IUA Circular 018/12

MARKET BRIEFING
The Cyber Savvy CEO – Getting to grips with today’s growing cyber threats

by William Beer, Director OneSecurity, PWC

Date: Thursday 26 April 2012
Time: 12noon to 1pm
Venue: Fleet Room, America Square Conference Centre, Crosswall, London EC3
Subject:This Market Briefing will investigate how organisations may benefit from transforming their ability to manage cyber opportunities and threats by adopting new structures, governance and roles.

This is a free event, but names and email addresses of all attendees are required for registration. IUA members can register online in the events section of this webiste.
Or contact Deborah Finch, IUA Events Co-ordinator


Conducting business via the internet produces many opportunities including lower costs, increased revenue, greater speed to market and better access to customers. However, the number of reported Cyber Security breaches highlights the challenges of adopting internet based systems.

Cyber Security is no longer an IT issue but instead an issue facing all business leaders. As such, it is not just the responsibility of the Chief Information Officer / Head of Information Technology or Chief Information Security Officer.
There are many cyber risks - some more serious than others. Dangers include viruses erasing your entire network, someone breaking into your system and altering files or someone using your computer to attack others.
This Market Briefing will highlight the emerging Cyber Security issues and what can be done to protect organisations.

Our Speaker:
William Beer is a director in PwC UK’s Information and Cyber Security Practice and has over twenty years of global experience at multi-national IT companies. He has broad expertise in the field of Cyber / Information Security and environments involving complex technologies.

William has focused extensively on topics such as on-line fraud, e-espionage, data loss, cloud security and managed security services. Additional areas that he specialises in include security strategy, mobile security and security awareness programs.

Prior to joining PwC, William worked for Symantec Corporation and held a European role as the Security Practice Director and dealt with Symantec’s top accounts. As part of the consulting team, he was responsible for security offerings, security awareness and training and MSS outsourcing contracts. Previous to Symantec, William was responsible for a Business Unit in IBM Italy. His role there involved business development and large international projects related to the design and implementation of messaging and knowledge management systems.


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