How Do You Secure Your Business From Unknown And Emerging Online Threats?

How Do You Secure Your Business From Unknown And Emerging Online Threats?
A One-Day SC Magazine Conference, 7 July 2009

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Viruses; Worms; Trojans; Malware; Hackers: Raise Employee Usage Awareness & Fight The Latest Online Threats, Social Networking Security Risks & Phishing Attacks To Secure Your Perimeter Defences & Bottom Line

What are you doing to fight the silent killers before they cripple your business?

Earlier this year, Microsoft offered a $250,000 bounty to find the origin of the Downadup/Conficker virus that has so far affected an estimated 12m computers worldwide. The use of online data, the web and email are essential to the everyday running of our businesses, but as computer attacks increase in sophistication, existing internet security measures are no longer sufficient to protect against malicious invasion.

Some say the Microsoft reward is too little, too late. Step up your online security and prevent your business from becoming the latest malware target with SC magazine’s guide to securing your business from unknown and emerging online threats.

This unique event will bring together senior IT and security experts from across the industry to discuss best-practice for defending against the latest breed of information security threats. Topics for discussion include:

How Secure Is Your Perimeter?

• How effective is your firewall in protecting your network against application-layer attacks, viruses and worms?
• Ensuring effective encryption to eliminate system vulnerabilities to attack from external sources
• How deep should your defences go? With viruses developing at an alarming rate, is your AV software sufficient to withstand an attack?
  

The Hacker’s Playground: Web-based Threats

• "People used to rob banks, now they steal data": as web-based threats reach critical levels, how can you protect your system from real-time threats?
• “Drive-by downloads”: understanding the evolution of web-based threats, from email attachments to webpage infection
• Keeping one step ahead of the professional cybercriminal: look at their business models and behaviours to identify threats before they happen
  

Web 2.0: Beware The Social Networking Security Risks

• With increasing numbers of businesses jumping aboard the Web 2.0 bandwagon, what are the associated security risks?
• Facebook; YouTube; MySpace; Linked-In: are your social networkers leaving your system vulnerable to attack?
• How can businesses adjust their security and usage policies to address the realities of the Web 2.0 world?
  

The Enemy Within: Educating Your Staff To Ensure They Aren’t Your Weakest Link

• How in touch are your employees with the latest in online threat potential?
• What sorts of systems, policies and training should you be putting in place to manage your employees and maximise security levels?
  

Squeezing The Most Out Of Your Security Spend

• Understanding the impact of a security breach on your bottom line and the wider economy
• Guaranteeing board buy-in: proving how spend can benefit your business, both in financial savings and additional revenue gained through the use of internet and online facilities
  

Confirmed speakers include:

- Stephen Bonner, Barclays Head of Information Risk Management, Barclays
- The Earl of Erroll, Council Member, PITCOM (Parliamentary IT Committee)
- Steven Cox, Information Security Manager, Sainsbury's
- Peter Bassill, Group Information Security Officer, Gala Coral Group
- Keith Awcock, Head of Information Security, RSA Group UK
- Bob Spencer, Head of Group Financial Crime, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc
- Jon Pumfleet, Head of IT Risk & Controls, Threadneedle
- Dan Chapman, Forensic Investigations Manager, TNT Express
- Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos
- Steve Palmer, CIO, Hillingdon Council
- James R Gay, Chief Information Security Officer, Travelex
- Xavier Gosselin, Group Information Security Officer, SAB Miller
- Professor Sadie Creese, Director of e-Security, International Digital Laboratory, The University of Warwick