This event is kindly hosted by Empiric.

Location: Empiric offices, 1 Old Jewry, London EC2R 8DN

Nearest Tube: Bank (2 minute walk, take the Tube Exit 1 at Bank station towards Poultry)

Doors Open at 6pm for registration, wine, soft drinks & canapes, the talks start at 6:30pm (we start on time).

Speakers, Talk Titles, & Bios:

• Khaled Fattal, MLi Group Chairman

"Why Cyber Security is no longer the keyword, Survivability is".

MLi Group chairman Khaled Fattal will welcome guests and speakers, and set the stage with a look at the seismic change to the global cyber and non-cyber threat landscape that has changed everything and why Cyber Security is no longer the keyword, but Survivability is.

• Dr. Christopher Richardson, Head of the Bournemouth University's Cyber Security Unit (BUCSU).

"CYBER: It's Pervasive, It's Real, it effects your Well-being, Your Money and Your Life… So, don’t ignore it!" -

Cyberspace is man-made but is rapidly becoming technology led. This talk will argue that Cyber Threats needs better attention and our society needs better educated people to manage our Hyperconnected World. We need to empower ourselves with knowledge to take control of our 21st Century Technological Revolutions

• Daniel Wagner, Book Author: Virtual Terror.

“The Impact of Virtual Terror on Individuals and Businesses”.

Daniel Wagner will discuss his new book - “Virtual Terror” - and the impact this threat is having on a broad range of actors in cyber space.

Speakers:

• Khaled Fattal

Khaled Fattal is the Group Chairman of The Mli Group. Mr. Fattal has been involved in the global infrastructure of the Internet, its resiliency and security since mid-90’s. He championed and was a major contributor to making it the Multilingual Internet it is today. He was one of the international experts invited by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004 to the 1st UN consultations in New York on Internet Governance which led to the creation of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

In 2012 Fattal foresaw this seismic change to the global cyber and non-cyber threat landscape victimizing the world today and led the MLi Group to take a global leadership role in crafting new and innovative solutions and services needed in mitigating these latest threats few, if any, know how to mitigate today. Mr Fattal is frequently invited to keynote, speak and chair public and private conferences and events and writes regularly for online and print cyber, internet, political and defence publications.

• Dr. Christopher Richardson

Dr. Christopher Richardson is Global Information Assurance & Cyber Security Practitioner, Head of the Bournemouth University's Cyber Security Unit (BUCSU) and is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Information Assurance in the SciTech Department of Computing and Informatics.

Dr. Richardson is an established entrepreneurial UK Cyber Security expert with a wide-ranging Research and Knowledge Exchange (KE) academic profile. Working with the United Nations, the UK Government, Law Enforcement agencies and the local communities he manages a portfolio of Bournemouth University's research and industry partnerships, capitalising on the ever-increasing cyber security marketplace.

• Daniel Wagner

Daniel Wagner is the founder and CEO of Country Risk Solutions and a widely published author in current affairs and risk management.
Prior to forming CRS he was Senior Vice President of Country Risk at GE Energy Financial Services. He began his career at AIG in New York and subsequently spent five years as Guarantee Officer for the Asia Region at the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in Washington, D.C. After then serving as Regional Manager for Political Risks for Southeast Asia and Greater China for AIG in Singapore, Daniel moved to Manila, where he had several roles at the Asian Development Bank’s Office of Co-financing Operations, including as senior guarantee officer.
He has published more than 600 articles on risk management and current affairs and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, South China Morning Post, and the Sunday Guardian, among many others. Daniel is also the author of four books: “Virtual Terror”, "Global Risk Agility and Decision Making", “Managing Country Risk”, and “Political Risk Insurance Guide”