IRISSCON 2016 - 8th IRISSCERT Cyber Crime Conference

IRISSCON 2016 - The 8th #IRISSCERT Cyber Crime Conference
Ireland's first CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)

This year, my talk was all about Cyber Resilience. The talk provided the opportunity to participants to familiarise and understand what the term really means, and why it should not be considered as another buzzword used in the industry.  

"Threats constantly evolve based on the way our defences counter-evolve, and this cycle is something that is going to happen no matter what. What matters the most, is in what way we act upon, and how our decisions need to be part of a bigger forward looking strategy that does not treat security in an ad-hoc manner, especially when it is too late"

IRISSCON 2016 - IRISSCERT

The 8th IRISSCERT Cyber Crime Conference will be held this year on Thursday the 24th of November 2016 in the Ballsbridge, Pembroke Road, Dublin. www.iriss.ie 

This all day conference, focuses on providing attendees with an overview of the current cyber-threats throughout the world and focuses especially on threats that affect businesses in Ireland, and what should be the best course of action when it comes to defending against these threats. You can find my recap blog post for last year's event here.

Like every year, professionals that work in cybersecurity and tackle cybercrime / cyber threats on a daily basis, will be sharing their thoughts and experiences, while attendees have a unique opportunity to ask questions,discuss cybersecurity strategies, and most importantly will meet and network with likeminded individuals allowing them to share their views and opinions.

I am honoured to be invited to speak at this event and get to share my thoughts and views on cybersecurity and most importantly, on cyber resilience, which is also reflected by my talk's title: "All aboard, next stop; Cyber Resilience". 

The abstract for my talk can be found below and I do hope you find it interesting. If you find yourselves in Dublin during the conference, I strongly suggest getting a ticket on time and join us at IRISSCON, and please come and say hi. It is always a pleasure to meet people who are passionate about information security and cybersecurity, and want to discuss/share their thoughts and opinions. Looking forwards to seeing you all there.

Towards a Cyber Resilience strategy (Cyber Security Awareness Month – Oct 2016)

As most of you already know, October is Cyber Security awareness month. The aim of the Cyber Security awareness month is to raise awareness across the international community about cyber threats, discuss best practices, and educate the public and private sector, on how to stay safe online.

Cyber Security is promoted extensively during this month and many events are being organized with the sole purpose to engage and educate public and private sector entities, while provide them with the necessary tools and resource to stay safe when connected online. Given the opportunity let’s talk about the UK’s Cyber Security Clusters and how you could get to engage, participate, network and most importantly ask any questions that you currently have regarding your organizations cyber security posture and staying safe online.

Securing Online Gaming 2016

The challenge of continuous security are going to be discussed at this year's annual "Securing Online Gaming" in London, on the 4th October 2016. It is a great to be among such amazing speakers and have the opportunity to speak about the challenges of securing online gaming. 

I will be representing DeepRecce which already has a leading role in the market when it comes to its cyber security solutions and its under 15 minutes deployable managed SOC solution across any number of hosts. 

My talk will discuss Online Gaming towards Cyber Resilience, and more specifically it will focus on:

• Today's challenges & requirements towards security online gaming
• How attacks are evolving, and what should we expect
• Taking steps for an effective Cyber Resilience strategy

The event will take place near the St. Paul's Cathedral and The Barbican. This is directly opposite the Museum of London. Located at 200 Aldersgate etc.venues St Paul's is a state of the art conference centre with the largest room holding up to 400 along with a further 12 rooms for conference breakouts, training and meetings.