RITICS

Resilient and Renewable Society Summit
2024-09-23 09:00 - 2024-09-24 17:00 UTC | City And Guilds Building, Lecture Theatre 200, City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2BX
The Resilient and Renewable Society Summit brings together participants from various sectors including government, academia, practitioners, public interest, and industry organizations. Together, we aim to explore state-of-the-art strategies, tools, and policies for enhancing societal resilience against various ever-growing challenges, spanning social, environmental, physical, and cyber domains. In today’s world, characterized by the complex nature of our societies and their global interlinkages, the need to bring people together to address these problems is more important than ever. The conference themes focus on ensuring that our critical infrastructure is resilient to black sky hazards, alongside broader discussions on policy, education, and collaborative efforts essential to societal resilience—from individual levels to global scales.
Ticket prices vary and can be purchased on the summit website: https://eiscouncil.org/london-2024/

RITICS Fest
2024-09-12 - 2024-09-13 | London
The Research Institute in Trustworthy Inter-Connected Cyber-Physical Systems (RITICS) is thrilled to announce the launch of an annual workshop series. This event offers a unique platform to showcase and discuss the latest advancements in the security of Industrial Control and Cyber-Physical Systems across the UK.
Highlights
We have an exciting line-up of speakers from esteemed organizations such as the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, and Siemens to name a few . This packed two-day event is structured to cater to a diverse audience and provides something for everyone:

Day 1 – THURSDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Explore the latest developments, tools, and challenges that today’s industry is facing. This day will provide insights into real-world applications and innovative solutions from leading experts.
Day 2 – FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Engage with pioneering research and explore the challenges faced by the academic community. This day will highlight cutting-edge studies and encourage discussions on emerging trends and theoretical advancements.

Networking and Collaboration Opportunities
This workshop provides a valuable opportunity for networking, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas between government representatives, industry professionals, and academic researchers. Whether you’re looking to connect with fellow experts, learn from industry leaders, or gain insights into academic research, this event is designed to foster meaningful dialogue and partnerships.
Join us for two days of insightful discussions, innovative presentations, and opportunities to engage with key stakeholders in the field of Cyber-Physical Systems security.

AI at the heart of Trustworthy Control: New Opportunities and Threats in Industrial Control and Cyber-Physical Systems
2024-06-26 10:00 - 16:30
Whether we like it or not, AI will be deeply embedded in cyber-physical systems from the smallest on-chip components to decision making across systems of systems and interactions with users. AI will also be used through the whole life of systems, to assist in their design, operation, and decommissioning. But how? Beyond the hype, what are AI’s most promising emerging uses? And what are the obstacles to its adoption? What are the risks associated with such pervasive AI use? Questions have been raised at the intersection of AI and safety, and AI components have proven to be vulnerable to adversarial attacks. AI can also underpin developments in both offensive and defensive capabilities. Which one will see the highest impact? This event aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on AI in industrial control and cyber-physical systems to discuss the emergent landscape, its associated risks and opportunities, and to identify research, adoption and policy challenges that must be prioritised, to ensure cyber-physical systems remain safe, robust and resilient, whilst maximising the advantages conferred by AI use.

The event will focus on the interactions between AI components and the control loops present in industrial control systems (ICS) and cyber-physical systems (CPS), whether at the level of a single device such as a robot, at the level of local control such as a building management system or a micro-grid operating in islanded mode or in large-scale systems such as critical national infrastructures. The programme of the event will include invited presentations from industry and academia, discussions sessions and a closing panel.

What’s next for Digital Twins and Modelling in the context of CNI Security?
2024-02-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Scale Space, 58 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RZ

RITICS Showcase
2024-02-01 09:00 - 17:00 | London
Join us for an exciting in-person event, the RITICS Showcase 2024, held at the Scale Space White City. Discover the latest advancements in technology, innovation, and cybersecurity. Engage with industry leaders, experts, and fellow enthusiasts in a vibrant atmosphere. Immerse yourself in thought-provoking discussions, and inspiring presentations. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired by the cutting-edge solutions shaping our digital future.
The showcase will feature the fellowships and projects that are associated with the Research Institute in Trustworthy Inter-connected Cyber-Physical System, these projects have been funded by NCSC, EPSRC and DSTL.

Addressing the Economics of CNI Security in Railways
2024-01-16 09:15 - 16:30 | Swansea University Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Skewen, SA1 8EN
Securing critical national infrastructure (CNI) has to factor in the economic principles that govern the dynamics and relationships of the various stakeholders involved in terms of technology adoption and, behaviour and culture. The decisions of operators, suppliers and regulators affect key measures of risks, incidents and disruptions are also important. Equally relevant is the impact of digital and physical lock-ins, externalities and asymmetries.
This event seeks to uncover some of the research themes underlying CNI security in railways. A selection of speakers will share insights from their understanding and experience to provide a context to the wider discussions. The event will be an opportunity to develop a research agenda and explore opportunities as to how some of the relevant challenges can be addressed.
Securing critical national infrastructure (CNI) has to factor in the economic principles that govern the dynamics and relationships of the various stakeholders involved in terms of technology adoption and, behaviour and culture. The decisions of operators, suppliers and regulators affect key measures of risks, incidents and disruptions are also important. Equally relevant is the impact of digital and physical lock-ins, externalities and asymmetries.
This event seeks to uncover some of the research themes underlying CNI security in railways. A selection of speakers will share insights from their understanding and experience to provide a context to the wider discussions. The event will be an opportunity to develop a research agenda and explore opportunities as to how some of the relevant challenges can be addressed.
We will observe Chatham House rules to encourage openness of discussion.

Cyber Physical Security of The Maritime Operation
2023-10-26 10:00 - 16:00 | University of Greenwich, Hamilton House, 15 Park Vista, SE10 9LZ
Operations at sea and in ports provide a number of highly unique challenges for those companies and organisations engaged in them. Finding and creating ways to perform tasks in remote locations, provide long distance communications, and track large quantities of goods is imperative to success. The maritime sector relies on a wide range of systems and technologies to underpin this, where cyber-security is imperative for their trusted operation. This workshop seeks to bring together expert research in the field of maritime cyber-security and applicable technologies to discuss the state of the art, existing and forthcoming challenges and novel techniques for maritime security.

Cybersecurity in the Lifecycle of Orbital Systems
2023-07-06 10:00 - 18:30 | Scale Space, 58 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RZ
Cyber-Physical systems in remote locations provide a multitude of challenges for the maintenance of operation and security. No such systems better represent the challenges as those that are in space, where post deployment the potential for interaction is limited. This workshop seeks to highlight the wide array of design and operation topics that are required to secure an orbital system across the whole life of the device. Through insights from leading figures in the field of security and orbital engineering, this event looks to give a breadth of challenges that the industry faces and through community input begin to discuss the approaches that can begin to address them.
