The Cyber Security Forum 2011 was held in association with the Rustat Conferences of Jesus College, Cambridge, and lead partner PA Consulting Group, the leading management and IT consulting and technology firm. Conference production, marketing and registration are managed by Media Symposia.

The Cyber Security Forum provides an opportunity to focus on the contribution cyber security currently makes and can make in the future to the UK economy. The conference was limited to 150 participants drawn from senior roles in government, industry and academia, ensuring quality and informed discussion. Conference speakers and participants considered the vision for Britain as a cyber smart economy, a data processing hub of global importance, and a safe place to do business - one of the challenges is to achieve confidence in the economy through security.

Other related topics discussed: skills and partnerships for fighting eCrime; the economics of security; the insider threat for businesses; innovation, R&D and the role of SMEs; sector specific sessions on finance, defence and content industries; and reflections on the new national cyber security strategy. Expert facilitators gave feedback on the stream sessions to plenary groups, and the conference report makes a series of recommendations and ideas for collaboration between government, industry and academia. Another important outcome of the conference report is a series of reflections by members of the Cambridge Cyber Defence Project on the new UK Cyber Security Strategy.

Conference partner Infor mation and Communications Technology Knowledge Transfer Network (ICT KTN) and official supporters the Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA), the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) and the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC) provided valuable input to the agenda and helped identify speakers and participants.

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Rustat Conferences are an initiative of Jesus College, Cambridge and provide an opportunity for senior decision makers from the frontlines of politics, the civil service, financial services, the media, industry, business and education to discuss vital issues of the day with leading academic experts. In February 2011 the Rustat Conferences organised a successful high level forum on Cyber Security in Cambridge - the conference report is available. The Cyber Security Forum 2011 brought together some of the participants from the previous meeting, while widening access to a larger group; the central London venue also afforded easy access to government participants. The 29 September conference also included a group of computer security experts from the University of Cambridge Computer Lab.

PA Consulting Group is a leading management and IT consulting and technology firm. Independent and employee owned, it operates globally in more than 30 countries and transform the performance of major organisations in both the private and public sectors. From initial idea generation and strategy development through to detailed implementation, it delivers significant and tangible results. It has outstanding technology development capability; a unique breadth of skills from strategy to performance improvement, from HR to IT; and strong expertise in defence and security, communications, media and entertainment, energy, financial services, government and public services, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and logistics. To find out more about developing an effective cyber security strategy and protecting your organisation, please visit PA Consulting Group - Cyber Security.

Media Symposia is a conference and publishing consultancy with experience of producing high level conferences which bring together senior decision makers from government, industry, academia and the media. Any profits from this Forum will support future Rustat Conferences.

Cyber Security Forum Advisory Group
Jonathan Cornwell Director, Cyber Security Forum 2011 and Executive Director, Rustat Conferences
Jon Moynihan OBE Executive Chairman, PA Consulting Group
Nick Chaffey Head of Defence and Security, PA Consulting Group
Ed Savage Head of Cyber Security, PA Consulting Group
Professor Jon Crowcroft Marconi Professor of Communication Systems, University of Cambridge
Dr Rex Hughes Visiting Fellow Cyber Security, Cambridge University, NATO Cyber Security Adviser
Robert Hayes Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, Microsoft Research
Jeff Bauer HQ US European Command
Dr Tudor Jenkins Director, Wide Eyed Vision
Dr Steve Marsh IAAC, Former Dep Director, Cabinet Office - Office for Cyber Security and Information Assurance, OCSIA

PLEASE NOTE: the comments and reflections on the new UK Cyber Security Strategy included in the Conference Report are those of the Cyber Defence Project based at Cambridge University Centre for Science & Policy - their comments do not reflect the general view of the conference, or the conference supporters and sponsors as they were written following the event.