Agenda

►Making UK Aviation Cyber Safe - A Regulator’s Perspective 

Peter Drissell, Director Aviation Security, UK Civil Aviation Authority

• How the CAA has developed Cyber Security oversight of UK aviation
• Achieving effective cyber security for UK civil aviation
• How the Regulator can become more oil than glue
• What's challenges lie ahead?

►When Cybersecurity is National Security: A challenge in Leadership 

Cdr David Wilcocks MBE, Chief of Staff Cyber Defence At Defence Digital, MoD

• How do we motivate and lead our people at the Digital Frontline?
• Changing our mindset during Incident Response, at all levels.
• Why does it remain a challenge interacting with those outside “Cyber”, and how might we demand the leadership that is required.

►The Greatest Threat or an Amazing Opportunity: Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity 

William (Bill) J Buchanan OBE, Professor, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University

• Understand how quantum computers threaten existing public key encryption methods and their implications on digital security.
• Learn about NIST’s efforts in defining Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and how these new methods will protect against quantum threats.
• Gain insights into the risks of transitioning to PQC and practical strategies for migration.
• Discover the potential benefits and opportunities quantum computing brings to cybersecurity innovation.

►Building a new approach to government and public sector cyber security

Alex Harris, Head of Future Cyber Capability, Cabinet Office

• An honest review of the current state of government and public sector cyber security
• Creating a joined-up approach to government and public sector cyber security
• Meeting the cyber challenges of the future

►Business Risk Management: Building and Leveraging Threat Intelligence to Enhance Operational Resilience 

Valentina Soria, Global Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, UBS

• Achieving information superiority by transforming vast data into actionable threat intelligence.
• Understand how to leverage threat intelligence as a proactive tool for business risk management.
• Strategies for integrating intelligence into holistic operational resilience frameworks.
   

►Future-Proofing Security Architectures

Simon Brady, Event Chairman & Managing Editor, AKJ Associates (Moderator)
Wendy Ng - Wendy Ng, BISO, Marks & Spencer
Katie Wood - Information Security Architect, Bibby Financial Services Limited
Natalia Shevchuk, VP, AI Security Architect, Citi
 

How can security teams design resilient architectures to accommodate and leverage new technologies like AI, quantum computing, and IoT?
•    What role does AI play in developing proactive, rather than reactive, security postures?
•    Best practices for integrating AI without disrupting legacy systems or existing workflows.
•    How can organizations implement zero-trust principles and adaptive access controls to secure evolving environments driven by AI and edge computing?