Cyber Security in Telecommunications

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In response to the increasing cyber security regulation and quickly changing threat landscape, the Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) in cooperation with the British High Commission and  Digital Security Authority (DSA) is co-organising a boutique bilateral Conference on Cyber Security in Telecommunications.

The conference will take place on Tuesday, March 12th 2024 at the premises of the DSA and will be conducted in English.

The Conference will have a technical focus, aiming to contribute to enhancing the cybersecurity capabilities and resilience of the telecommunications ecosystem in Cyprus, as well as to enable and facilitate future collaborations between participants.

The Conference is supported by the IEEE Cyprus Section, IEEE Cyprus Section Computer Society Chapter and IEEE Cyprus Section Young Professionals Affinity Group. 

 

Conference Schedule

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  • Date: 12 Mar 2024
  • Time: 08:30 AM to 04:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC+02:00) Athens
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  • Andrea Chaliou 1
  • Egkomi, Cyprus
  • Cyprus 2408
  • Building: Digital Security Authority,
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  • Co-sponsored by Cyprus Computer Society
  • Starts 03 March 2024 09:41 AM
  • Ends 12 March 2024 12:00 AM
  • All times are (UTC+02:00) Athens
  • No Admission Charge

  Speakers

George Michaelides of Commissioner for Communications, Republic of Cyprus

Topic:

Welcoming remarks

Irfan Siddiq of High Commissioner, British High Commission in Nicosia

Topic:

Welcoming remarks


Costas Agrotis of Chairman of the Cyprus Computer Society

Topic:

Welcoming remarks

Kathryn Roe of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Government

Topic:

The Importance of a National Cyber Resilience Strategy in Telecommunications


Ben Willis of UK Office of Communications

Topic:

UK’s relevant legislation – the Telecoms Security Act, and accompanying Regulations and Code of Practice

Marios Thoma of CyberEcoCul Global Services

Topic:

Incident response process tailored to a telecommunication system in the context of the ISO 27001:2022.


Niall J. Dunne of British Telecoms

Topic:

Protect BT – Threat Landscape and Threat Hunting

Joseph Boyle of Salt Communications

Topic:

Risks of Insecure Communications within Government Organisations and Use Cases


Stefano Zanero of Politecnico di Milano

Topic:

Making Sense of a Million Samples per Day: Behaviour-based Methods for Automated, Scalable Malware Analysis

Garik Markarian of Rinicom

Topic:

Addressing Security Concerns in Communication Systems for “Blue Light” Services


Andy Lilly of Armour Communications

Topic:

The Threat in Your Pocket

Christos Makedonas of Grant Thornton

Topic:

Digitalizing your Cybersecurity and Data Protection Governance, Risk and Compliance





Agenda

8:30-9:00 Coffee and Registration


9:00-9:15 Welcoming remarks
Commissioner for
Communications, Republic of
Cyprus
High Commissioner, British High
Commission in Nicosia,
Chairman of the Cyprus
Computer Society


9:15-9:30 The Importance of a National Cyber Resilience
Strategy in Telecommunications
Kathryn Roe,
Department for Science,
Innovation and Technology, UK
Government


9:30-10:00
UK’s relevant legislation – the Telecoms
Security Act, and accompanying Regulations
and Code of Practice
Ben Willis,
UK Office of Communications


10:00-10:30
Incident response process tailored to a
telecommunication system in the context of the
ISO 27001:2022.
Marios Thoma,
CyberEcoCul Global Services


10:30-11:00 Protect BT – Threat Landscape and Threat
Hunting
Niall J. Dunne,
British Telecoms


11:00-11:30 Risks of Insecure Communications within
Government Organisations and Use Cases
Joseph Boyle,
Salt Communications


11:30-12:00 Networking Coffee Break


12:30-13:00
Making Sense of a Million Samples per Day:
Behaviour-based Methods for Automated,
Scalable Malware Analysis
Stefano Zanero,
Politecnico di Milano


13:00-13:30
Addressing Security Concerns in
Communication Systems for “Blue Light”
Services
Garik Markarian,
Rinicom


13:30-14:00 The Threat in Your Pocket Andy Lilly,
Armour Communications


14:00-14:30 Digitalizing your Cybersecurity and Data
Protection Governance, Risk and Compliance
Christos Makedonas,
Grant Thornton


14:30-16:00 End of Conference - Networking Lunch