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I was searching for cyber resources recently and this coincided with National Cyber Security Awareness Month. If you are interested in resources to share during NCSAM here are a couple of links:
The National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk
Continue reading “National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)”Help transform the Cyber Community Safety of London
(ISC)2 London Chapter is sharing details of various programs of work to our members for volunteer opportunities. These programme of projects are being initiated to help transform the Cyber Community Safety of London.
Planning is under way for overlapping projects to create a Cyber Resilience Centre for London and a Cybersecurity Sector Careers Partnership . Both are likely to be publicly announced in September but they both need serious innovation and resourcing in order to succeed in meeting expectations.
Continue reading “(ISC)2 has created an entry-level cybersecurity certification that will provide a first step through which we can attract and develop diverse talent for the cybersecurity teams of the future, including students, recent college graduates and career changers.
We’ve compiled an exam outline with more details on the content that each domain will cover. Candidates can register for the exam or explore education options at (ISC)2 entry-level-certification-pilot.
Continue reading “Entry-Level Cybersecurity Certification”With the closing of 2021 the ISC2 London Chapter December event focused on the role of a CISO.
It was quickly apparent that the expectations of a CISO are vast, and the role varied between organisations. Tim Holman’s (2|Sec) presentation questioned the skills and qualifications that were truly required for a CISO role. In conclusion the CISO role was more of an advisory role across the different business units without necessarily ownership of the business function.
Infoblox Academy courses & promo codes
Following our recent in person event, InfoBlox have offered chapter members discounted access to their CPE eligible training material.
The ISF Conference 2020 took place 16-19th November as a virtual event, having initially been scheduled to take place in Poland. The virtual experience was extremely impressive and the technology ran throughout each day without fault. Other than the inability to see or talk to actual people all the key components were there, with full bio’s on all the speakers, key note sessions, a library to browse and download ISF white-papers and materials, auditorium, which you entered to here the key note speakers, break-out rooms and interactive workshops via zoom. Chapter Officer Liz Banbury had the following to say about the event.
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The (ISC)2 London Chapter team cordially invites you to attend our 2020 Q4 members meeting. Due to the current restriction in place, this meeting will be held online.
Please sign up at our EventBrite page
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October 28th to 30th saw the 2019 (ISC)2 Congress hit the magical word of Walt Disney World in Florida for 3 days of inspirational speakers, entertaining shows and thought-provoking seminars. With over 2,500 attendees, including 150 students, there was a little bit of something for everyone!
The inspirational key notes included Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger, who ever so eloquently articulated how he called upon his mental resilience to avert certain aviation disaster, through to Erik Wahl who portrayed (literally) how to abstract creativity that is within each and every one of us and apply this rule-breaking thinking to the world of security.
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Rory has spent his whole career in cybersecurity and has worked for leading global cybersecurity companies in a range of senior management positions. He was responsible for building one of the first cybersecurity practices dedicated to helping individuals & families, rather than businesses. During this time he and his team of experts worked for a number of rich and famous individuals globally to respond to cybersecurity incidents and help put good security in place. However, Rory saw the need to bring expert advice to everyone and The Cyber Helpline was born. The Cyber Helpline wants a UK where the cyber-criminals don’t win and is on a mission to make sure everyone has free access to expert help when they need it.
Roy will be talking about ‘The Cyber Helpline: Using humans & robots to help victims of cybercrime. ‘
Colonel Christopher Stuart MacGregor, (late KRH / RWxY) was educated at Brighton College and the Universities of Birmingham, Cranfield and Reading, where he has read Psychology (BSc), Defence Administration (MDA) and International Relations and Strategy (MA). He was commissioned into the King’s Royal Hussars, a main battle tank regiment, in July 1996 and has risen through the ranks to Colonel. Chris has been employed within Army HQ and the Defence Safety Authority with a focus on organisational learning, continuous improvement and innovation. In September 2018, Colonel MacGregor assumed as Colonel, Army Media and Communications. He is a futurist, passionate about blockchain, trusted networks, knowledge management, internal communications and professionalising the Army’s approach to communications.
Deshini Newman is managing director EMEA at (ISC)², supporting its members and global mission. An education leader, Deshini has held roles at Edexcel, Pearson and Cambridge Assessment English. Deshini is also one of SC Magazine’s 50 Women of Influence in Cybersecurity for 2019.
Darren is an accomplished executive with close to 20 years of international cyber risk and security experience. He was recently appointed as Ambassador for the Global Cyber Alliance in recognition of his collaborative work advising small businesses on critical measures they can apply to defend against cyber-attacks. Darren is also currently serving on the executive advisory board for cyber at Australia’s Deakin University and is the Group Chief Information Security Risk Officer at Standard Chartered Bank, based in Singapore.
Making his mark as one of the youngest IT leaders in Omnicom Group back in 2004, Goher has a huge passion for Technology and Information and Cyber Security with a drive not just do things well but do things better. Having had to deal with more comprehensive but secure and controlled structures in Citibank and Merrill Corporation to more agile environments within Omnicomgroup and Photobox Group Security, the next step for him is how to combine the best of both. Now at L&Q, the goal is to bring information and cyber security to the next level to meet the demands and ambitions of the organisation. A keen diver, traveller keen to explore the world, Goher also loves play retro video games and not so secretly is a complete tech geek. Deep down, his inquisitive nature is always looking to understand the inner workings of everything that’s around and in turn, how can it be made better.
A leading security and IT professional with over 10 year’s experience, currently working for a Big 4 professional services firm, with subject matter expertise across the security architecture, security operations and security compliance and governance domains – with a strong focus on cloud security for digital products, whilst trying to make security fun!
As part of the Chapters Education strategy on October 9th 2019 (ISC)2 London Chapter Media Officer Richard Carpenter delivered a Safe and Secure Online Seniors session for a small group of Seniors as part of 2019’s Libraries Week focusing on ‘Celebrating Libraries in a Digital World’.
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