Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Cyber conference role for Abertay team
ABERTAY University is partnering in a major international cyber conference in London for the first time.
Lecturer Dr Xavier Bellekens is co-charing the Cyber Science 2017 event, which will take place in June.
The event, themed around situational awareness, is likely to attract around 150 delegates from industry and academia.
Organised by non-profit organisation C-MRIC is part of a series of four conferences — Cyber Situational Awareness 17, Cyber Incident 17, Social Media 17 and Cyber Security 17.
Xavier said Abertay’s involvement highlighted the university’s commitment to improving cybersecurity.
He said: “Situational awareness considers what users are aware of in their own environment. This conference covers such things as the cyber situational awareness of users towards ‘smart everything’.
“Moreover, the collaboration between Abertay and C-MRIC is very welcome as it shows our combined leadership in cyber situational awareness and cybersecurity.”
The wider conferences also cover important fields such as the Internet of Things — everything from televisions to lightbulbs and thermostats being connected to the internet, as well as critical infrastructure protection, malware analysis, trust and privacy and social media analytics.