September 2012 Newsletter

Welcome to the September edition of the ISSA-UK Newsletter September 2012 Newsletter Dear Member, Now with the holiday season almost over, we’ve a series of exciting events over the next few months to draw us to the close of 2012. On September 6th, we are running the FutureShock! event, featuring Mike Neumann, Lt Col Bill Hagestad (RET), Check Point, and a panel full of the UK’s top CISOs.  Please register here – http://futureshock-london.eventbrite.co.uk.  If you have any questions for our CISO panel, please submit in advance. On September 7th we are running a highly topical workshop – “21st Century Chinese Cyber Warfare”, tackling the issue of APTs co-ordinated by China.   We offer ISSA-UK members a hefty discount and the opportunity to learn how to tackle the threat from nation states, in amongst your peers in an informal workshop environment.  Please register here – http://21stcenturycyberwarfare.eventbrite.com On September 20th, we have a regional event in Bristol – http://bristol-20th-september.eventbrite.co.uk On October 4th, we have a regional event in Leeds – http://leeds-4th-october.eventbrite.co.uk On October 11th, we have a regional event in Edinburgh – http://11octoberedinburgh.eventbrite.co.uk Last, but not least – please do book early for our December 6th meeting as we already have a line-up of top speakers – http://6thdec2012.eventbrite.co.uk If you would like to help out or have a topic that you’re especially keen on talking about, do get in touch and will do what we can to accommodate you. If you’ve not yet joined the ISSA-UK LinkedIn group, please do, as we will be posting last minute offers and updates on the site.  Please join here – http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ISSA-UK-Chapter-1831846/about Finally, we are looking for help on the team, both with Events and Sponsorship.  Please do get in touch if you are interested, as elections are coming up soon and you may be able to get yourself a prestigious position on the board. As always, stay secure and look forward to seeing you soon. Best wishes, Tim Tim Holman ISSA-UK President A big thank you to Les Fraser Leaving us as VP of Scottish Region is Les Fraser.  We thank Les for all his hard work in developing the Scottish Region and wish him all the best in future ventures.  Les will still be assisting ISSA-UK in an advisory capacity. New VP of Sponsorship – Federico Charosky We welcome Federico Charosky as our new VP of Sponsorship, who will also be looking after the Scottish Region.  Federico is based in Edinburgh and is a partner in a local consulting firm, Vacta.  Federico has already been helping out the team with sponsorship over the past two years and we are truly grateful for his support. ISSA-UK South West Regional News If you are located anywhere in the South West area of the UK and wish to participate in the regional meetings held at Bristol every quarter then please feel free to join us. Our aims are to share security news, supplier recommendations, job openings, tools & tips as well as to provide a forum to ask your peers any security-related questions; particularly if related to the South West of the UK. We hope to build a local IT security community where members are comfortable networking and have at least a friendly face or two to say “hi” to at industry events such as the annual InfoSec conference in London. We have a small (but growing) Linked-In group (search for ISSA-UK SW Region) and if you would like to help out, have a presentation slot at one of the meetings or just offer some advice then contact me, Alan Mercer, either through alan.mercer@issa-uk.org orhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/almercer. Our next event on the 20th September is listed above so sign up and come along! Director of ISSA-UK Northern Region / Midlands Region To help bolster information security community support in the Midlands and Northern England, we are looking for local ISSA-UK volunteers to help start regional chapters.  We ask that you arrange a humble two events throughout the year within your region, and ISSA-UK HQ will be fully supportive in ensuring you find a venue, speakers and any necessary funding. Get in touch if this sounds like something you would like to do! Chapter Elections This month we are looking to form a Nominating Committee for the election of the President, Secretary and two Officer Positions.  If you would like to stand for one of these positions, you will be asked to commit at least 8 hours per month, in addition to attending Chapter Meetings, and nomination instructions will follow with the next newsletter.  If you would like an informal chat about joining the team, please feel free to contact tim.holman@issa-uk.org to arrange a discussion. Have your say We’re always looking for involvement from our members.  If you want to get involved, either with a committee, in helping with regional events, or to engage the association with a research study or interesting project, just contact us. Our main point of contact is administration@issa-uk.org – or just contact anyone on the management team directly – firstname.lastname@issa-uk.org. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Sponsors We thank our sponsors for their valued an continued support of ISSA-UK. Platinum  Gold  Silver Interested in sponsoring the ISSA-UK?  Speaking and other promotional opportunities are available throughout the year – please contact sponsorship@issa-uk.org for further information. Partner Events Business Continuity around Major Events in the UAE, 19th September 2012, Central London http://www.majoreventsinternational.com/Events%20flier.pdf £50 plus VAT for non-members of MEI (discounted to £30 plus VAT for members of ISSA).  If interested, please contact Piers Lawson.  Applicants will need to mention ISSA in their correspondence for the discount Winter SASIG ” Security – why should anyone listen to us?” – 30th October 2012, PWC, 7 More London Riverside, London One of the toughest challenges faced by the CSO and CISO is building the case for investment in security and fraud prevention.  Meanwhile in a period of austerity the search is always on for ways to cut costs. Security and fraud prevention are often seen as easy targets at the very time when companies are particularly vulnerable to the whole range of traditional and emerging internal and external security threats, and when the need for our services is even greater. The C-Suite cannot afford to ignore the threats to the business but it is often difficult to get their attention. For them a thorough business case for investment in security and fraud prevention is an essential rather than an optional extra.  At the Winter SASIG we will be exploring: The importance of a long-term strategic, business focussed approach to security and fraud prevention How to get the attention of our C-Suite colleagues over the noise of the many other urgent business challenges, and achieve their buy-in How to show that effective security risk management and fraud prevention can be both business enablers and a contributor to profits/the bottom line How to demonstrate ROI for our security and fraud prevention programmes through effective measurement Please register using the new registration form by visiting the following link http://bit.ly/L85L6N or calling +44 (0)1234 708456. 2nd Mobile & Smart Device Security Conference, 5th – 6th December 2012, Thistle Marble Arch, London, UK Learn from leading experts who have leveraged flexible technology strategies to address today’s enterprise mobility challenges at the 2nd Mobile & Smart Device Security Summit 2012. Corporate IT departments continue to support the platforms that their workforces are asking for. The key for security professionals is to change the focus from which devices to enable or not, to securely getting the company’s greatest asset, corporate data, out to end users.  Explore case studies from companies who are at the forefront of the drive to securely mobilise the enterprise to enable staff to become more productive and unlock new business opportunities. There will be a special focus on building, securing and auditing enterprise mobile applications.  Please quote ISSA UK or enter the online registration code IS121120-P to receive a 10% discount.  For more info or to register visit:www.mistieurope.com/mobile Have an event you would like to list? Please get in touch with administration@issa-uk.org.  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2012 ISSA-UK, All rights reserved.