Talking to lawyers. For fun :-)

An interesting week.

I was fortunate enough to be invited along to present at the Society for Computers and Law conference on Information Governance which was held last Tuesday. I was part of a panel session discussing the current increased focus on data security - initial indications are that the session was well received. I think it's important that we security types occasionally step outside of our usual haunts and talk to those in related fields.

For example, Lorna Brazell's presentation on how Identity is defined within law was particularly enlightening. I think security professionals tend to view the law as something relatively fixed rather than something that is also evolving and finding its place in the modern information society. The final presentation of the day on the legal requirements related to cloud computing seemed a good example of where lawyers and security professionals could work together to the benefit of both parties. Overall, a good event and one I'm glad I attended - and not only because of the bottle of bubbly generously donated by the SCL to each of the speakers :-)