Symposium on Security Risk, Cybercrime and Critical Infrastructure

01/09/2011 - 31/12/2012

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This symposium aims to bring together knowledge from many different domains in order to create knowledge exchange and collaborative infrastructures, which address the key risks that Scotland faces. The focus on this symposium is security risk, cybercrime and the protection of critical infrastructure, with a key focus on:

  • Collaborative networks within Scotland and links to the EU and the UK.
  • knowledge networks related to computer security, cybercrime and in risk analysis.
  • Security and Cybercrime risks of the Cloud.
  • Training requirements for Scotland related to Computer Security and Cybercrime.
  • Emergency response infrastructures, and risk within critical infrastructure.
  • Criminal risks and new attack vectors.
  • Risks to privacy and identity theft.
  • Intelligence-led activities.
Symposium on Security Risk, Cybercrime and Critical Infrastructure is a Research - Other Sources project funded by Scottish Enterprise. Carried out in collaboration with and others. For further information please refer to .
 
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Project Team

William Buchanan
Director of CDCS
w.buchanan@napier.ac.uk
+44 131 455 2759
Richard Macfarlane
Lecturer
r.macfarlane@napier.ac.uk
+44 131 455 2335

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