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Monday
Dominic Fortescue, Government Chief Speaker from the Centre of Protection of
Security Officer National Infrastructure
To start our Virtual Conference Week Rick and Sarah were Following on from the morning session on Monday, we were
joined by Dominic Fortesque, the Government Chief Security then joined by an expert speaker from the Centre of Protection
Officer. Dominic presented on ‘Science in Security in of National Infrastructure (CPNI). Speaking on the topic of
Government’, which helped excellently set the tone for the physical security engineering, with a particular focus on the
week. Dominic explored how the national security imperatives deliberate design of security systems to prevent terror attacks.
have evolved from solely preventing to threats in the physical Issues that lead to sub-optimal protection, as well as steps that
domain to now also working against threats in the cyber can be implemented to improve organisational resilience that
domain, and how science continues to be at the heart of these ensure desired outcomes were all outlined. The presentation
efforts from Bletchly Park through to the present day. As part also provided an introduction to CPNI and their critical role,
of the presentation, Dominic outlined several examples of with their focus on national security threats.
how security has been embedded into the UK Government’s
response to COVID-19, but also how the current threats faced Tuesday
have evolved as a result of the pandemic. Eng. Arif Al Janhai CSyP, Security Industry
Regulatory Agency
Dominic was clear on how the ways that the UK Government Tuesday morning we were joined by our first International
continues to stay ahead of the emerging scientific and speaker of the week, with Eng. Arif Al Janhai CSyP from the
technological threats being posed by adversaries, such as Deep Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) in Dubai presenting
Fakes, the growth of quantum computing and the surge in on Thermal Camera Screening. This session was part of an on-
AI, as well as leading the way with scientific and technological going collaboration series that the Security Institute is hosting
solutions. in partnership with SIRA, with a new webinar being held once
a month.
Concluding his presentation, Dominic stressed the critical role
that ‘people’ play within security alongside science in creating During his presentation Arif reflected on the use of Thermal
effective security. This signalled back to the discussion that Covid Screening as a COVID-19 mitigation measure, particularly
Dominic had earlier in the presentation that outlined the how devices can be affected by the heat conditions experienced
Government’s focus and on-going commitment to the skills within Middle Eastern countries.
development of security professionals.

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