When: 11 May 2010
Where: Queensland
Time: 18:30 - 20:00

Common Information Security Vulnerabilities and Trends - Wipul Jayawickrama

Agenda:
18:30 Welcome and Business at hand

18:45 Talk

20:00 Meeting Close

Abstract:
No, this isn’t just about having patching up to date. Wipul has been conducting technical vulnerability assessments of heterogeneous systems over the past seven years. In this interactive session he will discuss most commonly found security vulnerabilities, future vulnerability trends and suggest simple yet effective mechanisms to keep systems and networks secure against most types of attacks.

About the presenter:
Wipul is an IT and Security professional, with over 16 years of both tech and management experience. He has worked in the finance and banking , Internet services, software development and technology services sectors, and currently consults to high profile Government and Corporate clients in many diverse industry sectors in the Asia Pacific Region including Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka.

He is a co-author of ‘Next Generation SSH2 Implementation’ published by Syngress in 2008.

Who:
SAGE-AU Members, System Administrators
Visitors are welcome. (After attending two meetings, visitors should become members.)
http://www.sage-au.org.au/member.html

Venue:
Level 1, 232 St. Pauls Terrace (cnr of Love St), Fortitude Valley (i.e. @ Bridgepoint). Opposite St Johns and the Lady Gowrie Childcare Centre.