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“An Evening with GDPR” Tuesday 7^th November 2017

Tuesday 7^th November 2017 18:15 – 20:45, Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB003/LAB006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Hosted by the Cyber Security & Networking Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University, British Computer Society (BCS) East Anglia Region, UK Cyber Security Forum Cambridge Cluster and OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Cambridge Chapter

This evening is part of a series of 1 Day Workshops and evening events on raising awareness for local  businesses & organisations on the issues of cyber security and cybercrime, what regulations and legislation do organisations need to be aware to protect themselves and what is considered best practice in these challenging times.

In 6 months Europe's data protection rules will undergo their biggest changes in almost 2 decades. Since they were conceived in the 90s, the amount of digital information we create, capture, and store has exponentially increased.  In simple terms, the old regime was no longer fit for purpose.

The solution is the mutually agreed European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force on May 25 2018. It will change how businesses and public sector organisations can handle the information of customers.

The regulation has spawned a raft of “GDPR expertise” and scaremongers who predict the “end of the world as know it” .  In our evening, we have two expert opinions of what GDPR should mean to you and your business both from an IT Security and a Legal Point of View.

Background

The British Computer Society (BCS) East Anglia Region represents the computing profession in the Eastern region providing networking opportunities for professionals and companies, a forum for continuing professional development and encouraging young people to enter and stay in technology based business.

The Cambridge Cyber Security Cluster is an affiliate UK Cyber Security Forum, a government and industry led partnership which will look at how the region can develop the skills and infrastructure to combat cyber security threats.

OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit worldwide charitable organization focused on improving the security of application software. Their mission is to make application security visible, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks.

The Cyber Security and Networking (CSN) Research Group at Anglia Ruskin University has close working strategic relationships with industry, professional bodies, law enforcement, government agencies and academia in the delivery of operationally focused applied information and application security research.  We have strong international links with professional organisations such as OWASP, BCS, ISC2, IISP & the UK Cyber Security Forum amongst others.  The primary aims of CSNRG are to help the UK and partner nations to tackle cybercrime, be more resilient to cyber attacks and educate its users for a more secure cyberspace and operational business environment. These will be achieved through the investigation of threats posed to information systems and understanding the impact of attacks and creation of cyber-based warning systems which gathering threat intelligence, automate threat detection, alert users and neutralising attacks.  For network security we are researching securing the next generation of software defined infrastructures from the application API and control/data plane attacks. Other key work includes Computer forensic analysis, digital evidence crime scenes and evidence visualisation as well as Cyber educational approaches such as developing Capture the Flag (CTF) resources and application security programs.

Speaker Biographies & Abstracts

Dr Reza Alavi – Chair of BCS Information Risk Management and Assurance SG

Reza has been working in various IT positions in the last 27 years and currently working as an information security consultant. He worked as International Marketing Manager in two companies, which specialise in wide range of consultancy services such as information security, risk management, business continuity and IT governance in the Middle East.

His current work as security consultant includes, specialising in information security coaching, helping his clients to become more effective and efficient typically through the strategic of information systems, risk management and security governance. Having significant experience of the commercial and financial sectors in various parts of the globe working with variety of cultures and work ethics enables him to understand current security requirements and threat landscape to achieve better outcome in GRC environment.

Reza is currently chairing the “Information Risk Management and Assurance (IRMA)” specialist group in BCS and sits on the RM/1 Risk Management Committee at “British Standard Institution (BSI)”.

Abstract: GDPR Security – “how to do it"

The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest shake-up in privacy legislation and data management approach for many years. It will impact any organisation throughout the world that processes personal data relating to EU citizens. Organisations which breach the regulation can be fined up to 4% of their annual global turnover or 20 million Euros, whichever is greater. Breaches will apply to firms which do not have adequate customer consent for processing their personal data or violate the principle of the privacy by design concepts and model. It is crucial to note that both data controllers and processors are subject to the rules, such as failing to carry out a privacy impact assessment or not notifying the authority (ICO, the Information Commissioner’s Office, in the UK) about a breach. This talk will look at GDPR from the IT security perspective."

Dai Davis, Technology Lawyer, Partner Percy Crow Davis & Co

Dai Davis is a Technology Lawyer and Chartered Engineer.  He holds Masters degrees in both Physics and Computer Science. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.  Dai has for decades consistently been recommended in the Legal 500 and in Chambers Guides to the Legal Profession.  Having been national head of Intellectual Property Law and later national head of Information Technology law at Eversheds, Dai is now a partner in his own specialist law practice, Percy Crow Davis & Co. 

He has a nationwide legal practice and travels regularly throughout the UK. Dai advises clients on intellectual property in Information Technology products, and all types of computer and technology law issues including such topical matters as Open Source, IT Security, Cloud Computing and Data Protection issues.  Dai is a non-executive director of FAST (The Federation Against Software Theft) and a Freeman of the WCIT (Worshipful Company of Information Technologists). 

He is primarily a non-contentious lawyer.  A further “super specialism” that Dai has practised for over two decades is high-tech product safety and product recall, including the law relating to CE Marking.

Abstract: GDPR Data Protection – A Lawyers View

Data Protection has recently undergone a fundamental reappraisal with the enactment of the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). GDPR is not due to come fully into force until 25 May 2018; yet businesses which do not plan for it now will be severely disadvantaged. And whatever the final timetable for Brexit, or the nature of the agreement under which the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, businesses will need to comply with GDPR.

The new legislation is radically different from what is currently in place. Instead of a notional transparency through registration and consent under the existing legislation; real transparency under the GDPR is achieved through a series of rights given to individuals. Examples of such individual rights are: the right to object to data collection and the right to be forgotten. This is backed up by much more extensive obligations on data controllers to provide information on request and sometimes even before a request is made.

Many lawyers focus on greater penalties under the GDPR: a maximum fine of €20,000,000 can be imposed for breaches (up from £500,000). In addition to clarifying such penalties Dai will spend as much time on the substantial commercial benefits that can be derived from the new legislation.

The talk includes mention of the following topics:

·      The obligation to consider privacy when designing an electronic system

·      The obligation to consider privacy by default

·      The obligation to notify breaches to the information commissioner

·      The obligation to notify breaches to an individual affected

·      Right to object to data collection

·      Right to object to data profiling

·      Right to be forgotten

·      Right to data portability

·      The effect of Brexit on UK data protection law

Provisional Agenda

18:15  – 19:00 Registration & Refreshments (LAB006)

19:00 – 19:05 Welcome from the OWASP Cambridge Chapter Leader, Adrian Winckles, Director of Cyber Security & Networking Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University

19:05 – 19:50 GDPR Security – “how to do it" - Dr Reza Alavi – Chair of BCS Information Risk Management and Assurance SG

19:55 – 20:40 GDPR Data Protection – A Lawyers View - Dai Davis, Technology Lawyer, Partner Percy Crow Davis & Co

Registration

To register for this free event, please register online at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joint-bcs-east-anglia-region-owasp-cambridge-uk-cyber-security-forum-an-evening-with-gdpr-tickets-39249433111

The event will be held in the Lord Ashcroft Building, Room LAB004 (Breakout Room LAB006 for networking & refreshments).

Please enter through the Helmore Building and ask at reception.

Anglia Ruskin University

Cambridge Campus

East Road

Cambridge

CB1 1PT

Please note that there is no parking on campus.
Get further information on travelling to the university.

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/anglia_ruskin_campuses/ca mbridge_campus/find_cambridge.html

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Planned dates for upcoming events

Cambridge_OWASP Event 20170927 - Secure Coding Challenge	11/09/2017
Cambridge_OWASP/BCS Cybercrime Forensics & Social Media Forensics Day Event	11/10/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & BCS East Anglia Event - GDPR Evening	07/11/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & UK Cyber Security Forum GDPR Event 20171115	15/11/2017
Cambridge_OWASP Event 20171205	05/12/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & BCS Cybercrime Forensics/IoT Forensics Security Day 20180110/11	10/01/2018 or 11/01/2018
Cambridge_OWASP & UK Cyber Security Forum Cyber Machine Learning Day 20180118/19	18/01/2018,
Cambridge_OWASP Event	13/02/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	13/03/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	10/04/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	08/05/2018

Date	Name / Title	Link
11 October 2017	Dr Char Sample	presentation
11 October 2017	Dennis Ivory & Dr Diane Gan	presentation
12 September 2017	John Fitzgerald - Secure Code Warrior	presentation
4 April 2017	Leum Dunn - Redacted	presentation
7 March 2017	Andrew Thompson - Checkmarx	presentation
7 March 2017	John Haine IoT Security Foundation (Chair)	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Nick Alston CBE / PIER Chair	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Mark Pearce/ 7Safe/PA Consulting	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Martin Cassey / Nascenta	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Paul Rowley FBCS / Havebury Housing Association	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Laurence Kaleman / Legal Director, Olswang	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Tony Drewitt / Head of Consultancy - IT Governance	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Tony Drewitt / Head of Consultancy - IT Governance	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Peter Yapp / NCSC Deputy Director - Incident Response	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Martin Cassey / Nascenta	presentation
10 Nov 2016	Graham Rymer / University of Cambridge
10 Nov 2016	Mark Wickenden
12 05 2016	Phil Cobley / Modern Policing & the Fight Against Cyber Crime	presentation
12 05 2016	Jules Pagna Disso / Building a resilient ICS	presentation
08 03 2016	Andrew Lee-Thorp / So you want to use a WebView? Android WebView: Attack and Defence
10 11 2015	Steve Lord / Trying (and failing) to secure the Internet of Things
	John Mersh / Software and System Security: a life vest in the IoT ocean
10 Oct 2015	Sumit "sid" Siddharth / Some neat, new and ridiculous hacks from our vault
10 Feb 2015	Steven van der Baan / Web Application Security Testing with Burp Suite
2 December 2014	Colin Watson / OWASP Cornucopia
21 October 2014	Eireann Leverett	presentation
1st April 2014	Ian Glover (CREST) / Overview of the CREST activities to professionalise the industry.
	Yiannis Chrysanthou (KPMG) / Modern Password Cracking
	Damien King (KPMG) / Filename Enumeration with TildeTool
12th November 2013	Paul Cain / Tracking Data using Forensics
12th November 2013	James Forshaw/ The Forger's Art: Exploiting XML Digital Signature Implementations	presentation
5th March 2013	Sarantis Makoudis / Android (in)Security	presentation
5th March 2013	Nikhil Sreekumar / Power On, Powershell	presentation