This is the second meeting of the Defence SIG, which continues to address the needs of the secure, resilient and reliable communicators in the security and defence sectors. Communications are essential in the wake of an attack, disaster or significant incident, yet resiliency is something not often considered by organisations. The event will discuss what does communications resilience include, how can it be built into security and defence specific communications systems and how can it be added to existing and planned commercial communications systems. The discussions will also look at how an organisation can trade off costs against risks to determine an appropriate level of resilience, and how this balance is made in defence networks compared with purely commercial networks.
Bob Tonkins, Security and Defence Consultant at Plextek and keynote speaker at the event said, “We know that the various utility networks including gas, electricity, fixed and cellular communications cannot afford to maintain any excess capacity, but what does this mean for the ability to recover readily from change, accident or attack? Plextek is an expert in a wide range of wireless and wired communications and continues to play a key role in the meetings and discussions of the Defence SIG. Disaster planning is something all organisations need to consider and this event looks set to pose some very interesting questions.”
During the full-day event, industry experts as well as representatives from the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat will be examining these questions.