Registration - Open from 9:00 am - Closes at 11:00 am

All delegates must complete their registration process before the 11:00 AM cut-off time. Please arrive in a timely manner to allow for registration and to avoid any inconvenience. Delegates who arrive after the registration deadline will be refused entry to the event.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain the event's schedule and ensuring that everyone can fully participate in the Cyber Conference. If you have any questions or require assistance, our event staff will be available to assist you with the registration process.

Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to an insightful and productive event together!

Chair Opening Address (Confirmed)

Panel discussion with Pennine CTO – two leaders that have transformed the focus within their respective businesses to deliver better services for their customers.  The request from the organisers is to narrate briefly our journey, and then invite questions.

• Mike Culshaw, Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Innovator 2024, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (Confirmed)
• Barry Richardson, Head of Information Security at NHS Blood and Transplant, Individual of the Year 2023  (Confirmed)

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on the critical balance between innovation and cybersecurity in the NHS. Our distinguished panellists, Mike Culshaw, CTO of Pennine Care FT, Barry Richardson, Head of Cyber Security and Information Security at NHS Blood and Transplant, and Andrei Hinodache, will share tips, tricks challenges as the NHS balances innovation and cyber security.

Panellists:

• Mike Culshaw, CTO, Pennine Care FT
• Barry Richardson, Head of Cyber Security and Information Security, NHS Blood and Transplant
• Andrei Hinodache, Cybersecurity Strategist & Community Leader, Heimdal

Main Sponsor - 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.

Morning Break

Chair Morning Reflection (Confirmed)

Case Study - Illumio

In this new era of hyper-connectivity, digital transformation and AI, once trusted traditional cyber security paradigms, have become less efficient.

Therefore in this era of commoditised AI, there needs to be a rethink of what it now means to be cyber resilient and then prioritise accordingly.

This session will address:

• Signs of the times - the new risks
• Key challenges for CISOs and cyber managers
• How to overcome key challenges
• How to contain a breach
• How to plan for business continuity

Case Study - KnowBe4

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, cybersecurity has emerged as a critical concern. As technology becomes increasingly intertwined with medical practices, safeguarding sensitive patient data and ensuring the resilience of healthcare systems against cyber threats is paramount. However, amidst the focus on technological solutions, the human aspect of cybersecurity often takes a backseat. This talk aims to shed light on the crucial role of human behaviour in fortifying healthcare's cyber defences and draws parallels from the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the NHS increasingly relies on digital systems and technology to deliver services to patients, weak passwords present a cyber risk which can compromise data and system security and potentially disrupt patient care. Yet, identifying and managing this risk across a large numbers of users is time and resource intensive.

In this fireside chat, Craig Kilgour will share how using an RPA lifecycle approach to identify weak passwords across five domains, and prompt users to take action, has resulted in a quicker, more efficient and more accurate process which provides greater transparency and reassurance.

Case Study - Advanced Cyber Defence Systems

This session will help you understand your organisation's attack surface by identifying online devices and network-connected assets. We'll demonstrate how scanning tools reveal information through search engines, showing potential hacker reconnaissance methods.

Elliott will discuss the risks of exposing vulnerable or insecure services online, emphasising that security through obscurity is insufficient, especially in the health sector. He'll cover the importance of using Whois and NCSC’s Early Warning system to alert asset owners about vulnerabilities.

Attendees will learn the implications of attacks and gain insights into best practices for protecting their IT infrastructure.

Networking and Lunch

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Case Study - Txone

An interactive session focused on a fast moving cyber crisis situation that required delegates to make critical decisions under pressure.

Case Study - The Security Company

It goes without saying that managing cyber risk and bolstering organisational resilience through technological advancements are required for your future proofing strategy.  But, when 88% (or more) of data breach incidents are caused by human error, managing the human risk factor has to be central to your strategic plans.

Your three take aways from this 20 minute case study are understanding the:

• What

An exploration of what others have successfully done to reduce the human risk factor

• Why

Demonstrating the positive impact of managing your human risk factor

• How

Understanding that change can be achieved with limited resource and budget

In this thought provoking guest presentation Gavin Stone, an ex Mi5 operative and current intelligence specialist will take delegates on an interactive journey through the life of a UK intelligence agent, Gavin will discuss his journey so far and share some key learning and insights that can translate over to the NHS Cyber Security Community.

Canapés, Drinks and Networking

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