Symantec, the world leader in Internet security, today announced that its South African operation is co-sponsoring, with ITWeb and Summit Television, a one-day conference on Internet security.
The e-Security World conference to be held on 1 March at Vodaworld in Midrand, will highlight key world trends and threats to network security and examine their impact on the local business environment.
"The conference will address a range of key security issues in a practical manner. Best security practices and strategies will be discussed in detail and a banking case study presented. Speakers will also address corporate governance and ISP security," says Patrick Evans, regional manager for Africa at Symantec.
"We've designed the whole event around providing business managers and IT security specialists with advice and up-to-date information on what is happening in the security field today, how companies are addressing the growing security threat and what needs to be done to ensure they keep on top of it."
Keynote speaker is Rob Clyde, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Symantec and a pioneer in the development of security products. He leads the development of intrusion detection and policy compliance products at Symantec.
Clyde will present a Security Update and discuss Best Practices and Strategies for Protecting Information Systems.
Other speakers include:
Saki Massaikos, Internet Solutions: Security and the Role of ISPs
Kobus Burger, National Partner: Information Security, Deloitte & Touche: Corporate Governance
Andre van Zyl, Information Security Consultant: Banking Case Study
e-Security World is to be held at Vodaworld, 082 Vodacom Boulevard, Vodavalley, Midrand, 9.30am to 2pm, on Friday, 1 March.
For further information or to reserve a seat, go to www.teamsymantec.com.
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