Speaker Biograghy: Having worked at Birmingham Airport for over 22 years, Joanne has seen many changes, both in her own role and the industry as a whole. Working as part of a small department means devising innovative solutions to deliver quality IS services to the organisation and other 3rd parties on-site. In her latest role working with the Head of IS, she determines the strategic direction of the IS Department. Her team supports the airport’s operational systems as well as managing the interface with the numerous 3rd party organisations. She also delivers the technical infrastructure across the multi-company site. With key responsibility for information security, she is currently leading a project looking at opportunities for improving cyber and information security, using the ISO 27001 framework as best practice. She represents the Airport at a number of industry led forums.


Day 2 - 11 March
Session: Technology, Systems Integration, IT & ICT

16:15 - 16:40 - Exploring an integrated cyber security solution
Synopsis: At any airport there are hundreds of key systems, with various levels of criticality. Working with third-party organisations, Birmingham Airport has identified the top 10 systems in operation and embarked on a project to investigate the potential cyber threats and security risks open to them. Many of these systems have numerous security and management layers, and the airport company has worked closely with several companies on-site to obtain a full overview of the systems identified. The presentation will concentrate on the work undertaken during the project, and will highlight the main experiences from one of the key systems monitored.

Audience will learn:

• The information security issues at Birmingham Airport
• Threats identified as key to their systems at present
• Main lessons that Birmingham Airport learned from the exercise
• Next steps for Birmingham Airport