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organisation’s critical information assets as
the world around them transforms.
Infosecurity Europe’s opening Keynote
speakers are uniquely qualified to share their
perspective on cybersecurity. One led an
FTSE 250 business: Baroness Dido Harding,
Chair of NHS Improvement and former
Chief Executive of TalkTalk. Cybersecurity
is now undoubtedly high on the board’s
agenda as a key business risk, not at least
because when an organisation is breached,
the ultimate responsibility lies with the
CEO. In her opening keynote, View from the
Board: A CEO’s Perspective on Cybersecurity,
Baroness Harding will explore what a CEO
really needs from the information security
function, how to promote a security culture
across the enterprise and how, in the
event of a breach, to work with the CEO to
minimise impact and protect the reputation
of the organisation.
The second opening keynote will be
delivered by a pioneer in online business
who previously held the role of the UK’s
Digital Champion: Baroness Martha Lane
Fox Co-Founder, Lastminute.com and Co-
Founder and Executive Chair, Doteveryone.
As users share more and more personal
information with digital platforms, from
search engines like Google and social
networks like Facebook, to retailers like
Amazon, the privacy and cybersecurity
landscape is becoming increasingly
complex. In her opening keynote, Dystopia
or Utopia? Privacy & Cybersecurity in
the Digital Age, Baroness Lane Fox will
draw on her experience over the last two
decades in online business and her work
with government to explore the privacy
implications of our increasingly networked
world and how they affect the work of the
information security community.
Infosecurity Europe’s third opening
keynote speaker is Robert Hannigan, former
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Director-General, GCHQ. Robert Hannigan
has a long history of involvement in
cybersecurity and technology, having drawn
up the UK’s first cybersecurity strategy and
outlined the government’s ambition of
making the UK ‘the safest place to live and
do business online’. In his talk, Weaponising
the Web: Nation-State Hacking & What it
Means for Enterprise Cybersecurity, Robert
Hannigan will discuss the reality of alleged
nation-state sponsored cybercrime, the risk
to different types of organisations and how
to mitigate that risk.
The speakers will present on Infosecurity
Europe’s Keynote Stage on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Other
key themes being addressed in the 2018
Keynote Stage agenda include:
• Security at the speed of business:
Supporting digital transformation
with cybersecurity (Tuesday June
5): A CISO best practice Keynote
Presentation with speakers sharing
actionable insight into how information
security can support and add value
to the business as it transforms and
innovates, from how to stay ahead of
the changing technology landscape and
cloud adoption, to evaluating the role of
automation in cybersecurity
• From cyberthreat to cyber-ally:
Changing behaviour to drive a risk-
aware culture (Tuesday June 5): With
mitigating human risk at the heart of
any information security strategy and
users continuing to be one of the weakest
points of cyberdefence, this session will
feature three presentations by expert
practitioners who will share their practical
insight to show information security
professionals they can tackle this people
problem and put users at the heart of an
effective cyberdefence strategy to harden
the workforce against attacks
• Friend or foe? Can (and will) AI and
machine learning stop hackers? Or
will AI be the hacker? (Wednesday
June 6): A Keynote Special focusing on
Disruptive Technologies that will look at
the reality of AI and if it will deliver on
its promise as a defensive tool to protect
data, or become the hacker and simply
turn into another risk in an already
complex landscape
• How secure are your third-party
suppliers? Best practice third party
risk mitigation (Wednesday June 6): A
CISO panel discussion: Given the impact
of a breach on an organisation’s most
sensitive data via a third party could have
catastrophic financial, as well as criminal,
implications. This session will look at the
steps information security practitioners
should take to assess their third-party risk
exposure and how companies can gain
assurance that third party suppliers are
adhering to GDPR regulations
New for 2018 is Infosecurity Europe’s Geek
Street Stage which will be located in the
National Hall. A new, immersive zone, Geek
Street will see technical experts sharing their
expertise in a series of in-depth, independent
technical research sessions. There will also be
an interactive learning challenge and visitors
will be able to apply their skills in the show’s
daily ‘fastest lockpicker’ competition.
A host of new technologies will also be
presented in the show’s UK Cyber Security
Innovation Zone, located in the Grand Hall
upper gallery. Here you will find some of the
brightest stars in the UK cyber innovation
industry – the 13 companies who went head-
to-head in a ‘Pitchfest’ to reach the shortlist
for a national competition, organised by the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and
Sport and sponsored by SNC – Lavalin Atkins,
to find the UK’s Most Innovative Small
Cyber Security Company of the Year. This
event is featured in the show’s Infosecurity
Week programme line up, which also
includes new for 2018, The Cybersecurity for
Critical National Infrastructure Symposium,
alongside the 2018 Cloud Security Alliance
Summit and Infosecurity’s Women in
Cybersecurity Networking Event, which will
celebrate the women of cybersecurity and
discuss the challenges around diversity,
hosted by Infosecurity magazine editor,
Eleanor Dallaway. For further information,
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