Transport sector is rapidly becoming one of the main cyber targeted industries

Transport sector is rapidly becoming one of the main cyber targeted industries and its cyber security threats shall not be underestimated. NIS Directive obliges Operators of Essential Services (such as Transport operators) to follow new Network & Information Security requirements and mandates incident reporting to competent authorities.

Inappropriate risk management and insufficient level of preparedness can lead to easy-to-penetrate systems for those with nefarious aims and customers’ distrust. Certainly transport security is rapidly interconnecting physical & cyber security concerns and many companies face revolution in organisational structure with more attention to IT and Information Security skills.  

European Cyber Security for Transport Sector 2016 (Berlin, 14th-16th September 2016) will gather European Transport decision-makers & professionals to evaluate current cyber security scenario and to establish protection guidelines aiming to decrease risk vulnerability in their companies.  The event will serve the attendees as a platform to gain insight from a shared proven know-how of highly qualified experts through practical business-friendly networking.  

 Speaker panel includes: 

• Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) / Brussels Interurban Transport Company, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO & CSO)
• Aeroports De Paris (ADP Group), Chief Information Security Officer
• Port Authority of Barcelona, Chief Information Security Officer
• Deutsche Bahn AG Infrastrukture / Railway Company Infrastructure, Chief Information Security Officer
• Airbus Defence and Space, Managing Director & Head of Cyber Security
• Nederlandse Spoorwegen / Dutch Railways, Information Security Officer
• Volkswagen AG, Head of CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)
• Network Rail, Head of Digital Business Systems
• ENISA, Network & Information Security Expert
• European Corporate Security Association, Cyber Risk Expert
• Industrial Cyber Security Centre (CCI), VP Corporate Governance & Strategy
• Emerging Security Challenges Working Group of the PfPC Consortium, NATO, and the Geneva Centre for Security PolicyThetaRay, Representative
• McKinsey & Company, Leader Europe, Digital Cyber Resilience Solutions

Topics to be addressed:

• How to cope with different regulations: National, European, Global?
• Threat awareness & intelligence
• How to implement & incorporate Cyber Security in corporate governance?
• Cyber Risk Management: IT & OT (Operational Technology) considerations
• Port de Barcelona history of IT security: From Reactive to managed IT security
• NS approach to embedding information security in the acquisition process of trains
• The Ability of Those with Nefarious Aims to Cause Harm to Transport Utilising Technology
• Rail networks – mitigating cyber security threats in signalling systems

Contact Person: David Schkade [email protected] 

Event website: European Cyber Security for Transport Sector 2016