Agenda

Chair's Welcome 

►Cloud Security in Higher Education – Empower and Protect

Adam Lorimer, Head of Security Operations, University College London

• Cloud services provide higher education institutions with opportunities to modernise their infrastructure and develop innovate new approaches for teaching and research.
• Empowering educators and researchers to use these services flexibly can enable impressive results, but this creates challenges for security, compliance, and environment management. 
• HEIs must find a balance between enabling innovative use of cloud services without sacrificing capability to monitor, detect, and address security issues in cloud environments. 
   

►Cyber Security: The key to Trust 

Jonny Nicols-Upton, IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security Manager, Abbey Multi-Academy Trust

• Organisation: Organizing your team, organising company data, utilising help when you need it and centralising authentication where you can
• Monitoring: Approaches to monitoring, metrics to watch, SIEM implementation, organisation of alerts and monitoring that makes sense
• Reaction: Reacting to threats and alerts, implementing change and providing targeted training, tools I use to react to threats (Microsoft 365, Entra ID and the Azure Platform)
• Open-source tools to help IT teams and schools flourish

►How To Create Successful Malware and Defend with Zero Trust

Eoin Mcgrath, Solutions Engineer, ThreatLocker

• In a world where anyone can create successful malware or have AI generate it for them, it's important to know how malware can be successful so you can better defend. 
• Starting from a default-deny posture, learn how adopting Zero Trust principles can keep your data safe and operations running regardless of hacking attempts by man or machine.

►Is School Data in Good Shape

Laurence Boulter, DPO, GLF Schools

• In what ways has the processing and curation of data changed in schools?
• How does data map across schools, and are we in control of it?
• How does that make schools vulnerable and what common practices increase risk?
• How can we adopt practices beyond technical security solutions to reduce risk and encourage efficiency?

Comfort Break

►Education in the era of AI and Deep Fakes

Garry Scobie, Deputy CISO, The University of Edinburgh

• How is education impacted by the weaponization of AI? 
• How concerned should we be and why?
• What can we do to promote our use of AI while keeping our people secure?

►Identity for Life: Securing the Student Journey from Enrollment to Alumni

John Umney, Higher Education Sales Lead, SailPoint 
Paul Heaney, CTO, ProofID

• In higher education, identity security plays a critical role in creating a seamless, secure experience for students—from their first day on campus to becoming alumni. 
• This webinar will explore the concept of "Identity for Life," discussing how a holistic, secure digital identity can empower students at every step.
• Experts from ProofID and SailPoint will delve into the latest identity governance strategies and technologies that higher ed institutions can use to protect student data and provide efficient, continuous access.
   

►The Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity in Schools

James Garnett, Director of IT, Rise Multi-Academy Trust

• Survey results of where schools, trusts & colleges are with their technology
• What the core challenges are, including how schools can balance budgets & security 
• The benefits of Trusts, and how professional learning communities can help with your cybersecurity 
• What does the future look like? 
   

►Best Practice in Building Human Resilience in Cybersecurity Environments 

Bec McKeown, CPsychol, Mind Science

• The psychology behind resilience
• The research into ‘Best Thinking’
• Cross-functional communication
• Building high performing teams
   

Comfort Break

►Security in times of Uncertainty 

Scott Storey, Cybersecurity Architect, University of Manchester

• Implementing security with limited budgets in a time of financial instability
• Embracing open source in bureaucracy 
• Making the most of academic freedom

►Governance Challenges with Generative AI in Higher Education

Blake Penn, CISO, Colgate University

• Generative AI is a powerful and popular technology but exposes several issues that impact us in higher education. In this presentation we will focus on the discussion of governance challenges of generative AI facing the academy and what we can do to address them. 
• Specific topics covered will include:
  • Regulatory and compliance issues with AI
  • Ethical issues surrounding the use of AI technologies
  • Institutional AI policy approaches and challenges

Chair's Closing Remarks