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Business Continuity – Protecting your data
With Michael Faber, Director, Institute of Operational Risk
In the beginning business continuity was only a consideration for the IT department, but it has evolved into one of the key discussions topics on the boardroom agenda. The importance of this cannot be understated. Understanding where the risks lie, and how employing the right technology and policies can reduce your vulnerability, is one way that businesses can ensure their survival in the event of an incident
Future Directions: What Is On The Horizon That Will Shape Storage Strategies Tomorrow?
With Ms. Carla Arend, European Infrastructure Software, IDC Group
It is as important today than it has ever been to try and understand what is on the horizon in terms of data storage, information and content management to capitalise your IT spend and investment. This discussion will consider both what specific technologies and industry trends we are already witnessing, and what is around the corner 6 months/12 months/2 years from now!?
Virtualisation - Overcoming the challenges of adoption and bringing benefits to your business
Dr Zafar Chaudry, Director of Information Management & Technology, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation trust.
In this podcast Dr Zafar Chaudry, Director of Information Management and Technology discusses why Liverpool Womens NHS Trust have implemented virtualisation, the challenges of adoption – and most importantly the advantages that this technology brings.
DNSSEC: Towards the Secure Infrastructure
Dan Kaminsky, Director of Penetration Testing, IOActive
The threats to our infrastructure are getting more serious, with fundamental vulnerabilities (DNS) and determined attackers (Conficker) laying bare the difficulties facing us. But there is substantial reason for hope: As it has become clear that the problems we face are larger than any one company, industry has proven itself capable of astonishing feats of coordination and cooperation. We are working in difficult times -- of that, there is no doubt. But in this session, I will discuss the way forward, towards a real world secured infrastructure.
Managing the Human Factor in Information Security
Computers don’t commit crimes - people do. They also create, prevent, detect and respond to security breaches. Policies and technology are not enough to manage risks. Today’s security managers need to apply the soft, subtle skills needed to deter criminal activity and to incentivize staff in good security practice. Contemporary practitioners can now learn more from a psychologist than a technologist. Building on his new book “Managing the Human Factor in Information Security” David Lacey will explain the nature of people and networks, and how to go about transforming organization culture.
Security Chameleons - Security Skills In The Next Decade
In this session, Paul will consider 3 key questions surrounding security skills – What will security professionals need to know to succeed in the next decade, where are our big skill gaps and what can we do about them?
The Rising Tide Of Surveillance
For some years the UK Government has been deploying more and more surveillance infrastructure, and applying automated systems to capture all the surveillance data from different sources and fusing it to a comprehensive picture of total information awareness. China is following the same path. Is this where we want to go? The public policy issues surrounding VoIP security will also be discussed.
