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SECONOMICS Summit - mitigation of security threats in infraestructures and sustainability of security

SECONOMICS Summit - mitigation of security threats in infraestructures and sustainability of security - 5th November, 2014 - Brussels

5 November 2014 - 5 November 2014
Belgium
In security, delayed or wrong decisions can have serious consequences and lead to critical disruptions in services and infrastructures. SECONOMICS is a EU funded projects which deals with issues like the mitigation of potential security threats and also the sustainability of security . During the SECONOMICS Summit, that will be held on 5th November, 2014, stakeholders will have an opportunity to voice their perspectives and opinions on the future deployment of this security action.

Speakers from the European Commission - DG Connect Trust and Security and DG Move Aviation Security - Organisations as Eurocontrol, IATA, UITP Security Commission, ENTSO-E Cyber Group or CPNI, as well as public authorities representatives will participate on the SECONOMICS Summit.

During the event, three case studies will be presented and discussed:

Anadolu’s Airport Infrastructures (Turkey): Airports are open, complex and tightly coupled systems where crisis events affecting one department will likely cause a domino effect, within the organization and on the nearby infrastructures. SECONOMICS is investigating airport security aiming at cost effective and satisfactory crisis decision making and security policy and management all over Europe.
National Grid (UK): Electricity Transmission Grid owns and operates the electricity transmission grid in the UK which is considered a critical infrastructure of the country. Incentivising critical infrastructure operators to be cyber secure is crucial and SECONOMICS is investigating which regulatory frameworks would work best for this type of infrastructure.
Barcelona urban public transport (Spain): Any news appeared in mass media about any incident on the public transport impacts directly to the citizens’ perception of security in the city. Based on this use case, SECONOMICS works in the development of adequate standards and procedures for the harmonised implementation of solutions that will be valid at European level.

The SECONOMICS Summit will take place in EU Commission Covent Garden, Place Rogier 16, Brussels. More information and the agenda of the event and registration form can be found at the SECONOMICS website http://seconomicsproject.eu/summit(opens in new window) . Registration is free of charge.
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