Making the UK and Europe a Safer Place to Live and Work On-line

A Cybercrime and Security Conference – 12 January 2018

Over one hundred cyberforensics and security professionals working in law enforcement, academia and industry attended the conference entitled “Making the UK and Europe a Safer Place to Live and Work On-line” organised by the Cyberforensics & Security Innovation Hub of the University and co-sponsored by the Cybercrime Forensics Specialist Group of the British Computer Society. In his opening remarks the Chair of the organising committee Dr Abhaya Induruwa said that the conference theme was very appropriate in today’s context when the lives of almost 7 billion people on earth are touched by the Internet, and cybercrime and security incidents are rapidly increasing. He said that for a number of years the Canterbury Christ Church University has played a major role in Cybercrime forensics education, training and research and expressed hope that delegates will find the conference presentations by industry experts, including some speakers from Norway and Finland, immensely useful. He then invited Prof Robin Bryant, School Director for Research & Knowledge Exchange to say a few words of welcome.

International Conference on Making the UK and Europe a Safer Place to Live and Work Online (January 2018)

The Cyberforensics and Security Innovation Group at Canterbury Christ Church University have been busy organising the International Conference on ‘Making the UK and Europe a Safer Place to Live and Work Online’.

This conference is particularly aimed at those engaged in law enforcement, working in the cybersecurity and digital forensics indusrty, and in academia.

Speakers confirmed to deliver presentations at the conference are:

• Prof Alastair Irons, Chair, BCS Cybercrime Forensics SG: Cybercrime and Security Scenario – An Overview
• Jussi Aittola, National Bureau of Investigation, Finland: Virtual Currencies – Risk, Possibilities and Legal Challenges
• Ian Howard, Cyber Threat Hunter, 7Safe: How to deal with Ransomware and Blended Threats
• Yves Vandermeer, Chair, Europol-ECTEG: Capacity Building – A European Initiative
• Floren Cabrera F. de Teresa, CEO, Bitbond Ltd: Security Framework for IoT
• Mike Bursell, Chief Security Architect, Red Hat: Open and secure: present and furture
• Jonathan Haddock, Network Security Engineer, Local Government: Network Security and Incident Management