Infosec practitioners will get the opportunity to benchmark themselves against their colleagues and peers at the IT Security Forum in Johannesburg next week, and assess how effective they are at mitigating risk and countering attacks.
During this annual security challenge, hosted by Performanta in partnership with ITWeb, which is now in its third year, delegates will be allocated real-world use cases and have to solve the problems and vote on the effectiveness of proposed solutions.
"While there is a lot of information security advice available at normal conferences, there are very few opportunities for practitioners to measure their opinions against those of their peers, and to challenge the prevalent opinions. The interactive nature of the IT Security Challenge provides a unique open forum for the sharing of ideas," says Guy Golan, CEO of the Performanta Group.
The audience will also have the opportunity to engage in an interactive panel discussion on the legal implications of cyber crime and cyber security. The panellists will include Professor David Taylor, IT law specialist and data privacy officer at T-Systems SA; Stephen Kreusch, CTO of Performanta; and Tony Olivier, MD of Performanta Consulting.
"The advent of POPI has led to a closer examination of how organisations manage ICT legislation, both in respect of their own management processes, and the legal avenues available in the event of a breach. Our experience shows corporates seldom have the structures and processes in place to bridge the gap between information security and the law. As the legal load is increasing, this gap is growing," says Golan. "The panel discussion aims to address this in a practical, proactive way.
"Today's IT security executives need to stop just fire-fighting. It's critical they develop the mechanisms to measure their risk and develop appropriate responses. The IT Security Challenge provides them with a platform to do so," Golan concludes.
The event is already full booked.
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