SEPTEMBER
INFORMATION SECURITY, COMPUTERS AND THE LAW
19-21 September 2006
Understanding the legal background and framework of UK computerlegislation is essential for the protection of information within yourorganisation.
This three-day practical course covers both the legislative andinformation security requirements of increasingly important issues suchas communications monitoring and incident handling. Topics such as legaland evidential issues - from the legal status of a computer through todigital evidence - are also discussed.
On completion of the course you will have an appreciation of thecomplexities of UK law and the interpretation necessary to developsuccessful information security strategies.
Fee: £1195 + VAT
Venue: Leeds
Contact: Siemens Insight Consulting
+44 (0) 1932 241000
www.siemens.co.uk/insight
EC-COUNCIL - ETHICAL HACKING AND COUNTERMEASURES
18-20 September
2-6 October
The goal of the Ethical Hacking Course is to help the organisation takepre-emptive measures against malicious attacks by attacking the systemitself; all the while staying within legal limits. Delegates will learnto adopt the approach of "defence in depth". In other words, they mustpenetrate their networks and assess the security posture forvulnerabilities and exposure. Delegates may take the CEH exam on thelast day of the course.
Fee: £1895
Venue: Wembley, London
Contact: Net Security Training 020 8900 9015
SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE
18-20 September
23-25 October
This course is the ultimate Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation and compliancetraining. On passing the two-hour exam on the last day, delegates willbe certified by the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification Institute. The goal ofthis class is to give IT, security and audit professionals the necessaryknowledge to understand their role and responsibilities within theconfines of Sarbanes Oxley compliance. They will learn what is requiredby law and how to comply in a cost effective manner.
Fee: £1265
Venue: Wembley, London
Contact: Net Security Training 0208 900 9015
MCAFEE EDUCATION
19 Sept & 17 Oct (1 day)
Anti-Virus Administrator Training: Virusscan Enterprise
Price: £495 + VAT
20-22 September & 18-20 October (3 days)
Anti-Virus Administrator Training: e-Policy Orchestrator
Price: £1,485 + VAT
29 November-1 December (3 days)
SCM Administrator Training Course
Price: £1,485 + VAT
8-10 November (3 days)
Intrushield Essentials
Price: £1,485 + VAT
21-22 November (2 days)
Anti-Virus Administrator Training: Groupshield
Price: £990 + VAT
12-13 Sept ember & 12-13 December (2 days)
Foundstone Enterprise Admin Training
Price: £1,980 + VAT
26-29 September & 5-8 December (4 days)
Foundstone Ultimate Hacking
Price: £1,980 + VAT
Venue for above courses Slough
LIVE VIRUS WORKSHOP
24-25 August & 23-24 November (2 days)
Price: £990 + VAT
Venue: Aylesbury
Contact: Wendy Shore at McAfee on [email protected] or phone 01753217472
OCTOBER
THE SMART CARD ALLIANCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 3 - 6
Leading industry players gather to discuss the latest smart card trendsand technology advances in North America. The event, open to members andnon-members, will feature presentations and interactive sessions on allmajor industry topics such as contactless payments, the convergence ofphysical and IT access, advances in identity management systems,government identity credentialing, healthcare, mobile payments andtransportation.
For attendees seeking advanced training, Alliance industry executiveswill lead classroom-style workshops on the technology andapplications.
The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry associationworking to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespreadapplication of smart card technology.
Venue: San Diego, California
Contact: email [email protected] or visitwww.smartcardalliance.org
16TH VIRUS BULLETIN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
11-13 October (3 days)
The conference programme boasts an exceptional line-up of internationalanti-malware and anti-spam speakers, and caters for both technical andcorporate audiences, with more than 40 presentations on subjects such aseducation, forensics, automated analysis, botnets, spam trends andfiltering techniques, phishing, Unix and Macintosh malware, frauddetection, corporate case studies, the CME initiative and much more.
Price: $1,595 (VB subscribers) $1,795(non-subscribers)
Venue: The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada
Contact: www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2006
BIOMETRICS 2006
19-21 October (Conference)
20 - 21 October (Exhibition)
Learn from case studies, market analysis and expert opinion abouttechnological developments and new trials in biometrics for citizenidentification, transactions, surveillance, physical access control andlogical access control for government and commercial applications.
There is also a large exhibition area (free to visitors) housing over 70developers and suppliers of biometric systems, system integrators andsuppliers of smartcard and computer security services and products.
Price: Exhibition visitor - free; Conference delegate fee - EUR1,710before 11 August
Venue: Westminster, London
Contact: Phone Lyn Aitken on 01367 718 500 or [email protected]
10TH ANNUAL NET FOCUS UK CONFERENCE
25 - 26 October
Net focus is the conference series that deals with all soft policyissues (security, personnel, compliance, data privacy, business risk,3rd party access risk, etc) that major companies and public bodies arereally struggling with as they rely more and more on electroniccommunication. 200 senior decision - makers come together for two daysto benchmark where their organisations are, and to find the way forward,forging valuable professional and business relations, and taking awayinformation to keep themselves as far from risk as is reasonablypossible. There are currently a very small number of opportunities forvendor and consultants who are serious about security to have a stand atNet Focus UK.
Venue: Brighton
Contact: Call Pete Selley on 020 7250 0100/07854 807 737, or visitwww.baptie.com
INFORMATION SECURITY SOLUTIONS EUROPE (ISSE)
10-12 October 2006
Learn about the latest strategies and tools to help minimise yourorganisation's security risks and combat attacks, at Europe's leadingindependent ICT security conference. Choose from over 70 case studies,research-led presentations, interactive discussions and workshops on keyissues such as security management, mobile & wireless and dataprotection/privacy.
Enjoy our opening plenary with contributions from Viviane Reding,Commissioner for Information Society & Media, European Commission andsecurity guru Bruce Schneier, Founder & CTO, Counterpane InternetSecurity Inc.
Silver sponsor: BlackBerry(R)
Price: EUR1200 (eema/TeleTrusT members) EUR1700 (Non-members)
50% discount for second and subsequent delegates from the sameorganisation (registering at the same time).
Venue: Ministry of Communications, Viale America, 201-00144 Rome,Italy
Contact: To register visit www.eema.org/isse or call eema on 01386 793028
NOVEMBER
ETHICAL HACKING
6-10 November 2006 & 15-19 January 2007
There are three levels on offer:
Fundamentals; Advanced; and Guided Penetration Test. Learn from a CHECKTeam Leader how to conduct a basic penetration test. First, learn theprinciples of W2K and Linux-based testing, move to Unix, W2K3, basic webapplication and wireless testing, and finally go through a live testagainst your public - facing servers.
Venue: Thame, Oxfordhire
Contact: Kate Edgar at Secure Test on 01844 210 300
INFOSEC WORLD LAPLAND 2006
21 November - CISO Roundtable
22 - 23 November - Conference
24 November - Security Compliance & Governance Summit
Hear from international CISO's including: Seppo Sundberg, Chief SecurityOfficer, Finnish State Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Finland, DavidBoye, Chief Information Security Officer, Saxo Bank, Denmark, and AaroHallikainen, Chief Security Officer, Finnish Police IT ManagementAgency, Finland.
A collaboration between MIS Training and The Rovaniemi ICT SecurityCluster, this conference will bring IT and security experts from aroundthe globe to meet and benchmark the key security challenges of the day.Building on MIS Training's flagship conferences such as: CISO ExecutiveSummit, WebSec, FinSec and InfoSec World USA, the focus will be on howCISO and IT leaders can drive and integrate security into the very coreof their organisation.
What does it mean to be CISO? How do the gurus see this roledeveloping?
How can the CISO and technology really interface with both privateindustry and governmental sectors?
Venue: The Scandic Hotel, Rovaniemi, Lapland Finland
Contact: Lisa Davies at MIS Training on 020 7779 8217 or [email protected]
MAY
NISC
16-18 May 2007
NISC (the National Information Security Conference) focuses solely onInformation Assurance and covers all relevant business issues from riskassessment and business continuity through to incident response andcompliance.
This three-day event has a range of practical workshops, from both atechnical and business viewpoint. Keynote sessions from some of theleading lights of the industry will give you a chance to think about thestrategic direction of information security. The agenda is currentlybeing finalised, so book the dates in your diary and register yourinterest at the website for more information.
Price: Registration starts at £395, visit www.nisc.org.uk.
Venue: St Andrews Bay, Fife, Scotland
Contact: Tina Deighton at Sapphire on [email protected] or01642 702100.
