The 2010 e-Crime Wales Summit took place at Celtic Manor Resort, Newport on Thursday 15th July. e-Crime continues to cost the UK economy billions of pounds each year through many different threats; information theft, sabotage, theft of financial information and disruption to business.

Our thanks go out to the sponsors of the Summit for supporting the event and making the 2010 Summit the biggest and best yet. Click here for a list of our sponsors.

Nearly 500 delegates who attended the 2010 Summit:

• Learnt what the latest threats are and what preventative measures to take to reduce the risks from industry experts.
• Shared experiences with other businesses facing similar situations to them.
• Found out what products and solutions are available on the market to combat e-Crime.
• Met their local e-Crime Business Liaison Officer.
• Took home user friendly guides giving simple solutions to reduce risks
• Ensured they weren't amongst the 25% of Welsh businesses who become victims of e-Crime every year who suffer serious financial losses, data losses, intellectual property theft disruption and damage to their reputation.
  
  Themes that were discussed at this year’s event included:
• Current and future threats and how you can protect yourself and your business from them.
• How to behave safely on the Internet whilst using websites.
• Cloud computing threats, risks, and considerations.
• What some of the major IT industry players are doing to protect you.

The exhibition area at the e-Crime Wales Summit continues to grow each year and at this year’s Summit 40 exhibitors from a wide range of sectors including the IT security industry, legal services and Internet Service Providers were in attendance. Click here for a list of the exhibitors.