AISA National Conference 2011

Starts: Wednesday 09 November 2011, 8:30AM

Finishes: Wednesday 09 November 2011, 6:30PM

Theme: Revolution

Venue: Sydney Convention Centre

When: Wednesday 9 November 2011 - 8:30am to 6:30pm

Regist: Registrations Closed.

Registrations close Tuesday 1 November 2011 at 5:30pm (Sydney time).

The conference is free for AISA members and you must be a member to attend. Registrations will not be accepted from non-members.

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Overview: Our theme for 2011 is "Revolution!"

We are pleased to announce our flagship event, the AISA National Conference 2011, will be held on Wednesday 9 November at the Sydney Convention Centre. Over 500 information security and IT professionals are expected to attend the conference, now Sydney's largest, and Australia's second largest, IT security event.

Internationally renowned security experts Bruce Schneier, Marcus Ranum, John Stewart, and Paul Henry are confirmed speakers, with more high profile speakers expected to join this exciting line up.

Taking on the broad theme of 'Revolution', our speakers will challenge some of the traditional thinking around information security and IT risk and focus on new ways for organisations to remain secure in a challenging online operating environment.

Confirmed Speakers:

	Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer, BT Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, referred to by The Economist as a "security guru." He is the author of eleven books - including the best sellers "Beyond Fear, Secrets and Lies", and "Applied Cryptography" - as well as hundreds of articles and essays, and many more academic papers. His influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram," and his blog "Schneier on Security," are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before the U.S. Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, served on several U.S. government technical committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is the Chief Security Technology Officer of BT.

	John N. Stewart, CSO, CISCO John N. Stewart is Vice President and Chief Security Officer of Cisco, Inc. Stewart leads the security operations, product security, and government security functions. Stewart is an active member in the broad security industry.Currently, he sits on technical advisory boards for Core Security Technologies, Panorama Capital, and RedSeal Networks; is on the board of directors for KoolSpan, Fixmo, and the National Cyber-Forensics Training Alliance (NCFTA); is a member of the Cyber Security Think Tank at University of Maryland University College (UMUC); and is a standing member of the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security.

	Paul Henry Paul Henry is Security and Forensics Analyst with Lumension. Paul is one of the world's foremost global information security and computer forensic experts with more than 20 years experience managing security initiatives for Global 2000 enterprises and government organisations worldwide.

	Marcus J. Ranum, CSO, Tenable Security Marcus J. Ranum is a world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation. He is recognized as an early innovator in firewall technology, and the implementer of the first commercial firewall product. Since the late 1980's, he has designed a number of ground-breaking security products including the DEC SEAL, the TIS firewall toolkit, the Gauntlet firewall, and NFR's Network Flight Recorder intrusion detection system. Marcus is currently the Chief Security Officer for Tenable Security, Inc., maker of the world renowned Nessus Vulnerability Scanner and Unified Security Monitoring enterprise solution.

	Michael Harte, CIO, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Michael Harte is Group Executive Enterprise Services and Chief Information Officer for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). In this role he heads the Technology and Banking Operations teams and is responsible for driving world-class IT and Operational Excellence. Michael joined the CBA in April 2006 as CIO to lead a new enterprise-wide technology function, developing and implementing a new IT strategy. He led the formation of Enterprise Services in October 2008 to enable an end-to-end IT and operational service focus to help deliver and accelerate the CBA's strategic goals and enhance the customer experience.

	Michael Jones, Chief Technology Advocate, Google Michael Jones is Google's Chief Technology Advocate, charged with advancing the technology to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Michael travels the globe to meet and speak with governments, businesses, partners and customers in order to advance Google's mission and technology. He previously was Chief Technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search - the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide.

	Tim Scully, CEO, stratsec and Head of Cyber Security, BAE Systems Australia Tim is an intelligence and security professional with over 26 years in the field. He has extensive experience building and leading intelligence and security capabilities and teams in the Department of Defence and the Australian and international intelligence communities. He has played key roles in developing government operational responses to intelligence and security challenges, and is a strong contributor to cyber security policy development and thought leadership. Tim was the inaugural Head of the Cyber Security Operations Centre in the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD). His previous appointments in the Department of Defence include Assistant Secretary Information Security Operations, Assistant Secretary Security Operations, Head of Defence Security Authority, Director General Support to Military Operations, and Assistant Secretary (Intelligence) Analysis & Production. He also served in Australian and international roles as an Army intelligence Officer.

	Ruth Marshall, CIO, Novartis Pharmeceuticals Australia Ruth Marshall currently serves as CIO for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia and New Zealand. In this capacity she supports is responsible for business applications and infrastructure strategy, implementation and support for the organisation. She runs a shared service for infrastructure support on behalf of the group of Novartis companies in Australia and New Zealand with approximately 1,000 end users, of whom approximately 600 are remote field force associates. She has been in this role since November 2010. Previously, she was Vice President of Engineering of Elanti Systems, Inc., and General Manager of ES Labs Pty Ltd., the Australian subsidiary where she managed the development of commercial software for the telecommunications industry.