Oceania CACS2009

Program and Workshops

Program and Registration Brochure [pdf]

Final Program

Sunday 6th September

5.00pm

Registrations Open

5:30pm

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7:00pm

Welcome Reception

Monday 7th September – Governance Challenges

08:45am

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09:00am

Welcome and Conference Opening

Scott Waters, President, ISACA Canberra Chapter

09:00am

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10:00am

Is world class IT governance in the public sector an impossible dream?

Sir Peter Gershon (by video conference)

10:00am

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11:00am

Governance frameworks and methods in practice – implementation at the ICT battlefront

John Howarth
Tanner James

11.00

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11:30am

MORNING TEA

11:30am

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12:30pm

Securing an e-driven business
Alistair MacGibbon
eBay/PayPal

12:30pm

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1:30pm

LUNCH

1:30pm

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3:30pm

M1

M2

M3

ValIT workshop: update and practical aspects of implementation and overview of case studies

Peter Harrison (IBM)

Event monitoring and correlation of business data and log files
Kevin Manderson (Hydro Tasmania)

Ken Day
(Independent Security Consultant)

IEC/ISO 38500: How to effectively implement top level agency governance of IT so that AS8015 is satisfied

Mark Toomey (Infonomics Pty Ltd)

Developing an eagle eye view – continuous assurance in complex environments
Mario Bojilov, Brisbane City Council

Information protection beyond controlled boundaries
Paul Conroy (Microsoft)

3:30pm

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4:00pm

AFTERNOON TEA

4:00pm –

5.30pm

M4

M5

M6

Organisational COBIT maturity assessments – 3 case studies
Mark Hopkins (LucidIT)

Case study - achieving effective web application input validation
Drew Ames (CQR Consulting)

IBM Tivoli compliance insight manager
Matthew Prince (IBM)

IT governance vs IT management: how can this be differentiated
Governance Panel Discussion


The audit committee view of IT audit

Michael Harris

A weather forecast from the Internet Storm Centre
Mark Hofman (SANS)

 

Tuesday 8th September

08:55am

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09:00am

Precise of Day 1 and Welcome to Day 2
Salam Saffarini, Vice President, ISACA Canberra Chapter

09:00am

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10:00am

The 2009 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
Marcus Sachs
Director SANS Incident Storm Centre & Executive Director of Government Affairs for National Security Policy, Verizon Business, Washington, USA

10:00am

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11:00am

ISACA’s strategy going forward
Tony Hayes
Deputy Chief Executive, Queensland Public Service Commission, Chair ISACA IT governance committee

11.00

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11:30am

MORNING TEA

11:30am

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12:30pm

From IT governance to enterprise governance of IT: a journey for creating business value out of IT
Prof. Dr. Wim van Grembergen
Information Systems Management, University of Antwerp Management School (UAMS), IT Alignment and Governance Research Institute (ITAG) Belgium

12:30pm

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1:30pm

LUNCH

1:30pm

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3:30pm

T1

T2

T3

ISACA’s business model for information security

Jo Stewart-Rattray (RSM Bird Cameron)

What is the future of IT audit?
Assurance Panel Discussion

Containing the monster – Manageable virtualisation from the desktop through to the cloud
Stephen MacDonald (Checkpoint)

Learning to improve- the essential ingredients

Alec Dorling (SPICE)

Training IT auditors
Michael Matthew (Matthew and Matthew)

Fireproofing the ICT shop: The guide to the viability of ICT shops in the South Australian Government
Rob Hanson (SA Office of the Chief Information Officer)

3:30pm

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4:00pm

AFTERNOON TEA

4:00pm –

5.30pm

T4

T5

T6

Applying VALIT and COBIT in the public health arena

Andrew Little (Capstone CTS Asia Pacific)

Enterprise risk management and the auditor
Michelle Narracott (CPA Australia)

Implications of Federal Government requirements and I-RAP for 2010 and beyond
David Jarvis (Saltbush)

IT governance vs IT management: how can this be differentiated
Governance Panel Discussion

IT governance roles – lawmaker, enforcer or counsel
John Sanders

Securing a web business enabled organisation
Trevor Iverach (CA)

7:00pm

Conference Dinner – Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

Wednesday 9th September

08:55am

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09:00am

Precise of Day 2 and Welcome to Day 3
Scott Waters, President ISACA Canberra Chapter

09:00am

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10:00am

Ensuring audit capability in IT
Bruce Turner
Chief Internal Auditor, Australian Taxation Office

10:00am

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11:00am

Standing out from the crowd
Alec Dorling
ISO/IEC 15504 Convener (Process Assessment), SPICE Project, Sweden

11.00

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11:30am

MORNING TEA

11:30am

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12:30pm

Live Malware Attack!
Paul Ducklin
Head of Technology AsiaPAC, SOPHOS

12:30pm

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1:30pm

LUNCH

1:30pm

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2:30pm

W1

W2

W3

Performance measurement for control and improvement

Tom McBride (University of Technology Sydney)

Agile development methods and governance
Ian Hirst (Birchgrove Technology Management Consulting)

Portable computing – challenges for security control
Security Panel Discussion

2:30pm

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3:15pm

AFTERNOON TEA

4:00pm –

5.30pm

W4

W5

W6

Benefits Management – making value governance work
Rashi Sehgal

IT audit – traps for new players
Yvette Polonyi (Department of Resources, Environment and Tourism)

Security Incident and Event Monitoring: Where to start?
Mark Beaumont (RSA)

4.00pm –

4.15pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE
Max Shanahan, Chair, Conference Organising Committee / Diana Adams, Co-Chair, Conference Organising Committee

Program Disclaimer:

Topics and times are correct at the time of publishing, however are subject to change.

 

Masterclass Information

COBIT 4.1 as IT governance mechanism
Day: Thursday 10 September 2009

Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Masterclass Fee: $595.00

Masterclass Presenter: Prof Dr Wim Van Grembergen

Maximum attendance: 20 delegates

This masterclass discusses the COBIT framework and explains how it can be leveraged as an instrument for IT governance. Focus will be on the fundamental concepts of the framework and how it can be adapted to the specific needs of an organisation and issues related to the implementation of COBIT as governance mechanism. The ideal participant would be an managers or advisory wishing to understand how COBIT can be used to support governance implementation.


Risk based audit process using COBIT and other frameworks

Day: Thursday 10 September 2009

Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Masterclass Fee: $595.00

Masterclass Presenter: Max Shanahan, FCPA, CGEIT, CISA, MIIA(Aust),
MACS.

Maximum attendance: 20 delegates

This masterclass aims to ensure participants understand how to use COBIT and other appropriate frameworks to support risk based planning and execution of an audit program that is compliance with ISACA and IIA audit standards. The ideal participant would be an IT audit or audit manager who wishes to apply COBIT more effectively in the audit process.


SANS Workshop

Thursday 10 September - Friday 11 September 2009 : 9am - 5pm

 

The SANS Workshop will be conducted independently of the conference.

Workshop Fee: $1,700USD

Workshop Presenter: Marcus Sachs

Minimum attendance: 9 delegates

SANS MGT405: Critical Infrastructure Protection is authored and presented by Marcus Sachs, one of the nation's leading experts on critical infrastructure protection and cyber warfare.

Marc will give detailed explanations of specific pervasive Internet technical problems and conduct in-depth examinations of the types of attacks that might do the most harm to your organization and your infrastructure sector.

Taking a comprehensive look at the current Internet governance model, students will learn how to develop business continuity and disaster recovery plans to counter current cyber threats and threat actors that take advantage of this model. Students will also gain knowledge about the new directions being taken by criminals, terrorists, spies, and nation states and what the US is planning to do for the defence of our critical infrastructure against these new threats.

For more information regarding registration, day and time of workshop, please go to http://www.sans.org/canberra09_2/

Sans Conference Brochure [pdf]

Note: Due to the sensitivity of the course subject and the focus on protecting national critical infrastructures, this course is only available to citizens of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom currently living and working in those countries. Proof of eligibility will be required when checking in at the training event as well as when entering the classroom.

Go to the ISACA Canberra Chapter website