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GSMA announces additional speakers for 2016 Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security conference

The GSMA event will include keynote speakers, technology demonstrations and more to address privacy & security globally The GSMA recently announced additional speakers for the 2016 Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security conference taking place 10-11 May at the Hilton The Hague in The Netherlands. Orange has been confirmed as Platinum for Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security, CM Groep as Silver Sponsor and Huawei has signed on as Global Industry Supporter for the full Mobile 360 Series of conferences taking place throughout 2016. Growing importance of privacy and security worldwide In cooperation with The Hague Security Delta and The Municipality of The Hague, Mobile 360 Series – Privacy & Security will include a combination of keynote speakers, panel discussions, technology demonstrations and in-depth case studies that address the growing importance of privacy and security globally. “We’re excited to be exploring the topics of security and privacy in such depth and with such a wide range of industries and companies,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “With our partners at The Hague Security Delta and The Municipality of The Hague, we will examine the state of network security and data privacy today, as well as best practices across a variety of industry sectors.” “It is great to see the GSMA choose The Hague as their destination for the Mobile 360 Privacy & Security event,” said Deputy Mayor of the City of The Hague Ingrid van Engelshoven. “As the cybersecurity capital of Europe with 400 security businesses employing 13,400 people, The Hague proactively supports and facilitates innovation. ‘The Hague Security Delta’ is the largest security cluster of European businesses, governments and knowledge institutions working together to contribute to a safer and more secure world. Speakers at GSMA Mobile 360 - Privacy & Security The GSMA recently confirmed several additional speakers for the conference, including: Thomas Mercier, Head of Europe, AppCarousel John Slamecka, EMEA Regional VP Global Business, AT&T James Hatch, Director, Cyber Services, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Fredrik Forslund, Director, Blancco Technology Group Zia Hayat, Chief Executive Officer, Callsign Paul Makin, Principal Consultant, Consult Hyperion Jan Vekemans, Technical Director, Cryptique Dave Palmer, Chief Technology Officer, Darktrace Basar Polat, Regional Director, Detecon Consulting Mats Nilsson, Director, Ericsson Richard Boorsboom, General Manager, HackerOne Ida Haisma, Executive Director, Hague Security Delta John Howie, Chief Privacy Officer, Consumer Business Unit, Huawei Christopher Donahue, Chief Executive Officer, Liquid Communications Jim Morrish, Founder and Chief Research Officer, Machina Research Jan Kok, Technology Security Officer, Nokia Dr. Antonio Mauro, Head of Security and Compliance Assurance, Octo Telematics Denis Joannides, Chief Executive Officer, Onegini These executives, as well as other business leaders and subject matter experts speaking at Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security, will participate in a range of sessions on privacy and security including: "With our partners at The Hague Security Delta and The Municipality of The Hague, we will examine the state of network security and data privacy today, as well as best practices across a variety of industry sectors", says Michael O’Hara, CMO, GSMA The Great Privacy Debate: With personal data legislation in flux and facing pressures from security services, advertisers, privacy activists and legislators, how should companies address these issues today while preparing for the future? Meet the Hacker: This session offers executives the opportunity to meet hackers face-to-face to discuss their motivations, activities and techniques. Improving Customer QoE - Access and Authentication: Attendees will learn how to facilitate customer access to services and information while creating barriers to thwart potential lawbreakers. Detection, Resilience and Recovery for the Digital Enterprise: A hack or data breach can be a disaster for a company or it may be just an inconvenience. This session will examine the business and technology elements companies must consider in ensuring data security. Security as an Investment: The Case for the CFO and General Counsel: Digital security and privacy rights have implications across the entire organisation, including financial executives and general counsels. Attendees will hear about the direct and tangible financial benefits enabled through stronger data management and more robust security architectures. Registration now open The 2016 GSMA Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security conference is the first in a series of seven regional and industry-focused events held in major cities across the world.

SIA-sponsored Connected Security Expo @ ISC West announces Conference Advisory Board

The Industry Advisory Board is currently finalising the Connected Security Conference programme The Connected Security Expo @ ISC West, sponsored by SIA, announced its Conference Advisory Board, which is working side by side with Show Management to create unique and timely content for the event’s first edition slated to take place in April. Connected Security Expo is a conference led event, taking place alongside of ISC West (April 6-8, 2016 at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas). It’s the only industry event that focuses on building a holistic security strategy for the connected enterprise, including looking at how physical and information security can be used together to mitigate new and emerging cyber threats in a hyper-connected world. Participating in the Connected Security Expo Education Advisory Board are: Jeremy Brecher, VP Technology, Electronic Security at Diebold, Inc. Mr. Brecher led Diebold Enterprise Security's US operations and information technology group. He managed numerous large-scale national and global electronic security system conversions and new deployments for Fortune 500 companies in a variety of environments, including construction, transportation, and commercial. Jeremy is the Chair of the SIA Cloud, Mobility and IoT Subcommittee, which explores the impact of the Cloud and mobility on Physical Security and focuses on developing Cloud and mobility standards for the industry. Candidate areas for standardisation include a cloud security reference model, and a common Cloud session establishment framework for physical security products. Ed Adams, President and CEO of Security Innovation. Mr. Adams is a Ponemon Institute Fellow and founded the Application Security Industry Consortium, Inc. (AppSIC), a non-profit association of industry analysts, enterprise technologists, and security leaders established to define cross-industry application security metrics and best practices that eventually morphed into SAFECode. Ed is also involved in other industry initiatives, including OWASP. He is on the board of the National Association of Information Security Groups (NAISG), and the International Secure Software Engineering Council (ISSECO). In February of 2014, Ed was named a Privacy by Design Ambassador, which is a group of privacy thought-leaders committed to ensuring the ongoing protection of personal information by following the Principles of PbD. It’s the only industry event that focuses on building a holistic security strategy for the connected enterprise, including looking at how physical and information security can be used together to mitigate new and emerging cyber threats in a hyper-connected world Herb Kelsey, Chief Architect Guardtime. Mr. Kelsey has provided engineering support for enterprise architectures in commercial and government markets for more than 20 years. Becoming IBM’s Deputy CTO for cyber security in 2008, he advised the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. government on security matters, developed a secure cloud computing environment for the Air Force Cyber Command and helped shape the security approach for the IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative. Prior to 2001, Herb was engaged widely in multiple commercial industries such as banking, automotive and information technology. After 9/11, as an IBM executive consultant, he worked on DoD and Intelligence Community infrastructure transformations; notably, serving two years as Chief Architect for a DoD agency’s Lead System Integrator, overseeing the budget, design and engineering execution of over 40 programmes of record. Godfrey Chua, Principle Analyst at Machina Research. Mr. Chua brings over 15 years of experience and has worked extensively with network vendors, service providers, financial institutions, government agencies and solution developers in the communications and IoT space. His research examines the key aspects defining a successful strategy in M2M. He also pays particular attention to emerging business models and the ecosystems evolving in the Industrial Internet and Consumer IoT segments. Prior to joining Machina Research, Godfrey managed and helped launch the M2M and the Internet of Things programme at Infonetics Research. Previous to this, he was a member of the Advanced Technologies team at Juniper Networks where he focused on mobile solutions, M2M, and next-generation mobile core technologies go-to-market efforts, including performing market analysis for M2M and next-gen mobile business models. The Industry Advisory Board is currently finalising the Connected Security Conference programme, which will cover topics across a People & Process track, as well as a Technology track. The full lineup of sessions and speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.