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IoT Belfast 35: IoT Security & Trustworthiness

Privacy, identity and trusted connected systems were the focus for the September meetup at Digital Catapult, held as part of Belfast Tech Week. The talks covered privacy-enhancing technology, digital identity and trusted connections between devices and increasingly autonomous systems.

IoT Belfast 35 event graphic for IoT Security and Trustworthiness, with Digital Catapult and Belfast Tech Week partner marks.

About this event

Connected devices can move useful data across organisations, products and infrastructure, but the technical job is only half finished if nobody can explain who should trust the device, the data or the connection. Event 35 brought that question into the room through privacy-enhancing technology, digital identity and trusted networks.

Speakers and talks

Tim Wood
Digital Catapult
Privacy Enhancing Technologies for IoT

Technology Specialist in distributed systems with a background in cryptography and privacy-preserving digital identity standards.

Keerthi Thomas
Digital Catapult
Enabling Know Your Assets/Agents (KYA) in Trusted Networks

Senior Technologist specialising in digital identity, trust and decentralised systems, with work spanning industry and standards activity.

Seán Ó Fithcheallaigh
Pervasive Computing Research Centre (PCRC)
Building Trust at the Edge: Federated Learning in Resource Constrained Devices

PhD researcher working on federated learning for sensor networks and IoT devices, with research into IoT autonomics at BT Ireland Innovation Centre.

Community record

The organiser confirmed the 9:30 pm end time on 21 October 2026. The detailed agenda and Event Details in the IoT Belfast Meetup listing also show 9:30 pm, although its old summary header still displays 8:30 pm.

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