Vienna Cyber Security Week 2019

Building on past success, this third Vienna Cyber Security Week brings together national and international stakeholders in critical infrastructure and in cyber security for conducting information exchange, confidence building, and enhancing awareness of the risks and state of practice for digital system protection. The conference has four thematic thrusts:

• Diplomacy – exploring international and cross border issues for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and cyber security
• Technology – discussing the growth of the digital world and implementation of digital systems and their protection
• Business – examining business risks, solutions, and opportunities in the digital world
• Science – presenting the current R&D in digital system security

Consisting of multiple tracks over the course of five days, the conference seeks to enhance understanding of current approaches for cyber security worldwide, identify trends, and to provide a global forum for discussion. Special Tracks already identified include:

• Energy Security - protecting the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at affordable costs
• Finance Industry 5.0 – addressing challenges for critical market infrastructure
• Cyber Challenges and Resilience in Transportation – prevention and mitigation of cyber impact on rail, shipping, and other transport modes.
• Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Incident Response - establishing required capability, capacity, process, and resilience in combating cyber attack
• Smart City and Smart Protection - enhancing security for the internet of everything
• Combatting Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber-Crime – developing strategies and programmes to counter malicious use of digital technologies
• Women’s Cyber Forum - promoting fair and equal involvement, capacity development and opportunity building

Topics of Interest

Include, but are not limited to:

• Threats to Critical Energy Infrastructure
• Combatting Cybercrime and Terrorism against Critical Energy Infrastructure
• National and Regional Strategies for Energy/Cyber Security
• International Instruments and Legal Considerations for Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Cyber Attack
• Designing for Secure Digital Systems
• Critical Infrastructure Interdependency
• Enhancing Preparedness and Response to Critical Infrastructure Security Incidents
• Regulatory Approaches to Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure
• Securing Smart Cities
• Cyber Security Management at Critical Facilities
• Security Culture and Human Resource Development
• Emerging Cyber Security Technologies