2024-08-30 –, Track 2
You've seen the numbers thrown around. '80% of incidents affect small businesses', '£72k average salary in cyber security', and so on. Many of us have a hunch these are wrong, or made up on the spot. Calling them out requires research and understanding stats, so this talk provides the tools needed.
You've seen the numbers thrown around. '80% of incidents affect small businesses', '£72k average salary in cyber security', and so on.
Many of us instinctively feel these are wrong, or sometimes made up on the spot. Often they're even quoted in good faith, but from mis-remembered (or even completely false) studies and missing essential context.
We'll look at the basics of statistics, how to get a feel for marketing numbers being misused, and how to find information to verify (or more usually challenge) the nonsense that gets thrown around in the name of FUD.
James Bore has a varied and eclectic background in IT security, with expertise covering a range of industry sectors, organisations and IT disciplines. However, his main passion and focus is on the promotion and improvement of security.
When he is not researching security or preaching the virtues of security best practices, he can be found breaching security with his fascination with locks, keeping bees, running obstacle races and drinking copious amounts of coffee.
For those with the interest and ability to sit still for long enough he is a regular speaker on the topic of cyber and security in general. From crowded lecture theatres to wine bars and coffee shops he has done his bit to promote the importance of security and plans to continue doing this into the future.
He has an ability to explain complex technical issues in a way appropriate to the audience making it engaging and straightforward. He is always looking for new opportunities to educate further on this topic.