ASIS Members Invited.

James Willison, ASIS Chapter 208 Convergencence Lead will be speaking at this event, which will be of interest to many members.

ASIS International are at the forefront of Covergence and it would be great to see some ASIS members attending.

The Security Awareness Special Interest Group
10th April 2008
"Security Awareness as part of Overall Fraud, Risk and Security Strategy"

Dear Members
The next meeting of the SASIG (Security Awareness Special Interest Group) will be held on Thursday 10th April 2008. This time, we have a unique twist to our customary meeting format in that the Vodafone Group are hosting this SASIG meeting at their UK Head Offices in Newbury, Berkshire. The meeting will be hosted by Nick Mann, Head of Group Fraud, Risk and Security at Vodafone, and Jim Mulheron, Director of Business Development at The Security Company (International) Ltd, will act as the moderator.

The theme will be "Security Awareness as part of Overall Fraud, Risk and Security Strategy".

In today's corporate environment, there is no denying that security awareness is fast becoming an issue of paramount importance. The recent high profile cases of security breaches, often due to an apparent lack of understanding by staff, only seem to point a bright spotlight on the need to focus on the human element as the key to building a robust information security culture within an organisation.

For any Information Security practitioner, it is essential to understand that building and promoting a culture of security awareness at all levels, from their end users to their own internal Security team, is the best way to assist their business to evolve and meet the ever-changing threat conditions they face. In doing so, they will be able to assist their businesses to create profit, stay one step ahead of competitors and provide a platform to tackle emerging business markets.

This meeting will focus on ways of building and sustaining of awareness among users as an integral part of an overall Security Strategy, to allow Security practitioners to effectively fulfil their role as a true enabler to their organisations' business objectives.

Our speakers will include Nick Mann, Head of Group Fraud, Risk & Security at Vodafone; Jeff Brooker of PricewaterhouseCoopers, who will deliver an overview of what the BERR Security Breaches Survey 2008 says about information awareness; Ian Menzies, Professional Information Protection at Motorola; Philip Virgo, Secretary General of EURIM; James Willison, Convergence Lead at ASIS UK; and Alberto Bottini, Manager Security Processes, Training and Awareness at Vodafone Italy.
As always, we will ensure that additional time is factored into the programme for networking amongst our members.

This free to attend gathering looks set to be another very successful affair and we would be grateful if you could confirm whether or not you will be able to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you are interested in attending, kindly send your details to Miss Jodene Akeung at: outbind://3-00000000816EF541A3F657438DB12C2D92EF9AFCA4668100/Compose?To=jodene.akeung@thesecurityco.com. For more information about SASIG, visit our SASIG website at: http://www.thesasig.com/.