Financial Times Cyber Security Summit Europe 2017 | Financial Times | 8 November 2017 | Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1K 6JP, UK

The cyber onslaught continues, from all directions. Denial-of-service hackers, financial fraudsters, organised criminal gangs, terrorists, unfriendly states – wherever the attacks come from, they are increasing in number and becoming more difficult to defend against.

Businesses are having to invest more money and effort to make cyberspace safer for themselves and their customers. Governments are ramping up the defences too. The European Union’s Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, which will be transposed into the national laws of all member states by the spring of 2018, will boost the overall level of cyber security in the EU. Individual states are taking additional measures, as exemplified by the UK which in 2016 extended its National Cyber Security Strategy for another five years with a budget of £1.9bn. Brexit also throws up some big questions. Will Britain continue to comply with the NIS Directive? And if Britain leaves Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, will that degrade Europe’s cyber defences?

The fourth annual FT Cyber Security Summit Europe will discuss the seriousness of the cyber threat facing Europe and explore the solutions. Moderated by Financial Times journalists, this must-attend event will provide a thorough assessment of the dangers in cyberspace and how businesses and governments are investing in better defences for a more secure future.

2017 Speakers:

Alison Barker
Director of Specialist Supervision, Supervision – Investment, Wholesale & Specialists, Financial Conduct Authority

Dexter Casey
Group Chief Information Security Officer, Centrica

Anthony Dagostino
Global Head of Cyber Risk, Willis Towers Watson

Markus Dürig
Head of Division IT II 1 (Cyber Security), Federal Ministry of Interior, Germany

Paul Heffernan
Group Chief Information Security Officer, Unipart

Paul Hopkins
Global Head of Security Architecture, Vodafone

Rosa Kariger
Global Chief Information Security Officer, Iberdrola Group

Michael Lucas
Group Head of Risk and Compliance, Ferguson

David Martinon
Ambassador for Cyberdiplomacy and the Digital Economy, Government of France

Cheri McGuire
Group Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

Alexander Moiseev
Chief Sales Officer, Kaspersky Lab

Yuri Rassega
Head of Cyber Security (CISO), Enel

Vince Steckler
Chief Executive Officer, Avast

Thomas Tschersich
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Telekom Security, Deutsche Telekom

Gilbert Verdian
Chief Information Security Officer, Vocalink

Neil Walsh
Chief of the Global Programme on Cybercrime, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Steven Wilson
Head, European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3), Europol

2017 Sponsors:

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER
• McKinsey & Company

LEAD SPONSOR
• Avast
• Willis Towers Watson

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR
• Kaspersky Lab