“The Egg”, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University

Inform, Debate and Listen (and Engage!): Conference on Big Data, Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure

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We used to have great conferences that discussed key topics, but COVID came along, and everything went into lockdown. I remember sitting in a Blockchain event in March 2020, and there were some signs that are world was going to pause — and the week after, we went into a complete lockdown. And, so, it is taking us a while to get things back to normality, but yesterday, we ran our Big Data and Cybersecurity conference. Before lockdown, it was a highly successful event, so it was all about getting back to normality and providing opportunities to inform, debate and listen.

And, so, to beautiful Edinburgh skies, and a great lecture theatre, we were back:

and, there aren’t many nicer views from a lecture theatre than this (with Edinburgh Castle as a backdrop in the distance):

The host and organiser was Basil (Vassilios) Manoussos, and who had put together an event that allowed…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.