Combating Cyber-terrorism And Online Crime
22 October 2010
Imran Awan, Police Duties and Law Lecturer at the University of Glamorgan, will speak on the issue of cyber-terrorism.
With computer information security now being given such a high national priority, I am very pleased that we have such a strong field of experts to pass on their knowledge for free, to local businesses and interested people.
”Harjinder Singh Lallie - University of Derby Senior Lecturer in Forensic Computing, Security and Networks; and DISC co-ordinator.
With the Government warning of increased risks from cyber-terrorism a free public talk on the issue will be hosted by the University of Derby, as part of its lecture series on hi-tech information security.
The Government's National Security Strategy this month (October) said more effort would be directed at combating cyber-terrorism by extremist groups, which threatens the UK's online infrastructure.
A free talk entitled Cyber-terrorism - myth or reality? will be given at 5pm on Thursday November 4 in the Courtroom (Room OL2) at the University of Derby's Kedleston Road site, in Derby.
Imran Awan, Police Duties and Law Lecturer at the University of Glamorgan, will look at what the term 'cyber-terrorism' actually means, how terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda use the internet to communicate their messages and whether we should fear attacks on crucial parts of our internet?
Mr Awan's lecture is part of a free series of talks organised by the Derbyshire Information Security Consortium (or DISC). This group brings together university experts on business and individual computer information security, organising public talks to highlight current issues and offering advice to local businesses.
Other DISC talks in the new 2010-11 lecture series - all to be held at 6.30pm on Wednesdays at the University's Kedleston Road site - will include:
- November 3 - Mobile Phone Crime - the evolution of technology. Detective Sergeant Andy Williams will talk about his work with the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit and cover some real criminal investigations. (In Room B302 at the Kedleston Road site)
- November 24 - Cybercrime Uncovered. David Emm, Senior Security Researcher with the Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab, will look at the increasingly sophisticated methods used by cyber-criminals to compromise computers and 'harvest' personal data. (In the Heap Lecture Theatre)
- December 8 - The socio economics of insecurity. John Walker is the owner and Managing Director of Secure-Bastion Ltd; a specialist contracting and consultancy company in IT security and forensics, and security analytics. He will look at online crime as a growth 'business'. (In the Heap Lecture Theatre)
- February 9 - Complex digital investigations. Detective Constable Paul Tew - a BSc (Hons) Computing graduate, police law trainer and computer forensic analyst - will give an overview of the complex and technical work police do in investigating serious cases such as paedophilia. (In the Heap Lecture Theatre)
- March 2 - What you see and what you get - a hacker's perspective. Mark Goodwin - a computer security specialist who has been writing and (professionally) breaking software for over 15 years - will reveal how 'hackers' view online security systems and what this tells us about how they should be designed. (In the Heap Lecture Theatre).
Harjinder Singh Lallie - University of Derby Senior Lecturer in Forensic Computing, Security and Networks; and DISC co-ordinator - said: "The Derbyshire Information Security Consortium talks are now in their third year, and always prove interesting and popular.
"With computer information security now being given such a high national priority, I am very pleased that we have such a strong field of experts to pass on their knowledge for free, to local businesses and interested people."
To book a free place on one of the University of Derby's DISC talks visit website www.derby.ac.uk/computing/disc/booking, or telephone 01332 591723, or email Laurence Barnard on l.barnard@derby.ac.uk
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