Tiger Team assessments can be specifically tailored to a company's threats (encompassing IT, physical and human security) and reflect the actual risk for the company.

Thomas Hackner discusses all three areas and demonstrates typical vulnerabilities, along with the solutions required to protect companies.

The talk was part of Secure South West 8 at Plymouth University on 7 February 2017.

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In a landscape characterised by hacking, malware, phishing and other attacks, how is cybercrime affecting trust and confidence in technologies we depend upon? What should we be most concerned about? How much can technology protect us? Are we keeping pace, or perpetually playing catch-up?

Steven Furnell chairs a panel discussion, with Nathan Clarke, Victoria Stone and Pete Woodward.

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Rob Partridge talks about how employers and employees can develop skills for themselves and in their workforce using innovative approaches to learning and education, specifically in the security environment.

He also talks about dispelling myths around cyber skills and challenging employers to change recruitment practices to find talented security professionals.

The session was part of Secure South West 8 at the University of Plymouth on 7 February 2017.

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Jane Dickinson talks about CompTIA's approach to supporting individuals and businesses with security readiness, including the CyberSecure certification (which empowers individuals to keep themselves – and organisations they work for – safe online), and the Cybersecurity Pathway, which supports development of the security skills each IT professional requires, according to job role.

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It is acknowledged that cyber security is critical to UK PLC, enabling business to prosper in a safe environment.

Robin King considers elements key to the UK’s ability to step forward with an enhanced, nationally-embraced improvement in baseline cyber security. He explores views shared from several organisations directly addressing the challenges of supply chain assurance.

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While it is tempting to write off passwords, research suggests that weaknesses relating to user behaviour can be addressed by more effective guidance and feedback.

Related findings are presented as scene-setting for a panel discussion, considering the pros and cons of sustaining password-based approaches, and the feasibility of moving to alternatives.

The session was part of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences from 5 January 2017.

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Recognising the breadth of cyber security, there is a corresponding recognition of the widening need for skills - from strategists to specialists – and the contexts in which they are needed. Steven Furnell considers the current state of cyber security skills, including how we recognise them, whether we have them, and how this positions us for the future.

The session was part of the Cyber Career Development Event, hosted by the IISP in London on 25 November 2016.

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Thinking offensively will harden a business' cyber defenses. Ian Trump, Global Security Lead for SolarWindsMSP describes the common attacks which leave a business infrastructure in tatters. The reality of cyber defense is it's the simple - and in some cases free - things which can be done to catch and stop attackers.

The session was part of Secure South West 7, at Plymouth University on 5 October 2016.

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Footage from the Retro Gaming 2016 event, hosted at Plymouth University on 7th November 2016 (part of the South West Retro Computing Archive collaboration with the BCS South West Branch). [Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales licence.]

Data protection remains high on the agenda, as the ICO continues to take action against organisations who fail to fulfil their obligations under the law. Victoria Cetinkaya provides a timely reminder of data controller obligations under the current law, together with a look at the changes (and uncertainties) afoot for the future data protection framework in the UK. The session was part of Secure South West 7 at Plymouth University on 5 October 2016. [(CC) BY-NC-SA 2.0 UK]