I am speaking tomorrow (17 July 2012) at the Cyber-Defence and Network Security Africa conference (www.cyberdefenceafrica.com) at the Crowne Plaza in Rosebank.

Time : 12:15 Cloud-based scanning: A case study from Transnet

• The need for a supplemental, cloud-based scanning solutions
• Cloud based scanning: how it works, the benefits, and limitations
• Implementation challenges and lessons learnt at Transnet

Download a copy of the presentation here : Cloud scanning

Then later in the day I will be participating in a panel discussion with the esteemed Barry Irwin and Kabuthia Riunge. Details of this listed below, should be an interesting 45m.

16:00 Panel discussion: Cyber threats over the horizon and the future of information security

• The current threats, and how these are likely to evolve over the medium term
• State and non-state actors and the threats each poses
• Preparing for cyberwar—what can (and what should) the private sector do
• The future of cybercrime

Panellists:

• Barry Irwin, Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University
• Justin Williams, Principal Specialist: Information Security, Transnet
• Kabuthia Riunge, Senior Information Security Officer, Central Bank of Kenya

Tags: cloud based scanning, cloud scanning, cloud security scanners, nessus, nessus ps, Security

Categories: Events, Johannesburg, Research, Security

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