Symposium on Security Risk, Cybercrime and Critical Infrastructure

5-6 December 2011, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions sponsored this symposium which focused on engaging a wide range of domains to collaborate effectively, and to understand current and future threats to our citizens and society. The event intended to increase the collaboration of organisations around Scotland. Alongside Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions, the symposium was organised and delivered with the support of Scottish Enterprise and Edinburgh Napier University.

The symposium's focus was security risk, cybercrime and the protection of critical infrastructure, with a key focus on:

• Collaborative networks within Scotland and links to the EU and the UK
• Knowledge networks related to computer security, cybercrime and in risk analysis
• Security and Cybercrime risks of the Cloud
• Training requirements for Scotland related to Computer Security and Cybercrime
• Emergency response infrastructures, and risk within critical infrastructure
• Criminal risks and new attack vectors
• Risks to privacy and identity theft
• Intelligence-led activities

Finmeccanica UK Chairman, Sir Kevin Tebbit spoke on the first day of the symposium, while Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions' Oscar O'Connor also presented during the event.

For more information about our involvement in Symposium on Security Risk, Cybercrime and Critical Infrastructure, please contact Finmeccanica.

Further information about this event can be found on the Symposium on Security Risk, Cybercrime and Critical Infrastructure website.