July 5th, 2010 - 11:23 am § in Chapter Meetings

Durban’s July Meeting

For this month’s meeting, we have Abdul Mirza from the Centre for Quantum Technology (http://quantum.ukzn.ac.za/) coming to talk to us about the Quantum Crypto implementation in Durban for the Fifa Worldcup 2010. It should be very interesting, so bring along any who you think would find it interesting. Entrance, as always, is free and all are welcome.

Date: 8 July 2010
Time: 18:40 (6:30pm)
Venue: Elephant Room, M Block, UKZN Westville Campus
Speaker: Abdul Mirza
Title: “Quantum Cryptography: In Principle and Practice”

Hope to see you all there.


July 1st, 2010 - 8:38 am § in Uncategorized

Job Trends: Top Skills & Certifications in Information Security

An interesting read outlining the shortage of infosec resources + trends in demand for various skills & certifications. Take note…get skilled & benefit! Cheers Craig —————————————————&[...]


May 18th, 2010 - 8:49 pm § in Information Security, Jobs

Job opening – Information Security Analyst

1.    Initiate Provides framework for security assessments Initiate Programmes and Projects for bettering the Information Security Infrastructure and/or division where necessary. Initiate discussions and meetings where specific subjects of Information Security need to be discussed within IT &[...]


May 18th, 2010 - 8:30 pm § in Information Security, Jobs

Job opening – Security Project Consultant

The main purpose of this role is to fulfill the role of IT security project consulting on projects and incidents to assess risks and recommend and provide adequate mitigating controls and/or solutions. Experience Minimum of four to seven years applicable experience Experience in information security[...]


May 16th, 2010 - 10:23 pm § in CSIRT, GRC, IT Audit, Information Security, Risk Management, e-Crime

Video – Online Banking Crime in South Africa

Craig Rosewarne  has a live discussion with Jeremy Maggs on eNews around cyber crime activity facing major banks in South Africa.[...]


May 16th, 2010 - 9:49 pm § in CSIRT, Information Security, Risk Management, e-Crime

Video – Fifa 2010 attracts cyber crime to South Africa

Craig Rosewarne, founder of the Information Security Group of Africa (www.isgafrica.org ) & senior manager, Risk Advisory, Deloitte & Touche, has a discussion on CNBC around typical cyber criminal activity that a major event attracts to a country – in this case the FIFA 2010 world cup [...]


May 13th, 2010 - 10:49 am § in Chapter Meetings

Durban Meeting – May

Durban Meeting: 27 May 2010 Due to all the various security conferences this month, our monthly meeting is moved to 27 May 2010 this month. We will be back in the Elephant Room at UKZN Westville (M Block). Title: Metadata: Have you sprung a leak? Speaker: Sean Thomas Date: 27 May 2010 Time: 18:30 Ve[...]