Cybercrime Conference – How to protect your business.

Date: Wednesday 17 May 2017
Time: 8:30 registration and breakfast, 9:00 – 13:00
Venue: St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham, B2 5LS 
CPD: 4 learning hours 
Fees: Members: £50 + vat, Non-members: £70 + vat
Speakers: See schedule

SCHEDULE
8.30 Registration and breakfast

9.00 Welcome from the president, Andrew Beedham

9.15 “Lifting the lid on cybercrime: An insight into the latest techniques” – Cybercrime is evolving into a service thanks to the combined threat of traditional organised crime gangs  and the expertise of professional cyber criminals. Corvid will discuss the latest cybercrime techniques including how cybercriminals use the dark web and what legal firms can do to combat email fraud – Andy Pearch, Head of Information Assurance, CORVID

9.55 “A potential business killer – The threat of cybercrime for lawyers from the banks’ perspective” – Lloyds Bank will talk about the types of Cyber threats and attacks seen by its clients. The pitfalls that many clients face, and what the bank is doing to help stop losses occurring from Cyber-attacks – Paul McCluskey, Head of Professional Practices Lloyds Bank

10.25 “The security of corporate data on mobile devices” – In an ever actively mobile World, ensuring your work data is safe and secure on your company devices is becoming more and more imperative. Samsung will be showing how their Universal Device Management solution can keep cyber crime at bay – Vinny Robertson, Samsung & Mark Barber, VoiceMobile

10.55 coffee break

11.15 “Avoiding the challenges of good information security in a law firm like yours” – Law firms are prone to data leaks and are big targets from cyber-criminals, so why is it that many don’t have a strategy in place to protect their information, have functionality and a cost driven IT infrastructure that isn’t robust enough to defend attacks and only have policies that tick boxes and little else? – We’ll discuss the challenges and lessons learned from several firms we have worked with to help you navigate a similar journey – Jezz Gobran, i-secured & Matt Rhodes, Quiss Technology

11.55 “Cybercrime and firms, SRA view” – Solicitor Regulation Authority – Sean Hankin & James Dipple-Johnstone – Director of Investigation and Supervision

12.20 “What do Cyber Criminals want?” Insurer’s perspective, difference between cyber and crime, claims Activity, top threats, exposures and base coverage, optional extensions and end-to-end risk management solutions – Najma Ditta, A J Gallagher & guest speaker from RSA Insurance

12.45 Q & A

13.00 FINISH