Skills Festival 2 – Programme
Tuesday 12 October 2021
(All times BST)
Festival platform opens at 9.00am
9am – 10am
Arrival and networking
Introduction and welcome
10am – 10.15am
Martin Smith MBE Chairman and Founder, The SASIG
Joseph Wise Community Maker, The SASIG, and Founder, SASIG Gateway
Hello from SASIG Gateway
10.15am – 11am
SASIG Gateway committee
The Gateway team will give an insightful look into their unique paths that led to their security careers.
Demystifying (hopefully) jobs in cybersecurity
11am – 11.45am
Senior representative The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
A senior representative from NCSC joins us to demystify the varied and often confusing roles available in cybersecurity.
What it’s like working in cybersecurity at a large government department
11.45am – 12.30pm
Paul Owen Head of Cyber Security Innovation, Department for Work and Pensions
Darren Fellows Senior capability manager, Department for Work and Pensions
DWP representatives provide insight into what it takes to protect UK Government and its various departments from the ever-increasing cyber threat.
Lunch
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Helping you make the right #CyberChoices and the opportunities available within Cyber
1.30pm – 2.15pm
Steph Frankish Cyber Choices Co-Ordinator, ERSOU
An insight into what’s legal and what’s not when practising your skills in cyber.
You’re already a cybersecurity professional, how do you progress through the ranks?
2.15pm– 3pm
Helen Rabe Global CISO, Abcam 330
Thom Langford Security Advocate, SentinelOne
Matthew Isbell Security Technical Specialist, Microsoft
Laura Louthan Virtual CISO, Angel Cybersecurity
Paul Norton Founder, Cyberhalo
Our expert panel of cybersecurity leaders give their advice on planning a successful cybersecurity career.
Doing things differently at MoD – Bug Bounty
3pm – 3.45pm
Christine Maxwell CISO, MoD
We hear how MoD is adopting new and challenging approaches to keep our armed forces safe from cyber threats, like the introduction of bug bounties.
An interview with Det Ch Supt Andrew Gould – How I got to where I am
3.45pm – 4.30pm
Shaun Cheatham Chief Commercial Officer, Hays
Det Ch Supt Andrew Gould National Cyber Crime Programme Lead, National Police Chiefs’ Council
What does it take to become a national leader of cyber law enforcement? In this session, we hear straight from the horse’s mouth.
Thank you and conference close
4.30pm – 4.45pm
Martin Smith MBE Chairman and Founder, The SASIG
Joseph Wise Community Maker, The SASIG and Founder, SASIG Gateway
Networking on Jobs Fair
4.45pm – 5pm
Networking
End of Festival
5pm