Infosecurity Europe is a truly international event with almost a third of companies exhibiting coming from overseas with many using it as the gateway into Europe – a large contingent of companies exhibited from North America, Asia, Africa, Russia, Israel, Australia and of course mainland Europe.  Infosecurity also saw great interest from overseas visitors with almost 900 attending from as far a field as North America, South America, Asia, Australasia, Africa and Europe.

The FREE education programme at Infosecurity Europe was more popular than ever, with standing room only in most of the presentations.   Every significant issue in information security was covered by over 100 speakers, who ranged from Lords and MPs to security experts and senior executives.   The speakers gave their insight and practical advice on how to tackle the hot issues and pain points facing organisations of every size from governments and large enterprises to SMEs.

"On January 2nd when I'm planning my year, the three days of Infosecurity Europe get blocked out", said Paul Simmonds, Global Information Security Director, ICI and Jericho Forum Board of Management.

The Lion’s Den at Infosecurity Europe was once again a huge success, with seven of the most exciting vendors pitching products to a panel of leading buyers and experts in the Information Security Industry. The Lion’s Panel chaired by Colonel John Doody also included Ray Stanton, Paul Simmonds, Colin Clark, John FitzGerald and Tony Lock; widely recognized as some of the best judges of security products in the world, and a tough panel to impress.  Secerno won as the panel felt that Secerno.SQL really had a compulsive offering that will provide clear and significant security benefits for the protection of data. 

“Infosecurity Europe has a real buzz about it, you could feel the energy and enthusiasm in the air, and you only get this atmosphere at a successful event in a buoyant market with visitors coming to the show to do business.” Sam Jeffers,  Infosecurity Europe’s Event Manager said, “Each year the show surprises even us as organisers, it is a reflection of the needs of organisations to secure their business and reputations and the ability of the exhibitors here to provide the very best technology and services to meet the challenge.  The threats that organisations have to face are very real as recent events such as the TK Maxx security breach have shown, but the Information security industry has the ability to meet these threats and Infosecurity Europe is the place where security professionals can seek out all the latest best of breed technology and services to help them.  Once again the education programme was hugely popular, with a line up of security experts to rival any other event in the world.  We are also delighted with the mutually beneficial effect of the Jericho Forum running their Spring Conference on ‘Delivering the De-perimeterised Future’ alongside Infosecurity Europe.  The quality of visitors to Infosecurity Europe was truly exceptional this year with CIOs of high street banks attending and the exhibitor’s delight is reflected in 80% of the space for 2008 already being booked!”

The feeling of success reverberated around the walls of the Grand Hall Olympia with many exhibitors expressing their delight as their testimonials show:

Neil Hammerton, CEO, Email Systems commented, “Infosecurity Europe 2007 delivered a fantastic mix of end user and reseller opportunities and was consequently our best show in the past four years. The event was busy throughout the three days, ensuring that our stand received a steady stream of traffic for the duration of the show. Once again our promotional activity proved to be great value with Email Systems branded bags ubiquitous both inside and outside the venue. We have already booked ahead for 2008.”

Phil Higgins, CEO, Brookcourt Solutions commented, “Our sponsorship of the Education Programme at Infosecurity Europe really raised our profile at the show, we had a large numbers of CIOs visit our stand, including the CIOs from three of the UKs largest banks that simply does not happen at other shows."

Tim Hogarth, Marketing Manager, Clearswift

“10 fold more leads in the defence sector by Wednesday lunchtime compared with last year.  I’ve had to phone the warehouse for more brochures as we keep running out!”

Tim Warner, UK Country Manager, Finjan

"The show has been a fantastic success for us, the Malware Museum proved popular with senior executives, security experts and the press, and we have already booked a stand that is three times bigger for Infosecurity Europe 2008".

Richard Hales, Country Manager, F-Secure

“Quality of leads have been the best ever.”

Peter Crowcombe, Director of Enterprise Marketing, EMEA, Juniper

“Infosecurity Europe is a key event in Juniper Networks’ calendar. It provides us with a great opportunity to identify well qualified new business, as well as meet with existing customers and partners, all under one roof”

Andrew Clarke, Senior VP International, Patchlink

“Infosecurity Europe delivered high quality visitors who are seriously looking at implementing security solutions. This is the key show for us to be exhibiting at within Europe.”

Jamie Cowper, Director of Markting, PGP GB Ltd

“Highest quality of visitors we’ve ever seen.”

Marie Thornton, Marketing Director, SafeNet

“"This is the definitive trade show for SafeNet in EMEA.  The quality of attendees was excellent."

Emma Dunstone, Marketing Director, Secerno

"Wow. Only Secerno’s second Infosecurity show, but the level of interest in database security and the quality of those visiting our stand was phenomenal – thank you.  We were also lucky enough to get to enter – and win – the Lion’s Den, where we were pitted against several other vendors in front of some of the most prominent ‘lions’ in the security industry."

Carole Theriault, Senior Security Consultant, SOPHOS

“This Infosecurity Europe show has been the best yet for Sophos.  Not only was it a great platform for us to introduce our NAC product, it has also proved to be a lot of fun- high energy is key!”

Mike Davis, Marketing Director EMEA, Verisign

“Volume seemed higher this year, and as always a great forum to meet up with potential and easy customers as well as the press and analyst community”

Frank Coggrave, Western European Regional Director, Websense.

“Information leak prevention is at the forefront of security professional's minds, so Infosecurity Europe was the perfect place to showcase the Websense solution.  Anyone serious about security attends this event and that is reflected in the quality and quantity of leads.”

About Infosecurity Europe 2008

Infosecurity Europe is the number one event dedicated to information security.  With over 300 exhibitors, the event is the most comprehensive showcase for the most diverse range of new and innovative products and services from the world's top information security experts and vendors.  The event enables security professionals and business managers to establish a commercial justification for information security, refine their security policies and select the most appropriate solutions to support their security strategy in order to safeguard their company's reputation and assets.  Over 12,000 visitors are expected to attend this year's event with many travelling from overseas to participate in the FREE education programme that addresses both strategic and technical issues drawing on the skills and experience of senior end users, technical experts and real world case studies.  Infosecurity Europe takes place at the Grand Hall, Olympia, London from 22nd to 24th April 2008 www.infosec.co.uk.

To register to exhibit or for more information please visit www.infosec.co.uk