The new ‘research roadmap’ has been developed by leading international cyber security researchers along with industry and government experts, who gathered for the second World Cyber Security Summit at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s in March.
More than 80 invited participants from around the world attended the event. They included Professor Bernard Silverman, chief scientific advisor at the UK Home Office; Dr Douglas Maughan, cyber security division director of US Homeland Security; Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Labs; Barbara Fraser, director of innovation, connected energy networks at Cisco; and Raj Samani, CTO, EMEA, McAfee.
Now available online, the summit report contains strategic recommendations under four main research themes said to be critical to the continuing creation of cyber security defences.
CSIT principal Investigator, Professor John McCanny, said: “The success of the inaugural 2011 World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit is reflected in the fact that even more of the biggest names in global cyber security attended this year’s event.
“The annual summit is unique in that it brings together cyber security experts, researchers and government policy makers from around the world for two days to identify, map out and ultimately combat the biggest threats to online security.
“Ultimately our objective is to help make the Internet of Tomorrow a safe and secure platform which is vital for global economic growth and societal development.”