Oxford Security Alumni Network: Inaugural Event

This new group seeks to bring alumni from across academic disciplines together to discuss current security themes and challenges.

Please join us online for our inaugural event on 28 April (16:30 UK / 20:30 Dubai / 22:00 Delhi / 11:30 US East Coast / 08:30 US West Coast). We will have two short talks, an overview of what is happening in Oxford, and some ideas for what we might do together as a network.

Featuring:

Fighting the cyber – national security policy and operations in the digital age

Ciaran Martin (Hertford – 1993), first CEO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre and now Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government.

Ciaran led a fundamental shift in the UK’s approach to cyber security in the second half of the last decade. He successfully advocated for a wholesale change of approach towards a more interventionist posture and this was adopted by the Government in the 2015 National Security Strategy, leading to the creation of the NCSC in 2016 under his leadership. Over the same timeframe, the UK has moved from joint eighth to first in the International Telecommunications Union’s Global Cybersecurity Index and the NCSC model has been studied widely and adopted in countries like Canada and Australia.

The NCSC’s approach has been lauded for responding quickly to incidents and giving the British public clear and prompt advice on responding to them, putting previously classified information in the hands of industry so that companies can defend themselves more effectively, major improvements in automatic cyber security like countering brand spoofing and rapidly taking down malicious sites, and projecting the UK’s leadership in cyber security across the world.

Ciaran’s work, which led to him being appointed CB in the 2020 New Year’s Honour’s list, has also been recognised and honoured in the United States and elsewhere across the world.

Another day, another threat: Cyber Security in the University during a Pandemic

Graham Ingram is currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the University of Oxford with responsibility for both security operations and GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) activities throughout the collegiate university. Prior to this, he spent several years as the Chief of Staff for Deloitte Government and Public Sector (GPS) cyber team.

Andrew Martin (Pembroke - 1986), Professor of Systems Security and Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, with an overview of what’s happening in Oxford, and next steps for the Alumni Network.

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