“Hey! Look! A Holistic View Of Our Cybersecurity!” #security #cyber #riskmanagement #risk #iso27001 HT: @cyspex

Via twitter comes:

CYSPEX CYBER SECURITY BREAKFAST BRIEFING:
FROM THREAT TO SOLUTION

1st March 2012, Houses of Parliament.

On the 1st March 2012, Templar Executives in partnership with StratexSystems will host a cyber security breakfast briefing to address how public and private organisation can work together and engage in practical steps to improve the UK’s Cyber Maturity level.

The event, hosted by Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, will focus on the ways in which organisations can mitigate both the internal and the external threats. With the World Economic Forum recognising Cyber Security as the number 4 out of the top 5 global risks, it’s time that we stop talking about it and start taking action.

Andrew Miller MP will be joined by guest speakers including Rena Lalgie, Director of Cyber Security, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, who will discuss UK Cyber Security Strategy, John Cook, Head of Defence, Security, Accreditation Services, MoD, discussing the importance of cyber security for the MoD, alongside their approach to increasing cyber maturity of their suppliers and Simon Parker, Chief Information Officer at Babcock International Group PLC, who will introduce their pro-active approach to managing Cyber Security.

Confirmed Speakers:

– Andrew Miller MP and Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee
– John Cook, Head of Defence, Security and Accreditation Services, Ministry of Defence
– Simon Parker, Chief Information Officer, Babcock International Group PLC
– Rena Lalgie, Director of Cyber Security, Department for Business Innovation and Skills.

If you would like to be considered for this exclusive breakfast briefing, please register your interest below, one of our executives will be in contact to confirm your place.

From Threat to Solution: 9:00am-11:15am on Thursday 1st March in the Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament.

If I could say one sentence to the attendees it would be:

treat anyone who claims to have a solution for cybersecurity in much the same way as you would someone who claims to have a cure for the common cold.

Still, nice place to have a breakfast.

Comments

2 responses to ““Hey! Look! A Holistic View Of Our Cybersecurity!” #security #cyber #riskmanagement #risk #iso27001 HT: @cyspex”

  1. “…. who claims to have a cure for the common cold.”

    On the upside Biota Holdings have a Human Rhinovirus Vaccine in phase 2b trial.

    The primary problem with stopping the common cold is that the common cold is not a well defined thing.

    A similar thing with “man in the browser” attacks against the calculator style banking systems where a 2010 paper proposed two basic types of solution. (a) Send a text message to the person to authorize a transaction because it is an “out of band” channel (b) Use monitoring (maybe Javascript) to ensure that the users behaviour is consistent with them seeing what the bank sent.

    The first solution is fine if a text message is an “out of band” channel – but it isn’t clear this is always the case with smart phones.

    The second solution is interesting but I assume just makes the MITB attack more difficult, not a change of type.

    When using “out of band” communications, first make sure it is “out of band”.

    1. > the common cold is not a well defined thing.

      same goes for security, as (in part) you elegantly illustrate 🙂

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