24th March 2025
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms
20th & 21st October 2025
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre London Heathrow
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Mike Gillespie
CEO | Advent IM

“Unseen Threats and Unconscious Bias: How Red Teaming Reduces Risk & Cost in Security”

Learn how Red Teaming identifies unseen threats, mitigates security costs, and challenges unconscious biases in threat detection to allow organisations to anticipate attacks and improve their overall security resilience.

  • Introducing the Threat
  • What is Red Teaming
  • The danger of unconscious bias
  • The real cost of security failures
  • The benefits of independent testing

BIO

Mike is a senior security and data protection expert, serving as Senior VP Europe at CSIS, where he provides leadership on emerging threats. A Fellow of theChartered Institute of Information Security, he advises on organisational security risks and promoted global thought leadership. Mike has advised the IIRSMand the UK Government’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. He frequently speaks at industry events and contributes to media outlets likethe BBC and The Sunday Times. He also serves on the editorial board of Professional Security Magazine and is a regular industry speaker.

Professor Emmeline Taylor PhD
Professor of Criminology, City | University of London

“Retail Risks: Enhancing Visibility”

With chronic under reporting of retail crime clouding understanding, Emmeline explores the data and technologies that can be used to increase visibility on offenders and risks.

  • Data issues
  • Risk Modelling
  • Audio-visual technologies

BIO

Dr Emmeline Taylor is a Professor of Criminology with research expertise in business-related crime and security accumulated over the last 20 years. Herresearch focuses on business crime, including armed robbery, self-service checkout, violence towards shop workers, theft, new technologies, and the evaluation of law enforcement responses to crime in the retail sector. She has conducted many studies directly with offenders to learn from them how they perceive and exploit risk with a view to informing effective mitigation strategies. She has published six books including Armed Robbers (2022) and Surveillance Futures (2017). In the UK, she is Chair of the Business Reduction Partnerships (BCRP) National Standards Board, and works closely with government, the police, and industry to improve safety and security.