Johannesburg, 25 Oct 2011
Cyber war and cyber crime are considered serious threats to the stability of all organisations in the global economy. Today's organisations and governments are faced with a broad and continually developing spectrum of threats that are becoming increasingly sophisticated and impactful.
BT is one of the leaders in assessing possible threats in cyber space, and Jim Tiller, Head of Professional Services in BT Global Services' Global Security Practice, will be conducting a seminar in Johannesburg, on 2 November 2011, to discuss the dynamics around cyber war and cyber crime, focusing in on phenomena such as hacktivism and advanced persistent threats.
“South African organisations are important players in the world economy, and as a result, many are reassessing their security strategy, seeking progressive technologies, and looking at the maturity of their security programme,” says Tiller. “Exacerbating the challenge is the emergence of disruptive technologies, specifically cloud computing, social networking, and mobility and consumerisation.”
This seminar is an opportunity to look at threat dynamics from a top down approach, and translate that into a thought-provoking perspective on what can be expected moving forward, and generate compelling solutions to evolving challenges.
“More importantly, how are these threats materialising, how do they operate, and how are they affecting organisations?” says Tiller.
From this foundation, the seminar will look more closely at social networking and mobility, among others, that are dramatically emerging as challenges that are going to push the demands for security.
This morning seminar will take place in La Toscana, at Montecasino, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday, 2 November 2011, from 8.30am to 1pm, and will include a networking lunch.
Jim Tiller
With more than 18 years' experience of the information security business, Tiller is an internationally recognised expert in the field. During his extensive career, he has worked with individuals, groups, organisations and companies all over the world to develop and deploy security strategies and technologies aligned to their business needs.
Before joining BT in 2007, Tiller was the Chief Security Officer for International Network Services. He had joined the company from Lucent Bell Labs, where his work on security technologies for telecommunication providers had resulted in several patents. One became the basis of ITU Recommendation X.805, security architecture for systems providing end-to-end communications.
On joining BT, Tiller was appointed vice-president of its Centre of Excellence in Ethical Hacking, the global division of BT that provides vulnerability management solutions.
A member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association's security programme metrics project and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Tiller also contributes to Infragard, the FBI programme that brings law enforcement officers and security professionals together to expedite the investigation of cyber attacks.
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