Securing the Internet of Things: An Investor's View

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We have a really special event coming up next Wednesday, February 24th. Our friends at the office of UK Trade & Investment at The British Consulate in Cambridge are playing host to a panel discussion on investing in security for the Internet of Things.

This very special meeting is taking place at the British Consulate, One Broadway in Cambridge from 6:00 to 9:00 pm on Wednesday, February 24th. Food and beverages will be provided by the Consulate and by our good friends at CyberSN.

Our guests:

• Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO, CyberSN.com

• Eric Davis, Partner, Americas Growth Capital

• Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Accomplice

• Brad Gaynor, Founder and CEO, Lexumo

• Sean Kagan, Vice Consul, Information Communications Technology

• Moderator: Paul Roberts, Editor in Chief, The Security Ledger

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:30 Guests arrive & networking

6:30 - 6:50 Opening Remarks & the infosec job market: Deidre Diamond CyberSN

6:50 - 7:00 Short break

7:00 -8:00 (ish): Securing the Internet of Things: An Investor's View. Panel features:

• Eric Davis, Partner, Americas Growth Capital

• Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Accomplice

• Brad Gaynor, Founder and CEO, Lexumo

• Sean Kagan, Vice Consul, Information Communications Technology

• Moderator: Paul Roberts, Editor in Chief, The Security Ledger

8:00 - 8:10 Concluding remarks 8:10 - 8:45(ish) Networking, wrap up

Some thoughts: It goes without saying that the Internet of Things will transform the information security industry, just as it transforms industries from manufacturing to healthcare. Countless security firms (and fortunes) were built on the premise of securing PCs - fat, powerful (and power hungry), multi-purpose devices from a short list of threats: viruses, worms, hacking, denial of service attacks and so on.

But in the coming Internet of Things, endpoints will not look or act anything like the PCs of yore. Ubiquitous, geographically dispersed, low power, connected endpoints may well interact and communicate autonomously. The possibilities by which an attacker might move from any one, low value endpoint to other, sensitive IT assets will be impossible to enumerate. What will the information security solutions of the next ten- or 20 years look like? What new kinds of capabilities and technologies will be needed to tackle the security and privacy challenges of the Internet of Things?

Join us for a great discussion Wednesday evening! We look forward to seeing you there.

Paul