ISACA Event: The changing threat: Targeted Attacks

ISACA Belgium is organizing a round table event about "targeted attacks" on Wednesday 29 October at 17:30. This event is free but only accessible for ISACA members.

The Topic:

The threat is always changing, adapting to our defenses. While botnets will remain a serious threat for some time to come, the next generation of attack is already in use. It has been looming just over the horizon for a while, but targeted attacks are being actively used against high value targets. These targeted attacks are a significant shift in tactics of the attackers and as such will require a shift in our protective stance.

The speakers for this session will be:

Mr. Swa Frantzen.

Swa Frantzen holds a Master in Science in Computer Engineering degree, and has worked in the IT and telecommunication sector ever since he graduated in 1990. He always kept a focus on security aspects throughout his career. Swa was involved in numerous roles during his career, ranging from system administrator to CSO. Currently he is an independent security consultant. Swa is active as one of the 35 volunteer handlers at the Internet Storm Center of SANS since 2002.

Miscellaneous: The presentation will be in English. Questions are welcome in Dutch, French and English. Dress is casual. There is no charge for this Round Table.

Notification of Attendance: Please send a mail to education@isaca.be, if you plan on attending this RTM (indicating your membership number)!

Location: ULB Campus de la Plaine, Forum Auditorium E, 1050 Brussels
Access plan to the campus : http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/campus/pla_F.html

Targeted attacks is a topic of great interest to me. Word exploits, Grey Pigeon and the likes comes to mind. I'm kind of disappointed that I won't be able to attend this session since I'm at RSA Europe that day.

For other interesting security events in and around Belgium, look at the security calendar on the right side of this blog. Upcoming LSEC and OWASP events have been added.

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