Infosecurity Europe 2006 is just around the corner. Taking place at the Olympia in London 25-27 April 2006, it is the most important gathering of security professionals in Europe.

At the press conference in London earlier this week, we were introduced to last year’s statistics as well as information about the 2006 conference with many presentations.

Last year’s conference was a big success, 10,874 people visited the show (audited number) and this year even more visitors are expected due to the fact that for the first time there are more than 300 exhibitors. If the show continues to grow like this every year, it will eventually have to switch venues since the Olympia in London can only offer so much.

What’s new in 2006

The themes announced for this year's show are the ones you have been reading about in the news for the most part in the past few months: e-crime, identity theft, phishing, spyware, intrusion detection and prevention, wireless security, remote working, VoIP security, risk management and outsourcing.

Infosecurity Europe wants to enable companies to work together and they have a strong emphasis on B2B at the show. Exhibitors can use the “Channel Zone” section of the Infosecurity website to look for companies that are interesting in finding channel partners and can schedule meeting before the show in order to maximize the time at the show.


One of the news this year is the Microsoft Academy and Hands-On Lab that will enable visitors to try out various Microsoft technologies and learn something new. This comes as no surprise since Microsoft has been constantly slammed over the vulnerabilities in their products during the past year and they have to show that they take security seriously now more than ever.

The show will feature a myriad of excellent technical and business seminars. Titles like “Anatomy of a database attack” and “Exploring the Next Level of Cyber Attacks: Methodologies and Demonstrations of Web Application Hacks” are certainly to have people standing outside the hall because of the huge interest.

Once again Infosecurity proved itself as a strong brand. With 10 popular conferences around the world in 2005, they just announced an addition to their portfolio with Infosecurity India 2006, taking place in Bangalore in September. This is no surprise. It was only a matter of time before the outsourcing phenomenon makes India an interesting ground for a security show of Infosecurity's size.

As always, Help Net Security is attending this year’s show so if you’re you interested in meeting with us do contact me.

The presentations