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Intro to the security underpinnings of the web: putting the “s” into https

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About This Event

The workshop on 17 December 2026 at The Hive in Worcester will cover the security foundations of the web, focusing on HTTPS. It will discuss 20 years of protection, emerging threats, and how businesses can prepare for future challenges. Attendance is free.

Internet security explained: foundations, 20 years of protection, emerging threats, and how businesses can prepare for the future.

What will this presentation cover?

● A high-level overview of the foundational mechanisms of security on the Internet aimed to be understandable to a broad audience.

● How these systems have been underpinning the security of the internet for the last 20 years.

● Potential future threats to this security model and what businesses can do now to mitigate them pre-emptively.

AGENDA:

18:30 - Refreshments and networking.

19:00 - Presentation – Ryan Lee.

20:15 - Q&A.

21:00 - Close.

SPEAKER: Ryan Lee, Community manager and Principal Software at Bluetel Solutions

Who is this event aimed at?

BCS members, University, college, and school students, local businesspeople and the general public with an interest in Security, cryptography and generally how the internet works.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Ryan Lee is a community focused software engineer working at bluetel. He currently helps organise codebar Birmingham and the cloud native computing foundation Birmingham and Tech Mids. He has given talks on a wide range of topics from local user groups to international conferences on a wide range of Business and technology topics.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

The British Computer Society (Hereford & Worcester Branch) in collaboration with BIPC Worcestershire.

Links:

https://www.bcs.org (https://www.bcs.org)

Start or grow a business | Worcestershire County Council (https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services/worcestershire-libraries/start-or-grow-business)

https://www.bluetel.co.uk/

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Intro to the security underpinnings of the web: putting the “s” into https takes place on Thursday, 17 December 2026 at 18:30.

Intro to the security underpinnings of the web: putting the “s” into https is held at The Hive in Worcester (The Butts, Worcester, WR1 3PD).

Entry to Intro to the security underpinnings of the web: putting the “s” into https is free.

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