• Shifting focus to cyber as a business and cultural issue – thinking differently about cyber within your organisation
• Achieving good governance by focusing on building organisation-wide cyber secure culture
• Balancing risk and resilience for organisational effectiveness within highly regulated industries

Questions and Answers

2:05 pm - 2:10 pm

Optimising Cyber Resilience – Board Room Insights

2:10 pm - 2:50 pm

Panel Discussion

• Meeting the governance responsibilities of cyber security and applying the right levels of scrutiny
• Enhancing board-room engagement with cyber threats and risks – where do responsibilities fall?
• Leading cyber strategy development – considering cyber as part of holistic security planning
• Responding to changing attack vectors and new points of vulnerability as your business changes – business acquisition, mergers, termination or transformation
• Managing enhanced security – including point-of-sale, complex networks and mobile working – as organisations become increasingly without boundary
• Increasing and allocating budgets for optimum defence, deterrence and development of key assets – what is considered best practice today?
• Cyber preparedness – Implementing a robust cyber crisis management, business continuity and disaster recovery plan

Coffee and Expo

2:50 pm - 3:30 pm

Taking a Holistic Approach to Cyber Security Risks across the Supply Chain – Keeping London Moving

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

• Understanding an organisation’s exposure to supply chain risks
• Reviewing physical, procedural, personnel and technical security controls to develop a risk management strategy
• Examining risk and vulnerabilities across the digital supply chain with the growth of cloud and IT outsourcing
• Protection measures for collaborative projects with partners and sub-contractors which require information sharing
• Securing your organisation from rush-to-market technology solutions

Embedding Cyber Security as a Critical Business Process – Implementation Insights

3:45 pm - 4:25 pm

Panel Discussion

• Using people as your strongest cyber defence to minimise the insider threat
• Maintaining cyber hygiene through regular impact assessments and developing a culture of cyber-awareness
• Protecting vulnerabilities around data as your core asset

• Developing the cyber skills, roles and knowledge required to meet the broadening plane of attack vectors
• Reviewing the constantly changing threat and keeping abreast of new technologies to meet evolving needs
• Auditing the risks of implementing new technologies and ways of working – Mobile working, IOT, AI, Blockchain

Closing Remarks from the Chair

4:25 pm - 4:30 pm