Secur-a-Topia; “The last train to Data-topia – A Crowd Sourced Analysis”

1. Richard Corbridge: Chief Information Officer
richard.corbridge@nihr.ac.uk
@R1chardatron
www.richardcorbridge.com
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“The last train to Data-topia – A Crowd
Sourced Analysis”
Secur-a-Topia

2. The idea works…
Crowd Sourced Stories
Two great stories to tell…
- Crowd sourced stories of
InfoSec
- Crowd sourced futures of
Business Intelligence and
detailed analysis

3. Educate
Start
Simply
‘understanding’
what it means to
have InfoSec in
2031!
Awareness of the
impact of the story.
Compile
Crowd sourced
production of
stories from as
many business
verticals as
possible.
Imagination,
analogy and reality
driven.
Believe
Peer review to
ensure inherent
‘believability’ of the
story.
Don’t let it be from
a galaxy far far
away!
Analysis
Drive outcome
based analysis to
understand
predictive trends
based on expert
opinion.
Further develop
systems to enable
sharing of
information to
deliver insight.
Market
Re-Use as a
product of UK ISF
or wider.
The analysis could
be seen as a
predictive tool from
the experts in the
field, the stories
could be used to
engage teams at
various levels.
Utilise
Keep going
Possibility to re-
fresh, link to formal
research
organisations and
publish.
Horizon scanning
for the next
opportunity..
Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 NextStart
Last Train to Secur-a-topia
Leaving Now!

4. How to make it happen
Crowd sourced rules
The objective of the project is to create a futuristic set of scenarios to
describe the role of information security in society, in business and in our
personal lives 17 years from now….
Far enough out to not be held back by today’s reality, but not as far out to
call it Star Trek.
What will that future look like? Utopian? Dystopian? Business as usual? You
tell us!
Rules:
• Tell everyone, spread the word, build the numbers
• In English
• Set 17 years from now, 2031
• 750 words limit
Also, take a position! Indicate what you believe are the consequences of the
future you describe, and whether you feel this is desirable or not….

5. Global Analysis
Crowd Sourced Stories

6. What Position?
Scary line Vs Utopia