Events

St. Martins Institute will be holding a meeting in regards to their MSc Information Security programme on Friday 18th June.

This meeting will be addressed by Dr Colin Walter, Course Director at the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway of the University of London.

Date: 18th June 2010
Time: 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Venue: St Martin’s Institute of IT room 227

Should you wish to attend, please send an email to abianchi at stmartins.edu.mt to reserve a seat.

Posted by Donald Tabone

ICT Solutions is organising a morning seminar with HP to present HP's Business Critical Infrastructure.

The seminar is aimed at IT and business executives with an interest in business continuity. Registration is free and may be completed using the registration form below.

Date: 23 June 2010
Time: 08:30 - 13:00
Venue: Westin Dragonara Resort, St. Julian's
Topics: An Introduction to HP Converged Infrastructure, Enterprise Solutions for your Mission Critical Business Environment, How to handle the Data Explosion- HP Storage Strategies, HP Business Networking Solutions.

More information can be found here.

Posted by Donald Tabone

Conference Reminder: 21st May 2010.
If you have not yet registered and plan to attend, make sure you log on http://www.itgovernancemalta.com/index.php/book-here to reserve a seat.

Educational Event

Tuesday 25th May 2010 from 17:15 to 19:15 at the Radissson Blu Resort, St. Julians

Book Here

The concept of continuous auditing has been around for many years. It has been talked about, researched and theorised. Many organisations have made significant investments of time and money, yet for most organisations it is nothing more than an unrealised dream. As a matter of fact, one organisation's version of continuous auditing may differ dramatically from another organisation's implementation. This event will look at the reasons for this. It will look at how organisations and auditors can breach the gap and turn the concept into reality.

The educational event will also provide an understanding of the concepts and strategies required for continous auditing. During this session you will discover the benefits to be gained from continuous auditing and the practicalities of implementing it in your own organisation.

Speaker Profile

Derek J. Oliver is an Information Audit & Security specialist with over 27 years experience and is qualified as a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) and a BCS Chartered IT Professional (CITP). His background in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is represented by Fellowship of the Institute of IT Service Management (FISM) and he has been recognized as a Member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (MInstISP). In 1996, he was admitted a Freeman of the City of London and he is a CHIP registered Health Informatics Practitioner at Level 3 (highest).

Following a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Information Technology, awarded for his work on disaster recovery and business continuity planning, he received a Doctorate (PhD) for research into the various elements of executive policies contributing to information security management. He has since been awarded an Honorary DBA by Belford University in recognition of his work in the development of the CISM designation. He is internationally regarded as an expert in Information Security Governance, especially using CobiT, ITIL and ISO27001 and is a regular presenter at many international conferences and training courses on a variety of security, fraud and audit topics.

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER members attend for free to this educational event.

Reduced Fee: €15* *Members of Malta Institute of Accountants, Malta Institute of Management, IEEE, and British Computer Society are eligible for the reduced fee.
Others €20

Posted by Donald Tabone

Computime Ltd would like to invite you to a half-day specialized security seminar which is being held at the San Gorg Corinthia in St George’s Bay on Wednesday 14th April.

The seminar is aimed to help you:

1) Automate and Patrol Your Organisation’s Security Learn about the latest solutions in Security and Event Management from LogRhythm, a company which provides enterprise-class Log Management and SIEM 2.0 solutions that empower organizations to comply with regulations, secure their networks, optimize IT operations and gain visibility over all their security activity.

2) Fast track to PCI Compliance All malicious activity that can result in compromise of core enterprise assets such as intellectual property, know-how, trade secrets, and customer data, must be stopped regardless of the perpetrator's location. Packet GENERAL Networks will tackle issues of data security — protection of proprietary and sensitive corporate information assets from unauthorized/illegal access or use, disclosure, modification, and/or destruction, as well as PCI Compliance solutions.

Join us to learn more about Computime’s solutions in IT security, especially in view of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) Compliance. Our key speakers are industry experts who will help you better understand the security threats your organization may be facing, how to interpret log information in order to be able to assess the security levels of your system, and how to ensure PCI compliance in accordance to current law requirements.

More details on the specific LinkedIn page

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The next educational event organised by the ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be held on the 23rd March between 18:00 and 20:00. The topic to be tackled during this event is "The Economics of the Green Agenda in Information Technology”. The event will be held at the Radisson Blu Resort in St. Julians.

The event is eligible for CISA/CISM CPE Hours. We are awaiting approval for MIA CPE hours.

Book your attendance to this event on www.isaca-malta.org.

The speaker of this event is Mr. Anton Cristina – General Manager, at Computer Solutions Malta

Anton joined Computer Solutions in Q3 2008. He comes with a wealth of experience within the IT Industry gained overseas. Before re-locating to Malta, Anton worked with big blue IBM Ireland. He worked with IBM Global Services consulting customers on E-business Hosting, Business Continuity & Recovery Services, Organizational Strategy & Change. Anton has cross Industry experience and went on to running the SMB Territory in Ireland and drove IBM’s Systems integrator capabilities in the Irish Market.

For this event, Anton will identify and discuss the relevant issues of The Green Agenda and the economic and other benefits that technology brings to the table through consolidation, cloud computing and virtualization. He will discuss how these issues are shaping business strategies in today’s economic climate. In addition Anton will touch on the challenges C-level Executives face as they aim to strike a balance between a green IT strategy and a green balance sheet. The event will interest CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, Data Centre Managers, IT Architects, Software Developers, Testers, Auditors, as well IT Auditors from all industry sectors. These executives strive to protect their organisation’s revenue streams and business reputation by appropriately investing in making their business more effective and resilient.

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER members attend for free.
Reduced Fee: €15*
Others €20

*Members of Malta Institute of Accountants, Malta Institute of
Management, IEEE, and British Computer Society are eligible for the
reduced fee.

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER

Posted by Donald Tabone

The next educational event organised by the ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be held on the 23rd of February between 18:00 and 20:00. The topic to be tackled during this event is "The Business Value of Virtualization". The event will be held at the Radisson Blu Resort in St. Julians.

The event is eligible for CISA/CISM CPE Hours. We are awaiting approval for MIA CPE hours

This event will discuss the value delivery of making effective and efficient use of virtualization to local businesses. Topics to be discussed during the event shall include:

-Virtualization and the value delivery from IT assets
-Cost of ownership and operation
-Achieve more with less IT resources through virtualization
-Improved Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery
-Security & Compliance of virtual workloads

Continue reading "ISACA Event: The Business Value of Virtualization"

Posted by Donald Tabone

The next local ISACA chapter educational event happening on 12/01/10 is to be entitled The Cost of Fear

In a 200 page book about mankind's evolution, the last two hundred years would span a quarter of a page. Our brain's evolution has been outmatched by the technological advances it itself is creating, landing us in an environment which we cannot comprehend. The media fill us with irrational scare stories. Politicians often use fear to push an agenda. Even when we consciously disbelieve their stories, they mark our thoughts and affect our decisions.

Research shows that you're likely to be underestimating your real risks. You're also likely to be spending too much attention on risks which matter little to your business. Justin Vassallo will analyse the findings of scientific research to discover the complex methods by which our brain takes risk judgements, and enable us to unravel them.

Continue reading "Event: Managing Risk - The Cost of Fear"

Posted by Donald Tabone

"A demonstration of the top web security threats"


The next educational event organised by the ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be held on the 15th of December between 18:00 and 20:00. The topic to be tackled during this event is "A demonstration of the top web security threats" and the speaker during the event will be Sandro Gauci. The event will be held at the Radisson Blu Resort in St. Julians.

The event is eligible for CISA/CISM CPE Hours. ISACA members attend for free.

Sandro Gauci is the owner and Founder of EnableSecurity (www.enablesecurity.com) where he performs R&D and security consultancy for mid-sized companies. Sandro has over 9 years experience in the security industry and is focused on analysis of security challenges and providing solutions to such threats. His passion is vulnerability research and has previously worked together with various vendors such as Microsoft and Sun to fix security holes. Sandro is the author of the free VoIP security scanning suite SIPVicious (sipvicious.org) and can be contacted at sandro@enablesecurity.com. Read his blog at blog.enablesecurity.com.

Book your attendance to this event on www.isaca-malta.org.

Posted by Donald Tabone

ICT Solutions will be holding a seminar on the subject of securing electronic information assets:

Date: Wednesday the 22nd of July
Place: Westin Dragonara, in the morning

The seminar is free of charge, and is targeted at IT professionals, enterprise risk executives, data managers and IT security personnel. The presentations will be delivered by industry professionals representing three leading suppliers. HP will be delivering an interesting session on planning requirements for implementing an effective information security strategy. The second topic to be tackled is the management of privilege identities and the management of enterprise wide passwords. The presentation will be delivered by the leaders in the field Cyber-Ark. Finally Agiliance will tackle the topic of automating IT governance, risk and compliance. After the sessions there will be a networking brunch.

Kindly send an e-mail on info@ictsolutions.com.mt to register your intent*

Regards,

Gordon Micallef
President
ISACA MALTA CHAPTER

* This is a free ISACA membership service provided by ISACA MALTA CHAPTER and the Chapter is not responsible in any way for the organisation of this event and has no affiliations with the organisations mentioned above.

Posted by Donald Tabone

In 2008, ISACA entered into a formal agreement with the University of Southern California (USA) Marshall School of Business Institute for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection to continue the development of its Systemic Security Management Model. The Business Model for Information Security takes a business oriented approach to managing information security, building on the foundational concepts developed by the Institute. It utilizes systems thinking to clarify complex relationships within the enterprise, and thus to more effectively
manage security.

This session introduces the model and its core concepts to organisations, particularly to:

-Senior business executives;
-Information security managers;
-Those who have responsibility for managing business risk;
-Individuals who have responsibility for the design, implementation, monitoring and improvement of an information security management system.

When: 1st June 2009
Where: Radisson SAS Baypoint Resort, St. Julians
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker: Mr. Derek Oliver, Chair of the Development Team

The attendance fee for this event is €20 including coffee break. ISACA members will be entitled to free entrance to this event.

Posted by Donald Tabone

This year the Information Security Solutions Europe Conference (ISSE 2009) will be held on 6-8 October 2009 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

ISSE is Europe's only independent, interdisciplinary, security conference. It is designed to educate & inform on the latest developments in technology, solutions, market trends and best practice.

Now in its eleventh year and jointly organised by EEMA, ENISA, TeleTrusT and the municipality of the Hague; ISSE 2009 will attract over 400 representatives from across Europe, providing an informal and stimulating environment for attendees to learn, share experiences and explore solutions with their European counterparts, focusing on security and related issues like cost of ownership, risk management and interoperability.

To join them or for further information please visit the event website at http://www.isse.eu.com

ISSE 2009 is co-organised by ENISA

Posted by Donald Tabone

The British Computer Society - Malta Section are organizing an event entitled "Optimizing Application Development for business performance"

The event would share with you some information regarding the current state of the application development industry, primarily looking at the problems facing most IT organizations today. As a means to address the issues most companies are facing, some vendor offerings which can help your organization overcome many of these challenges. During this time you will be able to see exactly how this platform can help you deliver better quality applications with higher levels of team collaboration, and greater visibility into the development process.

The presentation will be given by Mr. Karl Davies-Barrett who is currently a Developer Platform Evangelist with Microsoft. Karl has had a successful past in applications development and would share his experience on the subject with you.

Details:

Date: 5th of May
Time: 6:00pm

Interested members are to send an email to chair[at]bcs.org.mt or call 7945 2015 / 9945 7076 for confirmation.

This event is free of charge.

Posted by Giannella De Leonardo

The next educational event organised by the ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be held on the 30th of April 2009 at the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) in Attard between 16:30 and 19:00.

Titles of topics to be discussed include:

- To Patch or not to Patch - Is that the question?
- IT Security Risks and the Financial Recession: Difficulties, Traps and Actions


Kindly refer to attached flyer for details of the event or log on to www.isaca-malta.org.

Bookings to attend the event are to be made online.

Posted by Donald Tabone

I will be giving a presentation as an educational event organised by the ISACA Malta Chapter entitled The Realm of Digital Forensics details of which are below:

Date: Thursday 26th March 2009
Venue: Malta Federation of Professional Associations (MFPA) Sliema Road, Gzira
Time: 16:30 to 18:30

More details can be obtained from here.

Download the event PDF from here.

The presentation will be available as a download after the event.

I look forward to seeing you.

-Donald

Posted by Donald Tabone

We are advised that ClearDimension will be starting a Security + course at the end March 2009.
It will be a 50hr course, once weekly for 15 sessions.

For more information, please call Clear Dimension Ltd. on +356 27018611 or visit their website www.cleardimension.net

Posted by Donald Tabone

A free lecture in the series of Lectures from St Martin's Institute of IT is being offered to the interested public on Friday, 6th March 2009 at 6:00 pm.

This lecture will be delivered by Dr Lizzie Coles-Kemp B.A.(Hons), M.Sc. Ph.D. (London) from the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London.and will discuss the topic:

ISO 27001: the challenges of gaining and maintaining compliance with a security management standard

Further details including booking available through infodesk@stmartins.edu

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER

Posted by Donald Tabone

RS2 Software is holding a workshop on IT security at the Westin Dragonara, St Julian's, on Wednesday

Security standards, at a minimum, call for strict internal controls on access, disclosure or modification of sensitive information. Lack of security could have detrimental consequences, which could include fraud, identity theft, financial irregularities and financial penalties, just to mention a few.

For more information, or to register for the event, organised in collaboration with Oracle, call 2134 5857 or e-mail marketing at rs2.com.

Update: Program of events can be downloaded here.

Source

Posted by Donald Tabone

St Martin's Institute of IT will be organising a FREE lecture this Friday, February 6th, between 6pm and 7:30pm by Professor Keith Martin from the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Only a few seats are still available. Please respond immediately via a return email to infodesk at stmartins.edu to reserve a seat.

A tour of Making cryptography work in the real world is primarily an exercise in managing cryptographic keys. We will provide an overview of some of the main issues behind cryptographic key management, discussing the various stages in the lifecycle of a key. We will discuss how key are managed today, as well as taking a look at some of the issues for the future, including the use of quantum technology.

You can download more details of this lecture here.

Posted by Donald Tabone

St Martin's Institute of IT are offering a MSc Information Security - Royal Holloway, University of London. Below are some recent incentives for prospective candidates to take up the course. From the information I have at hand, this course will total EUR 19,800 over 3 years.

The recently announced STEPS (Strategic Educational Pathways Scholarships) by Government may allocate each applicant up to €7000 in scholarship funds to read for the MSc Information Security as a part-time student, or €13000 as a full time student. ALSO and in addition, you may attain up to €14400 in tax rebates through the myPotential scheme. This will mean you will be recovering 100% of your expenses to read for the MSc Information Security. Bank of Valletta plc have also committed to lend a soft unsecured loan, at an interest rate of 4%, an amount of €16000.

If you are interested in knowing more regarding this opportunity, we are organizing an Information Meeting this Thursday, 5th February, 2009 with Professor Keith Martin, from the Information Security Group at the Royal Holloway, University of London.

For more information you can contact St. Martin on the following email infodesk at stmartins.edu

Posted by Donald Tabone

With an aim to consolidate Information Security activities, events and information happening on the island, I will be posting various events taking place in Malta starting this February and March. If you'd like me to post any events, please feel free to send me details via email.

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be organising two events one at the end of February and one at the end of March. The topics to be discussed are:

- Managing IT Services (26th February 2009)
- The Realm of Digital Forensics (26th March 2009)

The location for these two events will be the Malta Federation of Professional Associations in Gzira. Attendees will earn 2 hours of CISA/CISM CPE. Bookings are to be made online on the chapter's website.

Further details are included in the attached flyers or go to the events calender on www.isaca-malta.org which includes a map explaining the location of MFPA.

Flyers and more information can be downloaded from the Malta ISACA website - under Forthcoming events

Posted by Donald Tabone