Events

RS2 Software is holding a workshop on IT security at the Westin Dragonara, St Julian's, on Wednesday

Security standards, at a minimum, call for strict internal controls on access, disclosure or modification of sensitive information. Lack of security could have detrimental consequences, which could include fraud, identity theft, financial irregularities and financial penalties, just to mention a few.

For more information, or to register for the event, organised in collaboration with Oracle, call 2134 5857 or e-mail marketing at rs2.com.

Update: Program of events can be downloaded here.

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Posted by Donald Tabone

St Martin's Institute of IT will be organising a FREE lecture this Friday, February 6th, between 6pm and 7:30pm by Professor Keith Martin from the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Only a few seats are still available. Please respond immediately via a return email to infodesk at stmartins.edu to reserve a seat.

A tour of Making cryptography work in the real world is primarily an exercise in managing cryptographic keys. We will provide an overview of some of the main issues behind cryptographic key management, discussing the various stages in the lifecycle of a key. We will discuss how key are managed today, as well as taking a look at some of the issues for the future, including the use of quantum technology.

You can download more details of this lecture here.

Posted by Donald Tabone

St Martin's Institute of IT are offering a MSc Information Security - Royal Holloway, University of London. Below are some recent incentives for prospective candidates to take up the course. From the information I have at hand, this course will total EUR 19,800 over 3 years.

The recently announced STEPS (Strategic Educational Pathways Scholarships) by Government may allocate each applicant up to €7000 in scholarship funds to read for the MSc Information Security as a part-time student, or €13000 as a full time student. ALSO and in addition, you may attain up to €14400 in tax rebates through the myPotential scheme. This will mean you will be recovering 100% of your expenses to read for the MSc Information Security. Bank of Valletta plc have also committed to lend a soft unsecured loan, at an interest rate of 4%, an amount of €16000.

If you are interested in knowing more regarding this opportunity, we are organizing an Information Meeting this Thursday, 5th February, 2009 with Professor Keith Martin, from the Information Security Group at the Royal Holloway, University of London.

For more information you can contact St. Martin on the following email infodesk at stmartins.edu

Posted by Donald Tabone

With an aim to consolidate Information Security activities, events and information happening on the island, I will be posting various events taking place in Malta starting this February and March. If you'd like me to post any events, please feel free to send me details via email.

ISACA MALTA CHAPTER will be organising two events one at the end of February and one at the end of March. The topics to be discussed are:

- Managing IT Services (26th February 2009)
- The Realm of Digital Forensics (26th March 2009)

The location for these two events will be the Malta Federation of Professional Associations in Gzira. Attendees will earn 2 hours of CISA/CISM CPE. Bookings are to be made online on the chapter's website.

Further details are included in the attached flyers or go to the events calender on www.isaca-malta.org which includes a map explaining the location of MFPA.

Flyers and more information can be downloaded from the Malta ISACA website - under Forthcoming events

Posted by Donald Tabone