Security in cyberspace: what is "good enough"?
Technologies & Applications Spring 2012 Seminar Series
- When?
- Friday 23 March 2012, 10:00 to 12:00
- Where?
- 39 BB 02
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Mike St John Green, Deputy Director, Office of Cyber Security, Cabinet Office
Cyberspace is the new buzz word but what is cyberspace? And what do we mean to "make it secure"? What is the role of the developer? Security is rarely seen as a business enabler - more an irksome and expensive disabler. How can we make security a valued capability? How does a developer determine what security features are proportionate, how much is good enough? And how do you demonstrate necessity and sufficiency to someone else, such as the person paying for it? This is really about risk management when applied to the security of IT systems but in this new connected world of cyberspace where the stakes are so much higher.
Biography
Mike has just returned to GCHQ from a secondment to the Cabinet Office, in the heart of the government, working in the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance. He joined GCHQ over 30 years ago in GCHQ after spending time working at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern on Civil Radar systems. During his time at GCHQ, Mike has had a range of engineering and information assurance jobs.