There are a wide variety of conferences and events relevant to ISMS and the Common Criteria. Below are those that we
plan to attend and speak. Click here for a full list of
conferences and all other IUG events.
| 15 April, 2008 |
Mumbai, India |
BSI's BS 25999 launch seminar in Mumbai where we were invited to address the audience. Dr. Brewer made 8 observations in support of this new British Standard on business continuity management. Click the photo to learn what they were |
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| 16 February, 2008 |
New Delhi, India |
The
ISACA Conference of Information Security, Audit & Control, where addressed the audience on the subject of Integrated Management Systems for Enterprise Security and IT Governance. Our presentation provided a survey of all our research to-date in internal control and was dedicated to the memory of our late friend and colleague, William List |
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| 22 September, 2007 |
Pune, India |
We gave three presentations to over 30 IT Heads of Banks at the Reserve Bank of India's College of Agricultural Banking in Pune, India. The main thrust of our presentation was to share our views on meeting the standardised and advancement measurement approaches in Basel II for operational risk. As the concept of a management system is an important component in this regard, Dr. Brewer began with a presentation on the ISMS standards. He concluded with a case study of work he performed last year in conjunction with our partner, Secure Matrix. |
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| 30
November, 1 December 2006 |
Port Louis,
Mauritius |
We gave
three presentations to celebrate Computer Security Day. The event was
hosted by the National Computer Board and the IT Security Unit.
Click the photos to see the slides.
The first presentation was entitled
"Implementing ISO/IEC 27001", the second "Information Security
Compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II" and the third "ISO/IEC
27001: a comprehensive approach to Information Security". |
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19 - 21 September 2006 |
Lanzarote |
We gave a
paper on "Alternative Assurance Criteria" at the 7th International
Common Criteria Conference. Click the photo to see the slides |
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| 21, 24 May 2006 |
Kuwait, and UAE |
We gave the Keynote
address at the Information Security Conference - ISO 27001.
Click the photo to see the presentation |
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| 20 March
2006 |
London |
We
presented our paper "Measuring
the effectiveness of an internal control system" and
related material to a packed audience at the ISACA euro-CACS conference in London |
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| 14 March
2006 |
Port Louis,
Mauritius |
Together with the British
Computer Society (Mauritius Section), the
Minister for IT and his Ministry, we gave a presentation on
ISO/IEC 27001 and integrated management systems. Click the photo
for the presentation slides |
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| 18, 22 February 2006 |
Mumbai,
Delhi |
The
Information Security Conference ISO 27001. The first conference
of its kind ever in India, sponsored by Secure Matrix, NASSCOM and the
Computer Society of India, Dr. David Brewer and Willie List were the
keynote speakers. |
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| 25-26 October 2005 |
London |
The AIIM Europe Conference
and Exhibition where we spoke about the "IT security
implications of Basle II". Click the photo to see our
presentation. |
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28 - 29
September 2005 |
Tokyo |
The 6th
International Common Criteria Conference, where we spoke about the
"ISO PPST Guide" and answered the question "Is the CC the only way?"
Click the photo for our paper and presentations. |
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| 29 November - 1 December 2004
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London |
Last
year's BS 7799 Goes Global conference. Click the top photo for the
slides of our presentation on "How do you know the ISMS is working"
Click the bottom photo for a presentation we have the privilege of
giving, reproduced with kind permission of the Ministry of Information
Technology and Telecommunications, Mauritius. |
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| October -December 2004 |
Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham,
Cardiff |
Five Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales IT Faculty half-day Roadshows on how to create effective internal control across
the whole organisation, reduce your risks and take charge. |
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| 4 October |
Long Eaton
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A presentation
given to the Nottingham and Derby Branch
of the British Computer Society Winter School 2004 |
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| 28 - 30 September 2004
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Berlin |
The 5th
International Common Criteria Conference where we spoke about "Simpler Security Targets" and "The
Relevance of the Common Criteria to Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate
Governance". Click the photo for our paper and
presentations. |
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| 22-24 September 2004 |
Sophia Antipolis |
e-Smart 2004 where
we applied our time
paper in the context of GlobalPlatform smart cards. Click
the photo for our paper and the presentation. |
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| 19 August
2004 |
London |
IISyG: a half day seminar entitled
"Rolling out ISO/BS (1) 7799 in the real world". Click the photo
to download. |
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| 6 May 2004 |
Singapore |
BS 7799 and IT
Corporate Governance, a whole day seminar hosted by Symantec. Click
the photo (left) for corporate governance (right) for intrusion
detection. |
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| 29 April 2004 |
Domain Les
Pailles, Mauritius |
Ministry of
Information Technology and Telecommunications (Mauritius) seminar on rollout of
ISO/IEC 17799 to government (click the photo for details) |
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| 25 March 2004 |
London |
7799 Users Group, where we explored the
meaning of compliance with ISO/IEC 17799 |
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| 14 October 2003 |
Domain de
Pailles, Mauritius |
World Standards Day
(click the photo to see our presentation on information security
standards) |
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| 17-19 September 2003 |
Sophia Antipolis |
e-Smart 2003 (click
the photo to see our presentation on the GlobalPlatform Card Security
Requirements Specification) |
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18-19 September
2003 |
London |
7799 Goes Global Conference (click the photo to see our presentation on
e-biz governance) |
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7-9 September 2003 |
Stockholm |
The 4th International Common Criteria Conference (click the photo to see our
presentation)
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| 4 December 2002 |
London |
UK 7799 Users Group Meeting
(Audit Master Class) |
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| 19-20 September 2002 |
Nice |
e-Smart 2002 (click the photo
to see our paper on the CCL/Gamma architecture for GlobalPlatform
smart cards) |
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4-5 September 2002 |
London |
7799 Goes Global Conference (click the logo
(left) to download the official conference
report (pdf) and the photo for our paper) |
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