Secure South West is back for its 14th time.

This years event focuses on the 3 cyber security themes of:

• Business Protection
• Cyber Security Innovation
• Cyber Security Skills

and opens with an exciting discussion about the changing cybersecurity landscape

AGENDA and SPEAKERS

09:00-09:30

• Welcome and Introduction
• Robin King - Chair of the South West Cyber Security Cluster and Director Bar Associates

OPENING DEBATE: IS THE CYBER SECURITY LANDSCAPE CHANGING?

09:30-10:00

• Setting the scene: what does the theat landscape look like?
• Marke Moore, Director, South West Cyber Resilience Centre

10:00-10:30

• AI in both defensive and offensive context
• Achim Brucker, Head of Cyber Security, Exeter University

10:30-10:50

• Panel: can we rely on innovation to improve protection?
• Q&A

10:50-11:10

• Coffee break

BUSINESS PROTECTION

11:10-11:40

• What’s the right focus for smaller organisations? How to align security with everything else you do

• Roz Woodward, CEO, Securious

11:40-12:10

• Protecting against reputational damage in the event of a data breach – securing the hatches and the voyage ahead
• Rory Mac Neice, Partner & Head ofCommercial Litigation, Ashfords LLP

12:10-12:30

• Panel: how do you balance compliance with protection?

• Q&A

12:30-13:30

• Lunch and networking

INNOVATION

13:30-14:00

• Cyber Security through Innovation
• Nigel Jones, Director, Templar Executives

14:00-14:30

• Blockchain - blow through the hype on its effectiveness in building secure systems
• Mike Gips, Global Insights in Professional Security

14:30-15:00

• The cyber horizon – what will 2030 look like?
• Mike Beck, Darktrace

15:00-15:15

• Panel: is there a silver bullet?
• Q&A

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

CYBER SKILLS

15:30-16:00

• UK skills agenda for cyber employment landscape, opportunities and issues
• Marco Palomino, BCS and Plymouth University

16:00-16:30

• Developing the cyber security profession
• Steve Furnell, CIISec Board Member

16:30-16:45

• Closing Summary - Robin King, SWCSC Chair