Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing Methodology

Starts: Thursday 31 March 2011, 3:15PM

Finishes: Thursday 31 March 2011, 5:30PM

Venue: Uni Pub, Level 3, Uni Pub, 17 London Circuit, Canberra

Topic: Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing Methodology

Leonard will cover the following topics in his presentation:

• Define the Vulnerability Manage space and team functions i.e. Roles and Responsibilities.
• Team Structure and skills/capabilities. Building and developing this capability.
• Development of our Methodology. Issues and points of interest.
• Structure of security testing/penetration testing. Security assessments etc.
• What is it good for and what are the benefits.
• Issues of concern or focus into the future - view of the threat environment as seen by us.
• Q & A.

Presenter: Leonard Kleinman

Leonard Kleinman (Len) is the Director of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Management team within the Australian Taxation Office's Trusted Access branch. His team's role is to increase identification of IT Security vulnerabilities within Tax Office systems leading to greater client understanding and ability to mitigate/resolve these vulnerabilities thus increasing the security posture of the Tax Office. Len has spent the last 9 Years in the IT Security space, with 17 years in the Information Technology environment. His roles have included Oracle CASE developer, network and database administrator, and various IT security positions. He has qualifications in Information Systems, Management, Tax administration and Risk Management.