NISC 10 – Verdict
Having been back from NISC 10 now for about 10 days I have had time to reflect on whether it was a success or just another security conference that doesn’t actually achieve anything!
Subjects were very comprehensive and included serious issues regarding emerging technologies such as virtualisation and increasingly the way in which we want to be accessing data wherever we are. These are areas that no doubt I will discuss in more detail at a later time as each are complex issues in themselves so watch this space!
A great positive that came out of this for me is the amount of local and central government people that attended. You could look at this in two different ways dependant on your level of scepticism but I choose to look at this as a positive. With new revelations of data leaks coming out of various government departments each week something must change and I hope that all the relevant delegates that attended actually learnt something that they can take away and implement within each of their corresponding departments or local authorities. I guess only time will tell !!! However I do sympathise with some of them as there are some deep underlying problems with staff within these departments and some are better than others so these security professionals have a very hard task actually trying to change the mindset of the average civil servant which is no mean task. Good luck to them but I must say that without true government support and buy in from them they have no hope. Perhaps they should take note from private sector companies that take security seriously and start to change the mindset from the very top – are you listening Mr Brown…..
Over the coming weeks I will start to talk about various other information security issues that were discussed at NISC 10 which I can unequivally say now was a big success. However now is the time to start and make a difference whatever you do, as the responsibility lies with all of us to protect our customers data or even just by protecting our own identity.
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I really like your post. Does it copyright protected?
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Thanks for your comments – I do intend to write more on this subject so please keep coming back to check for further posts.
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