Hi there -- our local CIPS group is holding a meeting tonight that some of you might be interested in, so I'll pass along this info below.<div><br>Dan.</div><div><br></div><div><table class="contentpaneopen" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:673.3333740234375px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:12.222222328186035px;line-height:15.555556297302246px;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 10/16/2012</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-event-location"><div class="field-label" style="font-weight:bold">
Event Location: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">The Norwood Hotel</div></div></div><p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><u>CIPS Presents “Cyber Security: Local Boundaries in an Open World”</u></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px">With the increase in global security risks and threats to private/public/corporate information, the cyber security community’s ability to maintain a constant state of readiness is more critical than ever. Companies all over the world have spent billions of dollars in response to data breaches. What has been the impact of these threats in our own local community? Join us at our next dinner meeting on <strong>Tuesday, October 16<sup>th</sup> - 5:30 P.M. at the Norwood Hotel </strong>where you will be able to learn, share, and connect with your colleagues in the IT community about these issues. <strong>See registration details below. </strong>The theme for this dinner meeting is <strong>“Cyber Security: Local Boundaries in an Open World”</strong> and will include perspectives from our own local IT community. For this event, we have assembled a panel of senior IT Security leaders representing public and private enterprises including provincial government, global corporations, and small and medium-size business. The panel includes:<strong>Patrick Hoger, Chief Information Security Officer, Information Protection Centre, Manitoba Government; Chris Dunn, Information Security Consultant, C.H. Dunn Consulting, Michael Legary, Chief Strategy Officer, Seccuris Inc., and Mishael Halldorsson, Senior Secuirty Analyst, Manitoba eHeath. </strong>This will be an open information exchange between members of the panel where they will share their perspectives and views on a variety of questions dealing with these challenges. We will examine how these leaders address these issues within their respective organizations, are dealing with the threats and risks to critical information and infrastructure, the inevitable changes and challenges in managing cyber security, the business and organizational drivers, as well as the types of solutions being recommended and deployed to address the multitude of security and privacy challenges such as:</p>
<p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px">· BYOD and mobile proliferation<br>· Cloud and multi-tenancy<br>· Data protection<br>· Growth of federated Identity Management<br>· Anytime/everywhere information resource provisioning</p>
<p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px"><strong>Register early, you won't want to miss out on this exciting discussion!<br>Date: Tuesday, October 16<sup>th</sup>, 2012<br>Location: The Norwood Hotel</strong><br>
<strong>Registration: 5:30 P.M. Dinner 6:00 P.M.</strong></p><p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px"><strong>Cost: CIPS Members: $25.00</strong><br><strong> Non-Members: $45.00<br>
Student Members: $15.00<br> Related Groups: $40.00<br> ISC</strong><strong><sup>2 </sup></strong><strong>, ISACA</strong></p><p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px">
<strong>VISA, cash or cheque accepted at the door. Those registered that fail to attend will be invoiced. Please notify us of any food allergies or diet restrictions and we will accommodate you.</strong></p><p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px">
<strong>Register via email to <a href="mailto:manitoba@cips.ca" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(153,0,0)">manitoba@cips.ca</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>