Hi everyone, For those interested in the security space: The Institute of IT Professionals, in collaboration with The University of Waikato's Computer Science department and Fulbright, are hosting two international security experts for a pair of talks this month. Below is the summary of the first talk, happening next week - if you're keen for this please register ASAP! You can see the second talk, happening on the 24th, here: http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/waikato/943-Public_lecture_Tackling_cyber-secu... Eric -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IITP Events <hello(a)iitp.org.nz> Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:49 PM Subject: Last chance to register: Public lecture: Gaps and Opportunities in Cyber Security R&D To: Eric Light <eric(a)ericlight.com> [image: IITP Header] <http://www.iitp.org.nz> Hi Eric, you're invited to the following IITP event: Public lecture: Gaps and Opportunities in Cyber Security R&D *Date:*June 17, 2014 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm*Venue:*The University of Waikato, Room S.1.02 (S Block, Room 1.02), Hamilton (Map to Venue <http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/>)[ *More Info and Registration* <http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/waikato/942-Public_lecture_Gaps_and_Opportunities_in_Cyber_Security_R_D> ] *Swords against Atomic Bombs - Fundamental Gaps and Opportunities in Cyber Security Research and Development* It is becoming clear that the cyber security industry is losing the battle against the deluge and sophistication of attacks. In the face of these challenges, few have considered the fundamental reasons why the cyber security industry is losing this battle. Even fewer have proposed game-changing solutions that address the key security gaps. In this talk, we take stock of what's the problem with the current cyber security landscape, and what we must urgently do to address them. The talk also introduces the Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW) and 'blue ocean' opportunities for both researchers and practitioners. About The Speaker *Dr Ryan Ko* is Head of the Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW) and Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He established New Zealand's first Master of Cyber Security programme and dedicated academic cyber security research lab. He is also Advisory Board and Affiliate Faculty Member Informatics Research Institute (IRI)/ National Information Assurance Training and Education Center (NIATEC) Idaho State University, USA. Prior to joining the faculty he was a lead computer scientist with Hewlett-Packard Labs; his data security and data tracking inventions are implemented globally in HP security products and HP customers including the US Treasury, Singapore's G-Cloud and data centres in China and France. He also serves as Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)'s Asia Pacific Research Advisor and has been active with CSA since its beginning years and founded the CSA Cloud Vulnerabilities Working Group and the CSA Data Governance Working group - the first research working group led by an Asia Pacific chapter. IITP Public Lecture series in association with the University of Waikato This presentation is part of a free public lecture series from IITP and the University of Waikato. [image: Waik_Word_RGB_H.jpeg][image: CROW_header_logo.png] [image: 50th%20logo%20full%20colour%20white%20background.jpeg] Registration Details: IITP members and non-members may register for this event online below. Please register for catering purposes and to secure your place. ------------------------------ *Attendance Cost:* EveryoneFREE [ *More Info and Registration* <http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/waikato/942-Public_lecture_Gaps_and_Opportunities_in_Cyber_Security_R_D> ] *To Unsubscribe: *You've been invited to this event because you're subscribed to one or more of IITP's Events Mailing Lists. If you'd prefer not to receive these notices please click here <http://www.iitp.org.nz/members/unsubscribe?7bdfbddbd9936b84559578b8ed9d0911158062> to unsubscribe. © Copyright 2013, Institute of IT Professionals NZ Inc