MICTA Event, Security, 29th September 2011
Thursday 29th September, 6pm for 6:30pm in the Sanderson Suite of the Claremont Hotel, Douglas.
Information Systems
Security
Managing the risk of data
abuse
Come and learn about Security in Information Systems. Security is paramount in IT, the threats to data are legion and must be countered for many reasons including:
- Operational Effectiveness: business processes don't work well with inaccurate, missing, incomplete data or data modified without authorisation
- Customer Satisfaction: few things irritate a customer more than being dealt with incorrectly "by a computer".
- Reputation and Trust: loss of customer data at best implies incompetence, and may cause actual harm. Customer concerns about data security cause direct harm to organisations.
- Regulation: Data Protection is a legal requirement. Inadequate or non compliance can result in serious penalties.
This educational event by the Manx ICT Association will be a must for many company directors, senior executives and IT managers. Experts drawn from some of our top local businesses, who have learned valuable lessons in addressing security in many contexts, will talk frankly about their experiences, they key threats and considerations to manage them. Data abuse is widespread, anyone who has been the victim of credit card fraud knows this. Information theft is a serious criminal enterprise, identity fraud and blackmail, industrial espionage, even kidnapping, are commonly based on the availability of information about victims. Any enterprise holding sensitive data, about its own operations, its employees or its customers has an IT security problem.
The speakers will be:
- Chris Gledhill, Managing Director of PDMS. PDMS develop database systems for many organisations where data security is paramount, including UK Government and Police.
- David Butterworth, Managing Director of Skanco. Skanco are one of the major IT systems suppliers on the island, and currently supply PCs, networking and servers to IoM Government and many of our banks and financial service providers.
- James Cochrane, Consultant at Itex. Itex are one of the largest IT consultancy and managed services providers both here and in the Channel Islands, particularly serving the offshore finance industry.
- Anton Wallace, Security Manager for the Hansard Group. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the life assurance companies administer assets in excess of £1 billion. The Group has an award-winning website, Hansard OnLine, which provides financial advisers and their clients with unrivalled up-to-the minute data.
The diversity of the panel we have assembled will expose all of the major considerations for successful information security, and offers attendees an unrivalled opportunity to pose their own questions and recieve answers from a range or authoritative viewpoints.
We look forward to seeing you there. Pay on the door, £6 for MICTA
members employees, £9 for non-members. Please register below: