Experts from academia, government and industry came together in January 2014 to discuss the future of UK railway safety. The event was hosted by Coventry University’s KEEP SAFE project, which is taking a closer look at how the UK Rail sector uses data for design and operational safety.
The selective event brought together senior and technical safety engineers from Network Rail, Transport for London, London Underground, Yeltech Ltd., Office of Rail Regulation, Rail Safety and Standards Board, TRE Rail, and TIBCO.
Cyber terrorism, cyber attack, security breach; all phrases that have different meanings to different people.
For many business owners and managers, particularly those who hold a significant amount of commercial, personal and state sensitive information and those who play a critical role in any supply chain, getting to grips with the amount of information coming from the press, government, regulatory bodies and vendor sponsored publications can be an immense challenge.
Dr. Siraj Ahmed Shaikh is a Reader in Cyber Security in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University. He leads the Digital Security and Forensics (SaFe) Group. Siraj has been involved in researching large-scale distributed secure systems for over thirteen years.