INFOSEC MANCHESTER
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About
Ayaz Rathore
Founder of INFOSEC Manchester
Information and cyber security has never been more important. “Infosec Manchester” is a community led monthly event hosted in central Manchester and was formed with the intent of bringing the industry together in a social atmosphere to solidify relationships and enable positive change.
The monthly evening events provide a platform for industry leaders to share their experiences, including perspectives from those on the front line (Information Security teams), as well as academia, law enforcement and leading solutions providers. “Infosec Manchester’s” goal is to support UK information and cyber security by building relationships in the Manchester area.
Advisory Committee
Dr Daniel Dresner
Consulting Research Analyst & Lecturer
University of Manchester
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Danielle Ashcroft
Group Information Security Manager
JD Sports
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David Cook
Solicitor Advocate
Eversheds Sutherland
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Graeme Park
Head of Global Security Operations Centre
The Hut Group (THG)
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Dr Daniel Dresner - Consulting Research Analyst & Lecturer, University of Manchester
Daniel is an evangelist for useful standards and good practice. He delivers considered and pragmatic advice on the implementation of information assurance, security and governance…particularly in the world of standards (ISO/IEC 27001 is a speciality). His research with the University of Manchester – where he’s a visiting academic in IT Governance and Computer/Network Security – has led to a method for detecting the human vulnerabilities in networks. He began his career as a technical author and has never really stopped…no matter how many pre- and post- nominals he’s toyed with.
His PhD is A study of standards and the mitigation of risk in information systems. Daniel is director of research at the E RADAR community for effective on-line business. Daniel’s current research programme includes projects balancing technical security controls with human factors, using information security maturity to model security economics, security metrics, IT strategy, and the ‘dark net’.
Daniel’s ‘firsts’ include co-author and moderator of the Technology Strategy Board supported scheme IASME, chair of the North West England Branch of the Institute of Information Security Professionals, architect of DTI’s Towards Software Excellence programme, creating the core of the original SANS training for BS 7799, editing the UK’s first national security breaches survey at NCC, and writing the first international standards for source code escrow. He has contributed to books, conferences, and appears on the BBC to warn the wider community about the risks and opportunities of information systems.
When not securing information, Daniel works for the security of his children and his parents’ honour. Personal interests range from Jewish tradition to science fiction. His knowledge of Doctor Who lore is tiring; he’s been graphic artist for the Blake’s 7 Appreciation Society which just goes to show...
Danielle Ashcroft - Group Information Security Manager, JD Sports
Danielle looks after the global infosec operation at FSTE 250 LSE listed JD Sports Fashion PLC, a global multi-channel retailer who’s brands include JD, Size?, Chausport, Sprinter, Getthelabel.com, Kooga, Kukri Sports, Source Lab, Scotts, Tessuti, BrownBag, Woodhouse, JD Gyms and Nicholas Deakins. Its outdoor brands include Blacks, Millets, Tiso and Ultimate Outdoors and Go Outdoors. Chausport operates throughout France retailing international footwear brands, such as Nike, Adidas and Le Coq Sportif together with brands specific to the local market, such as Redskins. Sprinter is a sports retailer in Spain selling footwear, apparel, accessories and equipment for a range of sports, as well as lifestyle casual wear and childrenswear.
Danielle looks after global infosec and compliance, covering over 1000 stores and business 15K+ employees globally. Prior to JD Sports Danielle spent over 3 years as retailer Matalan as Commercial Risk and Compliance Manager, overseeing the commercial compliance and PCI DSS strategy for the group including the omni-channel and store estate, the risk portfolio, change implementation, fraud investigations and PCI DSS programme. Before Matalan Danielle held various roles at Barclays Retail and Corporate Banking, covering Risk Management and corporate banking services.
Graeme Park - Head of Global Security Operations for The Hut Group (THG)
Graeme leads Global Security Operations for The Hut Group (THG). THG is a global leader in health, beauty, fitness and lifestyle, and is home to some of the world's best brands, including MyProtein and look fantastic. A rapidly growing business, THG is one of the UK’s largest privately owned companies valued at over £4bn.
At its core is a technology platform, ‘THG Ingenuity’ which provides a first rate e-commerce solution for fast moving consumer goods hosting a range of global brands. THG also recently acquired UK2 a UK based hosting company and Hanger 7, one of the UK’s top digital content agencies. It has also recently signalled investment of £760million in and 12,000-person campus to be built at Manchester Airport. spanning 16.8 acres, will be the UK's largest bespoke office outside London.
Graeme’s remit includes protecting, monitoring and responding to security incidents across the THG global estate.
David Cook - Solicitor Advocate at Eversheds Sutherland
David is a Solicitor Advocate specialising in cyber security and data protection compliance and litigation.
His experience spans advising FTSE 100 companies on their cyber security posture and data protection programmes, through to advising on investigation and response following some of the most significant and high profile (and highly confidential) hacks of UK corporate bodies.
David has also successfully defended alleged hackers from Anonymous, TeamPoison and LulzSec. He has advised police officers on the law behind and pitfalls involved in cyber crime prosecutions from the North West, South Wales, Yorkshire and Humber police teams, as well as a course at the Royal College of Policing.
He frequently works with academia and government in driving forward the evolution of cyber security controls frameworks.
He is sought out for comment by newsprint and television media and is a noted public speaker in this area. Attendees frequently comment that David’s talks are lively, engaging and always enjoyable.
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Which way will you turn to handle increased threats in 2019
Whilst not all threats are on the rise, the overall volume of threats and incidents is are too much for most organisations to effectively react to and remediate quickly. Pressure by the regulator to provide additional detail to breaches and respond accordingly are further demands on InfoSec resources; and at a time of limited skills in the market. So what should companies do in 2019 to handle this?
Date | Thursday 7th March 2019 |
Venue | Radisson Blu Edwardian, Free Trade Hall, Peter Street, Manchester M2 5GP |
Agenda | 18:00 Welcome drinks reception 18:30 Speakers 20:00 Networking drinks and canapes reception 21:00 Finish |
Noha Amin
Cyber Security Woman Leader
& Multi Awards Winner
Dr Victoria Baines
Visiting Associate
Oxford Internet Institute
Jasmine Taylor
Cyber Security Consultant
KPMG
Noha Amin - Cyber Security Woman Leader
Noha Amin, Cyber Security Woman Leader. Winner of multiple awards in Canada and the Middle East (ICSIC and MESA women leaders’ awards). Manchester Evening News has featured her as one of the Top 30 Women in Tech in Manchester, March 2018. She is a Member of Women Directors Forum, in the UK. Noha is an Advisory Board Member for CISOCouncil–Middle East and Chairwoman for WLCS initiative (Women Leaders in CyberSecurity), as well as an Advisory Board Member for OWASP ME (Open Web Application Security Project – Middle East) – WICS initiative (Women in Cyber Security). Noha’s contribution to the cyber security arena extended to be a conferences/webinars speaker, panellist, and podcaster as well as an Advisory Committee Member for several Cyber Security Resilience Conferences in the UAE.
Her work in a leading telecoms firm, has earned her the opportunity to contribute to the cyber security community in the UK. She is as an Ambassador for TechNation Tier1 Exceptional Talent Visa Program in the UK, and an Advisory Steering Committee member for Tech Show North 2019. Noha is a Founder of www.Gaviotta.com and www.ShadesOfSecurity.com platforms for promoting, mentoring, and support Cyber Security Awareness and Women Empowerment and Leadership.
Dr Victoria Baines - Visiting Associate of the Oxford Internet Institute
Dr Victoria Baines is a leading author and speaker in the field of cybersecurity. She has appeared on the BBC, CNN and other major broadcast media outlets as an authority on the misuse of emerging technologies.
For several years, Victoria was Facebook’s Trust & Safety Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to this, Victoria led the Strategy & Prevention team at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), where she was responsible for the European Union’s cyber threat analysis. Victoria is a Visiting Associate of the Oxford Internet Institute (Oxford University).
Jasmine Taylor - Cyber Security Consultant at KPMG
Jasmine is a cyber-security consultant working for KPMG UK’s long standing pen testing and vulnerability assessment team. A maths graduate from Sheffield University, Jasmine started her career teaching IT, becoming an Ambassador for STEM, before later joining IBM to deliver the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and most recently part of the Software Engineering / DevOps delivery team. In her spare time Jasmine supports various NGO programmes and since 2016 has volunteered with ‘Drop in the Ocean’, the ‘Skaramangas Refugee Camp’ near Athens.
Past Speakers
Ivan Reedman
Head of Hardware
NCC Group UK
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Richard Morrell
Director,
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
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Mike StJohn-Green
Former Deputy Director
of CESG
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Ali Dehghantanha
Research Fellow Cyber Forensics
University of Salford Manchester
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Martin Borrett
CTO Europe & Distinguished Engineer
IBM Security
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Peter Stelzhammer
Co-Founder
AV-Comparatives
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Danielle Ashcroft
Group Information Security Manager
JD Sports
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Ken Munro
Partner
Pen Test Partners
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Rik Ferguson
Special Advisor
Europol EC3
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Gary S. Miliefsky
Publisher
Cyber Defense Magazine
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Stu Hirst
Publisher
Cyber Defense Magazine
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David Cook
Solicitor Advocate
Eversheds Sutherland
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Carl Nightingale
Director [Cyber Security]
CGI
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Geoff White
Reporter
Channel 4 News & BBC Radio 4
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Special Agent Todd Renner
FBI Assistant Legal Attaché
London
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Paul Mason
Ethical Hacker
Cyber Security Educator
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Khaled Fattal
Chairman
MLi Group
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Ivan Reedman - Head of Hardware, NCC Group UK
My name is Ivan Reedman, I am the NCC Group UK Head of Hardware. I approach security with a systems engineering mind set. Understanding a system architecture allows me to focus the teams energy on areas of high priority to a client and areas that are most likely to have issues that have a high impact if compromised. I have been a hardware and embedded systems innovator and designer for over 20 years. I have always focused on niche high technical risk markets such as Military. I designed and delivered a specialist last line of communication radio system for DSTL (UK MOD defence science and technology laboratory) that included a new RF modulation (Phase delta encoding) resulting in 15 times the bandwidth of previous LF communications. I focus on specialist HW penetration tests and hardware deep dives as well as providing clients with secure by design hardware support. I also oversee the development of specialist security hardware testing tools for NCC Group, these include but not limited too;
- USB Magic (USB Hacking tool the size of a memory stick. It provides on board hardware crypto acceleration, WIFI communications, supporting 16 con-current USB end points under 100% software control.)
- USB to SENT (A SENT adaptor to allow our automotive team to sniff, inject and bus master the SENT communications within vehicles. The tool also supports the generation of invalid SENT messages at a PHY layer to support fuzzing of the software stack within the target device)
- NFC Relay (A near field communications tool, it supports relaying at low latency NFC data from one point to another. This tool has been used successfully to allow our team to unlock, start and drive away many high end German cars that support remote keyless entry)
- RKE Amp (A simple tool built specifically for the BBC One show where the BBC asked us to demonstrate an attack on a German car that had previously been on the news. The tool was built using parts purely from a local electronics store)
Late 2016, I identified a vulnerability in the silicon construction of programmable many mixed signal IC’s used to provide HW security in the event of a software compromise. A white paper on this will be published.
I am also heavily involved in software defined radio. I have built a tool called EM-Map (RF version of nMap) that allows us to scan a target for electro-magnetic emissions, the tool then matches those emissions to a database of known protocols and channels in order to provide an understanding of what EM the target is emitting. It utilises a UWB antenna and can scan target equipment from below 60MHz to beyond 6GHz.
Richard Morrell - Director, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
Now working for the Cloud Security Alliance and based in the United Kingdom, Richard has a background in security stretching back over two decades. Heading up security strategy for leading global organisations including CGI and most recently six years with Red Hat. Open Source veteran and co-founder of SmoothWall the filtering company in 2001 and the Linux project of the same name a year earlier.
A former UK Government CLAS advisor working with GCHQ and the UK MoD including the first ever use of CSA CCM controls in the classified and defence space globally. Richard writes a regular security column in the UK and has presented over 140 episodes of his security radio show since 2012 talking to the leading global lights in the security world.
Mike StJohn-Green - Former Deputy Director of CESG
Mike is an independent consultant in cyber security, currently working with a range of clients, primarily in the City of London and Europe. Among recent assignments, he has led information security audits with three of the UK's FTSE-350 companies and offered advice to City auditors and boards, demystifying this thing called cyberspace and its security. He retired in 2013 after more than 39 years working for the UK government, mainly at GCHQ and most recently in the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance in the Cabinet Office. His Cabinet Office responsibilities included international relations and the role of standards in improving cyber security. He had a range of roles in GCHQ, including deputy director CESG, the Information Assurance arm of GCHQ.
Mike also works with the Information Security Forum, which publishes the internationally-recognised Standard of Good Practice. He works with the International Atomic Energy Agency chairing a standards committee. He was on the steering board of the recently published cyber security standard, PAS-555, and supports the IET's work on Cyber Security, principally by chairing committees and conferences. He is a frequent speaker and writer on the topic of cyber security. He remains, at heart, an engineer and is convinced we could build more secure systems, by design and cost-effectively avoid many of today’s security-related problems.
Ali Dehghantanha - Research Fellow Cyber Forensics at University of Salford, Manchester
Ali is the Research Fellow Cyber Forensics at University of Salford, Manchester
Martin Borrett - CTO Europe & Distinguished Engineer, IBM Security
Martin Borrett is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO IBM Security Europe. He advises clients at the most senior level on policy, business, technical, and architectural issues associated with security. Martin leads IBM's Security Blueprint work and is co-author of the IBM Redbooks 'Introducing the IBM Security Framework and IBM Security Blueprint to Realize Business-Driven Security' and 'Understanding SOA Security.'
He is Chairman of the European IBM Security User Group community, and a member of the Royal Society's Cybersecurity Research Steering Group. He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and member of the IET. Martin has a passion for sailing - having represented Great Britain - and is also a keen tennis player.
Peter Stelzhammer - Co-Founder, AV-Comparatives
Peter Stelzhammer started working in IT in 1989. After 5 years working as the IT System Administrator of Alois Wild Group (Champion, Mexx, Benetton, Etienne Aigner), he became COO at Telesystem Tirol (an ISP and TV broadcasting company). He later set up Kompetenzzentrum.IT (IT security consulting), which has customers all over the world. Whilst running this organization he met Andreas Clementi, with whom he founded AV-Comparatives.
Peter Stelzhammer is on the board of directors of the Tyrolean Cluster IT (Tyrolean government’s IT strategy group) and also the board of AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standard Organization). Peter is a frequent speaker at major security conferences.
Danielle Ashcroft - Group Information Security Manager, JD Sports
Danielle looks after the global infosec operation at FSTE 250 LSE listed JD Sports Fashion PLC, a global multi-channel retailer who’s brands include JD, Size?, Chausport, Sprinter, Getthelabel.com, Kooga, Kukri Sports, Source Lab, Scotts, Tessuti, BrownBag, Woodhouse, JD Gyms and Nicholas Deakins. Its outdoor brands include Blacks, Millets, Tiso and Ultimate Outdoors and Go Outdoors. Chausport operates throughout France retailing international footwear brands, such as Nike, Adidas and Le Coq Sportif together with brands specific to the local market, such as Redskins. Sprinter is a sports retailer in Spain selling footwear, apparel, accessories and equipment for a range of sports, as well as lifestyle casual wear and childrenswear.
Danielle looks after global infosec and compliance, covering over 1000 stores and business 15K+ employees globally. Prior to JD Sports Danielle spent over 3 years as retailer Matalan as Commercial Risk and Compliance Manager, overseeing the commercial compliance and PCI DSS strategy for the group including the omni-channel and store estate, the risk portfolio, change implementation, fraud investigations and PCI DSS programme. Before Matalan Danielle held various roles at Barclays Retail and Corporate Banking, covering Risk Management and corporate banking services.
Ken Munro - Partner, Pen Test Partners
Ken is a security entrepreneur and industry maverick that has worked in infosec for over 15 years. After studying Applied Physics he tried his hand in the hospitality industry but soon discovered a talent for hacking, persuading a till to print out mortgage amortisations. He went on to cut his teeth in the anti-virus industry before founding SecureTest, a penetration testing business that quickly established a reputation for delivering high spec services using a boutique business model. NCC Group recognised the value of the proposition and acquired SecureTest in 2007. But Ken had found his calling and his penchant for pen testing saw him set up Pen Test Partners in 2010 which now boasts some of the best ethical hackers in the business, each of whom has a stake in the firm. Ken’s zeal for pen testing is matched only by his disdain for those vendors who resort to scaremongering to peddle point solutions. He is a fierce advocate of responsible disclosure and regularly researches and reveals security vulnerabilities in an effort to promote better security design and practice. He takes a key role in conducting investigations as well as encouraging team members to pursue their own research and the results are published on the company blog on a weekly basis as well as being publicised by the wider media.
Ken is a respected speaker and pulls no punches during his annual Tech Talk presentations at Infosecurity Europe, where he can also be found performing practical hack attacks on the company stand. He is a regular speaker at events held by industry bodies and associations and has spoken at the ISSA Dragon’s Den, (ISC)2 Chapter events and CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) events, where he sits on the board, helping to establish standards in both member organisations and among individual penetration testers. He’s also an Executive Member of the "Internet of Things Security Forum", a body that aims to promote best security practice and the application of controls in smart device manufacturing, and spoke out on IoT security design flaws at the forum’s inaugural event. He’s also not averse to getting deeply techie, regularly participating in hacking challenges and demos at 44CON, DefCon and Bsides. Ken has a wealth of experience in penetration testing but it’s the systems and objects we come into contact with on an everyday basis that really pique his interest. This has seen him hack everything from hotel keycards, to keyless cars and a range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, from wearable tech to children’s toys and smart home control systems. This has gained him some notoriety among the national press, leading to regular appearances on BBC TV and BBC News online as well as the broadsheet press, and he’s also a regular contributor to industry magazines, penning articles for the legal, security, insurance, oil and gas, and manufacturing press.
Rik Ferguson - Global Vice President Security Research, Trend Micro
Rik Ferguson, Vice President Security Research at Trend Micro, is one of the leading experts in information security. He is a Special Advisor to Europol EC3, a project leader with the International Cyber Security Prevention Alliance (ICSPA), and Vice Chair of the Centre for Strategic Cyberspace & Security Science. In April 2011 Rik was inducted into the Infosecurity Hall of Fame.
As a presenter at global industry events such as RSA, Mobile World Congress, Virus Bulletin, RUSI and the e-Crime Congress, Rik addresses the challenges posed by emerging technology and online crime. He is frequently interviewed by the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Channel 4, Sky News and Al-Jazeera English and is quoted by national newspapers and trade publications throughout the world.
Rik writes the Countermeasures blog and is the lead spokesperson for Trend Micro, he also writes regular columns for CIO, ZDNet, T3 and several other European publications. In this position, Rik is actively engaged in research into online threats and the underground economy. He also researches the wider implications of new developments in the Information Technology arena and their impact on security both for consumers and in the enterprise.
With over twenty years experience in information security, Rik has been with Trend Micro since 2007. Prior to assuming his current role he served as Security Infrastructure Specialist at EDS where he led the security design work for government projects related to justice and law enforcement and as Senior Product Engineer at McAfee focused on network security, intrusion prevention, encryption and content filtering. Rik Ferguson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wales and is a Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP-ISSAP in good standing.
Gary S. Miliefsky - Publisher, Cyber Defense Magazine
Gary is a globally recognized cybersecurity expert, frequent keynote speaker, inventor and founder of numerous cybersecurity companies. He is a frequent invited guest on national and international media commenting on mobile privacy, cyber security, cyber crime and cyber terrorism, also covered in both Forbes and Fortune Magazines. He has been extremely active in the infosec arena, he is an active member of Phi Beta Cyber Society an organization dedicated to helping high school students become cyber security professionals and ethical hackers. He founded and remains the Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
Miliefsky is a Founding Member of the US Department of Homeland Security (http://www.DHS.gov), the National Information Security Group (http://www.NAISG.org) and the OVAL advisory board of MITRE responsible for the CVE Program (http://CVE.mitre.org). He also assisted the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), which operates within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in their development of The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace as well as the Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime at Norwich University. Previously, Gary has been founder and/or inventor for technologies and corporations sold and licensed to Hexis Cyber, Intel/McAfee, IBM, Computer Associates and BlackBox Corporation. Gary is a member of ISC2.org and is a CISSP®.
He’s frequently writing articles published throughout the mainstream media and he also likes to write thought provoking articles at LinkedIn as a Top 1% of all INFOSEC LinkedIn profiles and a Top 3% Globally on LinkedIn.
Stu Hirst - Head Of Security Engineering, Photobox Group
Stu is currently the Head Of Security Engineering at Photobox Group (which includes Moonpig, PosterXXL and Hofmann).
He was instrumental in building Skyscanner’s Security team from 2015-2017, having led them to the final of SC Magazine’s Security Team Of The Year 2017.
He has previously worked in security at The Trainline and was part of the Cyber Leadership Team at Capital One UK.
He has twice been nominated as a finalist for Cyber Evangelist Of The Year at the Scottish Cyber Awards and runs one of Scotland’s leading Tech Meet Ups; Security Scotland.
Stu has appeared at numerous leading Security events such as InfoSec Europe, Cloud Expo Europe and Future Of Cyber Security.
Twitter: @StuHirstinfosec
David Cook - Solicitor Advocate at Eversheds Sutherland
David is a Solicitor Advocate specialising in cyber security and data protection compliance and litigation.
His experience spans advising FTSE 100 companies on their cyber security posture and data protection programmes, through to advising on investigation and response following some of the most significant and high profile (and highly confidential) hacks of UK corporate bodies.
David has also successfully defended alleged hackers from Anonymous, TeamPoison and LulzSec. He has advised police officers on the law behind and pitfalls involved in cyber crime prosecutions from the North West, South Wales, Yorkshire and Humber police teams, as well as a course at the Royal College of Policing.
He frequently works with academia and government in driving forward the evolution of cyber security controls frameworks.
He is sought out for comment by newsprint and television media and is a noted public speaker in this area. Attendees frequently comment that David’s talks are lively, engaging and always enjoyable.
Carl Nightingale - Director [Cyber Security] CGI
Carl is a Security Risk & Compliance consultant with more than 20 years’ in the IT industry starting from a programming background developing international roll-outs of ERP systems through to working within the risk and governance domain focussing on Information Security. He has a solid understanding of the wider IT Risk Management, Governance and Compliance space, and specialise in the following areas: IT Due Diligence; Pre and Post Merger integrations; Carve-out / separation planning; SOx; COBiT; ISO27001/ISO27002; PCI; IT Risk Management; IT Audit; Business Process Mapping; Policies & Procedures; ERP (J.D. Edwards, Oracle, SAP); Interoperability; e-Commerce; Web Storefronts; Software Development Lifecycle; Systems Assurance; Project Assurance; Data Assurance; Data Conversion; NMap; Nessus; Penetration Testing; and, Vulnerability Assessments.
Further detailed experience with expertise in systems security (application and network), secure infrastructure architecture, cloud security, web application security, identity and access management systems, project life cycle management, datacentre security assessment, security assurance and technical leadership. As a former programmer and is fully versed in the software development life cycle management of applications development. He has implemented J.D. Edwards; Oracle and SAP globally (including a middleware specialist regarding interface development).
In the last 7 years his focus has been assessing security posture across various organisations (e.g. Central Government (Dept. of Transport; Ministry of Justice; Dept. of Health (and various NHS Trusts); Home Office; Nuclear; MoD). Recent example projects include: assessing sensitive nuclear information to drive secure network re-engineering; vulnerability assessment conducted over target systems within the nuclear fleet; running annual accreditation programmes to identify security risks across Government systems; and ascertaining the Human Factor influence upon information security across mission critical systems across all three armed forces.
In addition, Carl has assessed, defined and introduced new security operating models for various organisations (i.e. global logistics firm). This has been supported by helping clients achieve certification to, for example, ISO27001 (NHS subsidiary).
His background in programming has afforded Carl to obtain relevant experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of application life management from initial conception through to go-live and BAU states. Furthermore, he understands the intricacies of development; access to various data sets required through various environments by IT support staff; the process of promoting changes through test into production after acceptance; the management of the maintenance activities once in BAU state; and, where the appropriate pitfalls in security can occur during this life cycle.
Geoff White - Reporter Channel 4 News & BBC Radio
Geoff White shines light onto the technology that is changing our world for the better...and sometimes worse.
An award-winning television news journalist at Channel 4 News and an engaging keynote speaker,
he unveils a hidden world to audiences, elaborating on the latest developments in everything from cybercrime and cybersecurity,
to internet dating and cutting-edge hardware.
Special Agent Todd Renner - FBI Assistant Legal Attaché in London
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Todd Renner is an Assistant Legal Attaché (ALAT) in London, responsible for leading complex international cyber intrusion investigations. In this role, ALAT Renner leads FBI collaborative efforts with United Kingdom authorities and industry partners to successfully execute the Pursue, Prevent, Protect, and Prepare strategy.
Prior to his assignment in London, Special Agent Renner was a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI’s Cyber Division Technical Operations Unit, developing and initiating sophisticated intelligence generating opportunities for the U.S. Government. SA Renner also served as a Case Agent and SWAT operator in multiple field offices in the United States.
SSA Renner is a member of the FBI’s Computer Intrusion Response team and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Business Administration.
Paul Mason - Ethical Hacker
Paul is an ethical hacker and a deeply experienced educator. Paul has trained many different groups from primary and secondary pupils, head teachers, national and international conferences and government.
During Paul’s time at Secarma, Paul is involved with high value clients; advised on policy and compliance; conducted research; presented at international conferences and advised the Police and Scottish Government on cyber matters.
Khaled Fattal - Chairman of Multilingual Internet Group (MLi Group)
Khaled Fattal is chairman of the MLi Group, (also known as Multilingual Internet Group) www.MLiGrp.com whose motto is "CyberSecurity is No Longer the Keyword - Survivability is”
He is also creator and producer of “Era of the Unprecedented™” (EotU™) Investigative Program featuring University Screenings - Citizen Journalism - Interactive Debates & Live Streaming. Fattal created EotU™ because “Democracy is Under Unprecedented Threat” with the goal to create global public engagements & debates about societies challenges & to offer hope and new solutions moving forward. https://EraoftheUnprecedented.com
Fattal has been involved in the global infrastructure of the Internet, its resiliency and security since mid-90’s. He championed and was a major contributor to making it the Multilingual Internet it is today and was instrumental in the inclusion of the clause “Multilingualism of the Internet” in the United Nations World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) December 2003 Declaration of Principle which was signed by 172 nations. He was one of the few international experts invited by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004 to the 1st UN consultations in New York on Internet Governance which led to the creation of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). He also worked with other regional and International fora such as ITU, ICANN, and many others. He has served on ICANN’s advisory committee to the President and board on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) since 2005 and has worked with many local communities and governments worldwide in helping them improve local Internet access, while keeping safety and security core to this mission.
Fattal created The MLi Group & its Survivability Strategies™ model and solution in response to the new breed of cyber terrorists and the failing Resiliency, Continuity & Cyber Security Strategies in recent years and on unprecedented scales. MLi helps mitigate the latest new threats such as the politically-motivated cyber-attacks aimed to alter the political and economic directions of nations, the destruction-motivated new breed of extremist terrorists (like ISIS) who are perpetrating and inspiring political, ideological, ‘religious’ and especially cyber-attacks threatening corporate and national “Survivability”. The MLi Group has labeled these new threats as Poli-Cyber™ since 2013. He is frequently invited to keynote, speak and chair public and private expos, conferences and events and writes regularly for online and print cyber, internet, political and defence publications.
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