Next Meeting


Date & Time:


Thursday 8th December 2011 at 7.30am for breakfast, be on time please!


Venue:


Breakfast: Owen Glen Building, School of Business, 12 Grafton Rd, CBD, Auckland, Ground floor (or Level 1) "Excel Cafe"

Presentation: same building, "Dacima Glen Room", 3rd floor


Cost:


NZISF, NZSA and NZCS members - $30 
Students - $15.00
All others - $35.00
At the gate: Cash or cheques, no credit cards
Internet Banking: Lech Janczewski 02-0159-0235063-00 Ref: 14th July - please email Lech lech@auckland.ac.nz a note of your deposit


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ASB Bank

The University of Auckland - Business School

Lateral Security - Information security specialists 


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Topic:

F is for Fail - an A to Z of (in)security in 2011 

 

This talk takes an orderly stroll through the myriad of information security events thus far in 2011... it has been quite a year so far. Z is definitely not for Zzzzzzzzz in 2011... mind you, a few organisations have been caught sleeping on the job! including some NZ organisations! Surely some letter in the alphabet doesn't relate to a security incident in 2011? I wouldn't bet on it! Come and hear the alphabet like it's never been heard before. What has happened, who has it happened to, and most importantly: what lessons can we learn.

Are we more secure - A new top 10

Two common issues that organisations face in information security are a focus on the list of what is broken and the apparent complexity/expense in reducing the size of the list to one that is accceptable. Consequently we aren't more secure, we are just spending more to expose different vulnerabilities.
This top 10 attempts to communicate a pragmatic foundation for information security. It has no hardware costs and doesn't require the purchase of expensive ISO box sets. The list details what an organisation must do to identify a security "target", measure the gap between the target and current state and manage work effort to close the gap.


Presenter:

 


Dean Carter & Shahn Harris

Dean runs the Auckland office of Lateral Security. Dean has a background of over 15 years in IT - the majority spent in fnformation security working with financial services, telecommunications and media, and government. Prior to IT he spent 8 years in quality assurance. Security is one of the hardest quality problems we have yet to solve.

Shahn is a technical security analyst for the Auckland Council. Shahn has a 9 year background in IT - the majority spent in information security working in the telecommunications and the financial sector.

Simon Burson

Simon's passion for information security was unlocked more than a decade ago when the internet service provider he was working for was subjected to an attack. This focus has led to a variety of customer facing and internal security roles with consultancies, integrators, telecommunications providers and media organisations.
Simon actively participates in the security community, having contributed to NIST standards and the information security interest group forums.