Thursday 21st May 2009, half-day program 9:00 am – 12:30 pm; concluding with an executive luncheon from 12:30 - 13:30.

Venue: RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.

We all know being CxO of a major organisation is an enormous responsibility, with some of the most difficult management decisions.

Become more confident in managing your organisation’s information security at the executive level. Learn from information security experts and network with other senior managers.

For example, how would you handle:

• A massive leak of your company’s intellectual property which threatens the existence of your firm?
• Disruption of your business after handing over your servers to the Federal Police for investigation?
• Finding a competitor's corporate intellectual property on your company's server, just as they arrive at the front door?

The goal of the AusCERT2009 Executive Program is to get to the heart of the issues facing executives managing information security and its related impacts, by exploring scenarios that only senior managers face.

The AusCERT2009 Executive Program has been developed specifically for CEOs and senior managers of major Australian organisations to network with their peers, and discuss information security scenarios in a closed and informal atmosphere.

At the AusCERT2009 Executive Program, CEOs, CISOs and senior managers will gain advice from leading cyber security experts and other executive managers.

At the AusCERT2009 Executive Program provides Executives with an opportunity to discuss their security problems in a non-technical forum with leaders of other organisations who face the same sorts of issues.

Notable speakers who will facilitate speaker-led discussions at the AusCERT2009 Executive Program:

• Gail Holt, Principal Technical Officer, Public Sector Commission, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of Western Australia. Formerly with Western Australia's Office of e-Government, Gail has played a pivotal role in advising senior government officials on matters of government e-security throughout her career. Gail has worked in the ICT industry in both the private sector and Government for the past 30 years and has held a range of positions including programming, administering mainframe security, building and administering Internet networks, firewalls, DNS servers, Proxy web servers and email relays.  More recently, Gail has been involved in incident response, and led the Western Australian Government’s participation in the Cyber Storm II exercise.  Gail holds CISSP certification and tertiary qualifications in computer studies.
• Kim Duffy,CEO of Softlink International, - a developer of library and information management systems. Duffy was formerly CEO of Internet Security Systems and TSW International and most recently worked as a consultant. Softlink has offices in the UK, US, and New Zealand.
• David Rice, director of the The Monterey Group. - an internationally recognized cyber security expert and author of the critically acclaimed book “Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software.” Mr. Rice is a leader in the economics of cyber security where his work impacts both U.S. and European cyber security policy. Most recently, Mr. Rice participated in a special working session on the economics of national cyber security sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and his work has been cited by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). Mr. Rice served as an analyst for the National Security agency and Special Duty Cryptologic Officer for the United State Navy.

At AusCERT, we understand there aren’t many CxOs who can justify the time at a 3-day information security conference. Therefore, we’ve developed this half-day program, where some world-renowned cyber security experts together with the heads of major Australian organisations, will discuss the management issues of information security, run through hypothetical scenarios, and plan strategies for tackling the overall security of your IT environment.

This forum is limited to a small audience to facilitate discussion and interaction. The venue is the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, with state-of-the-art conference and accommodation facilities.

The AusCERT2009 Executive Program follows the main 3-day program of the 8th annual Asia Pacific Information Technology Security Conference, and will therefore take place on Thursday 21st of May from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, followed by an executive luncheon until 1:30pm.

The AusCERT2009 Executive Program is only $275. Event registration is limited to senior and executive managers of major organisations.

To register for the AusCERT2009 Executive Program, either:

Select the "Executive Program" option when you register for the AusCERT2009 conference.

or

Contact the conference secretariat: ConferenceIT, Phone: +61 7 3878 2610, Email: AusCERT2009@conferenceit.com.au

Want your staff to attend the full five-day AusCERT2009 Asia Pacific Information Technology Security Conference? Further information can be obtained at: http://conference.auscert.org.au/conf2009/ for more information on the main conference program.

Further enquiries can be made to:

Conference IT
Suite 1, 39 Tinarra Crescent
Kenmore Hills Qld 4069
Australia
info@conferenceit.com.au
Phone: +61 7 3878 2610
Fax: +61 7 3378 9513