Business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery-briefing-130415-1In the wake of the well-publicised cyber attacks on Sony Entertainment and TV5 Monde – together with a range of other less-discussed attacks – that have seriously impact broadcasters’ operations, AIB is working on high-level meetings for its Members to share knowledge and to discuss possible solutions to this major threat.

“Broadcasters are natural targets for hackers and others who seek either to disrupt programming and social media, or to hijack the airwaves to distribute propaganda,” said Simon Spanswick, chief executive of the Association for International Broadcasting. “We have received an unprecedented response to our proposal for discussions on this subject and we’re now developing an initial one-day knowledge-sharing meeting for AIB Members and a number of specially-invited experts.”

The inaugural AIB meeting on cyber security and disaster recovery will take place towards on 6 October 2015 in London, co-hosted by Deloitte. The high-level, invitation-only meeting will be strictly confidential to allow sharing of knowledge among AIB Members and to help focus the minds of board-level executives including CEOs and CTOs. A range of experts from a number of key organisations involved in protecting critical national infrastructure assets will share their knowledge as AIB leads the conversation to ensure the security of its Members.

For more information about this initiative, please contact us.