Supporters & Partners
The Cyber Security Forum 2011 has the official support of Cabinet Office OCSIA, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills BIS, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, and the IAAC. Conference partners are PA Consulting Group (lead partner) and the ICT KTN.
Official Supporters
The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance - OCSIA
The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA) supports the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and the National Security Council in determining priorities in relation to securing cyberspace. The unit provides strategic direction and coordinates action relating to enhancing cyber security and information assurance in the UK. The OCSIA alongside the Cyber Security Operations Centre based in Cheltenham work with lead government departments and agencies such as the Home Office, MoD, GCHQ, CESG, CPNI and BIS in driving forward the cyber security programme for UK government and give the UK the balance of advantage in cyberspace.
Information Assurance Advisory Council - IAAC
IAAC is a not-for-profit research organisation. IAAC's activities involve bringing together public, private, academic and other sectors together to discuss and research strategic level information assurance issues. All IAAC events involve a wide range of people and organisations. It is greatly helped by the energy and commitment of its sponsors, the Government Liaison Panel members, its Academic Liaison Panel, IAAC Community of Interest (COI) and attendees at events. IAAC is constantly exploring opportunities to engage with other organisations, commercial, public, academic and third sector which have a shared interest in achieving a robust and resilient UK information.
University of Cambridge - Computer Laboratory
The Computer Laboratory is the University of Cambridge's Computer Science department. It consists of about 37 academic staff, 25 support staff, 40 affiliated research staff, and 154 research students. Professor Andy Hopper is the Head of Department.The Laboratory undertakes research in a broad range of subjects within the disciplines of Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics. Current research areas include security, bioinformatics, computer architecture, computer vision, distributed systems, graphics and human-computer interaction, logic and semantics, machine learning, natural language processing, networking and wireless communication, operating systems and virtualization, programming, and sustainable computing.
Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is a ministerial department of the UK created in June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Growth is the Government’s top priority and every part of Government is focused on it. Growth must be sustainable, shared and balanced – across the country and between sectors of the economy. There is a clear and active role for Government to create the conditions for the private sector to grow and remove unnecessary barriers that can stifle growth and there is a strong role for BIS, as the Department for Growth, in enabling this. Almost everything that BIS does – from investing in skills to making markets more dynamic and reducing regulation, and from promoting trade to boosting innovation and helping people start and grow a business – helps drive growth.
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Conference Partners
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a leading management and IT consulting and technology firm. Independent and employee-owned, we operate in more than 30 countries and transform the performance of major organisations in both the private and public sectors.
From idea generation and strategy development through to detailed implementation, we deliver significant and tangible results. We have outstanding technology capability; a unique breadth of skills from strategy to performance improvement to IT; and strong expertise in communications, defence and security, energy, financial services, government and public services, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation.
We have extensive experience working closely with our clients in both the public and private sectors at the forefront of cyber security. From world-leading energy firms to major government departments, we help organisations significantly strengthen security and reduce risk – and ultimately, improve business performance. We take an integrated and practical approach to cyber security, bringing together people, organisational and technical elements to create an effective strategy for protecting business assets.
Our cyber security experts combine an in-depth understanding of the cyber threat, world-class capability in a range of key cyber disciplines and deep industry knowledge.
To find out more about developing an effective cyber security strategy, please visit PA Consulting Group – Tackling the challenges of cyber security.
Information and Communications Technology Knowledge Transfer Network - ICT KTN
The Information and Communications Technology Knowledge Transfer Network (ICT KTN) is an industry-led initiative funded by the Technology Strategy Board and focused on ICT Knowledge Transfer as a stimulus to economic growth. The ICT KTN seeks to deliver improved industrial performance through innovation and collaboration, and provides an independent business voice to inform Government of the needs of the sector.
For more information visit the ICT KTN website and navigate to the Cyber Security Group.
Official Supporters
The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance - OCSIA
The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA) supports the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and the National Security Council in determining priorities in relation to securing cyberspace. The unit provides strategic direction and coordinates action relating to enhancing cyber security and information assurance in the UK. The OCSIA alongside the Cyber Security Operations Centre based in Cheltenham work with lead government departments and agencies such as the Home Office, MoD, GCHQ, CESG, CPNI and BIS in driving forward the cyber security programme for UK government and give the UK the balance of advantage in cyberspace.
Information Assurance Advisory Council - IAAC
IAAC is a not-for-profit research organisation. IAAC's activities involve bringing together public, private, academic and other sectors together to discuss and research strategic level information assurance issues. All IAAC events involve a wide range of people and organisations. It is greatly helped by the energy and commitment of its sponsors, the Government Liaison Panel members, its Academic Liaison Panel, IAAC Community of Interest (COI) and attendees at events. IAAC is constantly exploring opportunities to engage with other organisations, commercial, public, academic and third sector which have a shared interest in achieving a robust and resilient UK information.
University of Cambridge - Computer Laboratory
The Computer Laboratory is the University of Cambridge's Computer Science department. It consists of about 37 academic staff, 25 support staff, 40 affiliated research staff, and 154 research students. Professor Andy Hopper is the Head of Department.The Laboratory undertakes research in a broad range of subjects within the disciplines of Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics. Current research areas include security, bioinformatics, computer architecture, computer vision, distributed systems, graphics and human-computer interaction, logic and semantics, machine learning, natural language processing, networking and wireless communication, operating systems and virtualization, programming, and sustainable computing.
Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is a ministerial department of the UK created in June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Growth is the Government’s top priority and every part of Government is focused on it. Growth must be sustainable, shared and balanced – across the country and between sectors of the economy. There is a clear and active role for Government to create the conditions for the private sector to grow and remove unnecessary barriers that can stifle growth and there is a strong role for BIS, as the Department for Growth, in enabling this. Almost everything that BIS does – from investing in skills to making markets more dynamic and reducing regulation, and from promoting trade to boosting innovation and helping people start and grow a business – helps drive growth.
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Conference Partners
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a leading management and IT consulting and technology firm. Independent and employee-owned, we operate in more than 30 countries and transform the performance of major organisations in both the private and public sectors.
From idea generation and strategy development through to detailed implementation, we deliver significant and tangible results. We have outstanding technology capability; a unique breadth of skills from strategy to performance improvement to IT; and strong expertise in communications, defence and security, energy, financial services, government and public services, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation.
We have extensive experience working closely with our clients in both the public and private sectors at the forefront of cyber security. From world-leading energy firms to major government departments, we help organisations significantly strengthen security and reduce risk – and ultimately, improve business performance. We take an integrated and practical approach to cyber security, bringing together people, organisational and technical elements to create an effective strategy for protecting business assets.
Our cyber security experts combine an in-depth understanding of the cyber threat, world-class capability in a range of key cyber disciplines and deep industry knowledge.
To find out more about developing an effective cyber security strategy, please visit PA Consulting Group – Tackling the challenges of cyber security.
Information and Communications Technology Knowledge Transfer Network - ICT KTN
The Information and Communications Technology Knowledge Transfer Network (ICT KTN) is an industry-led initiative funded by the Technology Strategy Board and focused on ICT Knowledge Transfer as a stimulus to economic growth. The ICT KTN seeks to deliver improved industrial performance through innovation and collaboration, and provides an independent business voice to inform Government of the needs of the sector.
For more information visit the ICT KTN website and navigate to the Cyber Security Group.
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