Some New INFOSEC Initiatives in our Own Backyard

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Some New INFOSEC Initiatives in our Own Backyard

• Aloysius CHEANG CISA, CISSP, GCIH
• President
• Special Interest Group in Security and Info.
  Integrity (SIG2)
• http//www.security.org.sg
• email aloysius_at_security.org.sg

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Motivation for Change

• Information Security (INFOSEC) is becoming a
  popular specialization
• SIG2 ITSEC Recruitment Seminar 2004 at NUS sees
  300 registration for the online quiz and 160
  seminar attendees
• Uphill challenge
• Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand,etc
• 1st CTF in Asia-Pacific held in Malaysia,
• Big-scale campus security conference at Ruxcon,
  Australia
• Emerging technical groups in Asia
• Xfocus
• HITB
• Snort Malaysia
• PISA

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Announcement!
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G-TEC Lab!

• First in Singapore and Asia-Pacific!
• Hosted at
• SPH News Centre
• 82 Genting Lane 05-09
• S(349567)
• Sponsored by

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G-TEC

• G-TEC - Short for Garage for Technical
  Excellence and Collaboration
• Objectives
• Pursue technical excellence
• Support activities in CC
• Support ITSC activities
• Knowledge repository
• Knowledge sharing
• In short, we do technical projects that leads to
  release of white paper, advisories and POC etc

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Whats else brewing in SIG2?
Seminars, Conferences
Members Benefits
GTEC
CC
ITSC Collaboration
Nurturing the next generation
INFOSEC Resume Bank
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CC

• Short for Centre for Competency
• Objectives
• Provide visibility and information for budding
  INFOSEC enthusiasts and professionals
• Evaluation of courses
• Based on an transparent process
• Methodology
• Reputable evaluators and reviewers
• Evaluation of security products and appliance

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ITSC Cooperation

• Provide test lab facility for
• standards testing
• standard promulgation
• user survey
• Trial
• Network Security Industry Standards

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INFOSEC Resume Bank

• First INFOSEC resume bank in Singapore and
  Asia-Pacific
• Tie in with professional headhunters
• Provide career guidance and roadmap
• Now, you CAN deposit your resume with us!

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Nurturing the next Generation

• We should never forget to cultivate our future!
• Support NUS, NTU student initiatives into
  security
• E.g.1 NTU IT Week
• E.g.2 NUS-SIG2 ITSEC Recruitment Seminar
• MOU with Republic Poly in Nov 2003
• Support student body
• Associate membership
• Provide industry support to help make the
  curriculum more

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Put 1 and 1 together...

• Enhance ones technical skills in GTEC
• Improve ones bottom by choosing a course using
  CC to make well-informed decision

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About SIG2

• Special Interest Group in Security and
  Information inteGrity (SIG2)
• She is a not-for-profit , vendor-neutral society
  setup as a VOICE for INFOSEC professionals and
  enthusiasts
• Formed and registered with ROS in 6/2001
• Membership size
• 500 professional membership
• 300 students membership (including associate)

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SIG2 Sponsors
Founding sponsors
GTEC Lab sponsor
Membership Card sponsor
Public Forum sponsor
Credit Card sponsor
Hosted on
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SIG2 Alliance and Partners

• Local Tertiary Institution
• NUS
• NTU
• Republic Poly
• Professional Associations
• LUGS, SG
• SCS, SG
• ISACA,SG
• PISA, HK
• HITB, MY
• Honeynet Project
• Virus Wildlist

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The End. Thank you!