Cyber Defence and Network Security

As the cyber threat evolves and the incidence of attacks increases, maintaining preparedness and situational awareness is vitally important. Customised malware, DDoS attacks and the vulnerabilities of mobile and enterprise networks all present real challenges. However, the opportunity to come together and share ideas, solutions and initiatives and to facilitate deeper cooperation in cyber defence must be harnessed.

CDANS 2015 offers the most senior and diverse speaker panel to date, including presentations from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We are delighted to be welcoming Vice Admiral Tighe, Commander of the US Fleet Cyber Command and Major General Pederson, Commander of the Norwegian Cyber Force, to mention but a few, both giving unique insight and updates from two very important institutions.

On the 21st January, we are also very excited to be running cyber wargames as part of the pre-conference focus day, facilitated by John Curry, an expert in military simulations and cyber warfare. Practical sessions will include- ‘Enterprise Defender’ defending a business under concerted cyber-attack, ‘All Your Secrets Are Belong to US’ protecting military intellectual property from other nation states, a demonstration of a commercial wargame that includes elements of cyber warfare and ‘Hack This’ a nation state under attack by hacktivists.

Speakers : Vice Admiral Jan Tighe Vice Admiral Jan Tighe, Commander US Fleet Cyber Command US Navy, Vice Admiral Arnaud Coustillière Vice Admiral Arnaud Coustillière Chief Cyber French Integrated Defence Staff, Major General Odd Egil Pedersen Major General Odd Egil Pedersen Commander, Norwegian Cyber Force, Major General Basilio di Martino Director Italian Ministry of Defence, Major General Mohammad Khalid Rao Director General Telecom Foundation, Brigadier General Helmut Habermayer Chief Information Officer Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Brigadier General Welton Chase Jr. Commander EUCOM, Dr Jamie Shea Deputy Assistant Deputy Secretary General Emerging Security Challenges NATO HQ, Colonel Artur Suzik Director NATO CCD COE, Makame Mbarawe Honorable Minister Government of Tanzania, Mihkel Tikk Director Cyber Policy Department Estonian MoD, Thomas Kristmar Head of Network Security Centre for Cyber Security Danish Defence Intelligence Service, Andrew Gracie Executive Director Resolution Directorate Bank of England, Jakub Boratyński Head Trust and Security DG CONNECT European Commission, Graham Wright Chief Information Security Officer National Grid, Craig Balding Chief Information Security Officer Barclays, David Isiavwe General Manager, Audit, Control and IT Security Union Bank of Nigeria, Annemarie Zielstra Director, Cyber Security and Resilience TNO, Bill Hagestad Lieutenant Colonel Retired, John Curry Author and Cyber Wargaming Expert, Major Tom Mouat MBE Director Modelling and Simulation UK Defence Academy.