VEGA sponsors Cyber
Security Conference
8 October 2009 – VEGA Consulting Services Ltd (VEGA), a
Finmeccanica company, is proposing the adoption of a UK Information Sharing Strategy, as part of its
sponsorship of the RUSI/Intellect Cyber Security Conference.
The conference, in Whitehall from 21-22
October, aims to help senior policy makers, companies with an
interest in the sector, and other stakeholders, discuss how the
UK's public and private responses to new threats and new policy can
best be enabled. It will also explore the national perspective
provided by the Cyber Security Strategy,
considering its interactions with the National
Security Strategy, protection of the critical national
infrastructure, and criminal/sub-state factors.
VEGA is a professional services company that
delivers technology-enabled change in complex environments, often
where security and resilience are key. We offer independent expert
advice and pragmatic solutions to help our clients meet their
transformation challenges with confidence. The company has a wealth
of experience advising government and the military on how best to
ensure the integrity of information and facilitate data sharing.
Steve Coles, VEGA’s Head of Security
Strategy and a leading strategist in this area of information
security, will be contributing to the conference programme as an
industry representative. He will be speaking about the UK’s
requirement for an Information Sharing
Strategy and its role in addressing the growing challenges set
out in the Cyber Security Strategy. As a
member of Intellect’s Security and Resilience Group management
committee, Steve represents the trade association on RISC, where he
is the industry Chair of the RISC ICT IAG
“The UK Government’s publication of its
National Security, Cyber Security and Counter Terrorist strategies
all highlight the ability to share
information electronically across Government, securely and on
demand, as an essential capability that underlines the UK’s
security and resilience planning,” explains Steve.
“At the conference, I will be considering
the need for the UK to adopt its own National
Information Sharing Strategy, and
examining how such an approach, already adopted by some of the UK’s
closest allies, can help resolve the challenges associated with the
increased demand to securely share information across a range of
government departments and agencies.”
Further
information
For further information, please
contact Mark Gunning on mark.gunning@vega.co.uk.