European Smart Grid Cyber Security - Priority One; Securing the Digital Infrastructure

Aug. 10, 2011 - PRLog -- SMi Conferences are proud to announce today the 2nd annual European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum, to be held on March 12th and 13th in London. Following the success of this year’s event, the Forum will again bring together the most influential European and North American utilities and cyber security authorities, to further develop the international roadmap to securing our energy infrastructure.

Abstracts are currently being accepted, please contact Jamison Nesbitt at +44 (0)20 7827 6164 or jnesbitt@smi-online.co.uk

Topics high on the agenda this year include identification and prevention, hacking exploits, enterprise wide risk management strategies, certification and trusted energy services, public and private collaboration, security by design, the role of the telecoms infrastructure, penetration testing, scada security and international policy and framework.

Also new on the 2012 agenda is our “Hacking 101” session where we will be joined by Joell Langill, Chief Security Officer at Scada Hacker, who will be running demonstrations on exploiting security measures, so the industry can see what they are up against- not to be missed!

Key note presentations currently include Sean McGurk, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Pinto, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Professor Sakir Sezer, Director of Research – Network Security Systems, Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), Queen's University Belfast, Patricia Robison, Smart Grid Project Manager, Con Edison New York, Johan Rambi, Privacy & Security Officer at Liander, Dr. Vangelis Ouzounis, Program Manager - Resilience and CIIP Program, European Network and Information Security Agency – ENISA, David Greer
Executive Director, Institute for Information Security (iSec) University of Tulsa, Saad Alhowaymel, Information Protection Specialist, Saudi Aramco, Phillip Jones, Information Security & Business Continuity, GDF Suez, Robert Cragie, PG&E Consultant and Security Working Group Chair, ZIGBEE Alliance, and Joell Langill Chief Security Officer, Scada Hacker.

This is an ideal opportunity to engage, network and understand how the industry intends on responsibly developing and deploying our future global infrastructure. For more information and to book your place at this unmissable event visit www.smi-online.co.uk/2012smartgridprivacy1.asp or alternatively contact Jamison Nesbitt on +44 (0) 207 827 6164 or jnesbitt@smi-online.co.uk

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Email: jnesbitt@smi-online.co.uk