2010 Speakers included

Irvin Creighton – CISSP, CISA, GCWN Information Security Manager, Co-operative Group. Irvin Creighton has pursued various opportunities in the Information Security and Computer Audit fields since 1991 and has extensive experience including security operations, PCI compliance, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, security architecture, policy development, detailed audits of most platforms – including mainframes, and hands-on implementation of Information Security systems. Mr. Creighton has solid background including Information Security and Computer Audit experience at organisations as diverse as Bank of America, Bradford and Bingley Building Society and Kelda – a water company comprising Yorkshire Water and a host of testing laboratories throughout Europe. Whilst at Bank of America, Irvin was responsible for the implementation and upkeep of the Sourcefire network IDS system. Currently Irvin is developing a new Information Security department at the Co-operative Group, having spent two years working in their Computer Audit team.

At the age of 12, Paul had reconfigured all his school PC’s to display only Japanese. By 13 he had designed the concept of online shopping over acoustic coupler, preceding the birth of the internet. This won 1st prize on National Television. Today Paul is the Principal Security Architect of the newly formed Lloyds Banking Group. With experience in securing Retail & Investment Banking as well as local Government systems, Paul strives to give a risk based approach to security, enabling business agility. Paul also volunteers at local schools….preventing pupils from reconfiguring PC’s to speak Japanese.

Paul Wilson has worked in IT for longer than he cares to remember spanning software house, management consultancy and end users. He has been at Yorkshire Water for nearly 20 years now including a high profile spell as IT Programme Manager on a highly succesful £28m change programme. Currently working in IT Service Management Paul heads up the ISO27001 programme, is involved with PCI DSS compliance as well as managing IT support functions. Paul is particularly involved with the practical aspects of implementing information security in a fast changing organisation that has MoD and critical national infrastructure requirements.

Tim is the first to admit that when he started his career 22 years ago as a somewhat naiive Manchester University graduate in psychology, he knew little about information technology and even less about information security. Since that time, Tim has worked nationally and internationally in a variety of individual contributor and management roles, in the course of which he has acquired considerable knowledge and experience of information technology and information security issues and solutions in a range of industries including banking, software, consulting and manufacturing. Whilst at Dell, he founded and led the EMEA middleware team that successfully integrated 'legacy' back office sales, manufacturing and customer service systems with Dell's online presence. Over the last 4 years, Tim has held a number of senior technical leadership roles on the UK government's flagship e-Borders programme. At different stages of the lifecycle he has led delivery of the integration architecture, data architecture and security architecture aspects of the overall solution. Through his membership of the CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS) Tim is approved to provide UK government Information Assurance advice to government departments and other organisations that provide vital services for the United Kingdom.

Having worked in information security for more than 10 years, Joerg started his career with startup technology consulting company based in Germany, followed by a journey through the IT landscape including writing code for high-speed multi-gigabit packet switches. Before joining Barclays Bank PLC in 2008 as the Attack Monitoring Manager for the global Intrusion Detection Programme he was the CSO of infoServe GmbH, a Internet Service Provider offering creative solutions around managed security services and customized gateway developments. At infoServe, Joerg was responsible for the security strategy and technology choices. At Barclays, his team globally monitors Barclays' networks for electronic attacks, developing new and creative solutions to stay ahead of potential attackers to protect Barclays' customers by combining off the shelf solutions with custom developed capabilities. He is actively involved in malware and botnet research, working with different groups to better understand the cyber threat landscape as it evolves over time. Joerg holds a Magister Artium in Information Science from University of Saarbruecken, Germany.