ACS NT Presents: Cybersecurity & Blockchain Talks - Alice Springs
Join us in Alice Springs to hear from two ICT industry experts on how Cybersecurity and Blockchain are disrupting business and society. ACS Professional Development Event.
Contact Event Organiser
About this event
Effective cybersecurity is a challenge faced by organizations every day. Determining how to implement security controls that are best for an organisations unique environment is even more challenging. Sean will talk about security objectives and major areas of concerns at enterprise level and present a practical framework to security and risk management. This framework will help organizations protect their critical assets and prevent security incidents from happening. Sean will discuss monitoring and detection of security breaches and how to respond and recover if they happen to you! Best industry practices will be discussed, however, emphasis will be on uniqueness of each organization.
Sean X. Wang is a cybersecurity consultant and practitioner in the United States. He has a Ph.D. in Information Science, with more than 20 years experience in IT and information security. His expertise is in critical infrastructure protection, risk assessment, vulnerability management, security test, and security life cycle. He has written a dozen blogs on various security-related topics. In addition to providing security services to government agencies, he has experience with universities, libraries, accounting and law firms, as well as public-traded companies.
Daljit Bahia - Blockchain
Blockchain has been hyped as one of the most transformative and disruptive technologies on the immediate horizon. In this talk Daljit will explain what blockchain is and help us to understand the impacts it will have in both the private and public sectors. He will also discuss the evolution of bitcoin and cryptocurrency and their impact on financial services in Australia. He will provide practical information and present user case studies to discuss impacts and effects.
Daljit is a senior executive with over 25 years experience working in the high tech sector across all aspects of business. He is an expert in the strategy and implementation of Blockchain based technology in both the public and private sectors. He brings his extensive knowledge and experience of working in senior positions all over the world to speak with us in Alice Springs.
Please join us for drinks and nibbles after the presentations and Q&A (event close 7.30pm)
Speakers
Event Location
Event Terms & Conditions
Registration
- Payment in full is required the time of booking in order for the registration to be valid.
- To avoid disappointment, ensure you pay for your booking(s) before the registration closing date. Anyone that has not received a confirmation email will not be on the event attendance list and therefore will not be admitted to the event.
- Online registration ends at the time stated on the event registration page.
Cancellation and Refund
All cancellations must be processed through the website, a refund will only be considered if it is at least 3 working days prior to the event.
Disclaimer
- ACS reserves the right to change the program at any time. Every effort will be made to ensure a program of equivalent standard and members are updated with changes.
- All dietary requirements are considered, however we cannot guarantee a 100% allergen free environment.
- ACS reserves the right to prohibit entry or eject any person from an ACS event based on behaviour deemed inappropriate by ACS staff, its agents and/or others working under its authority.
- Filming or streaming by attendees is not permitted. If an attendee is found to be doing so they will be asked to leave the event immediately and further action may be taken.
- Photography and/or filming may take place during this event, by accepting these terms you consent to this. Please let a member of ACS know if you do not want your picture taken.
COVID-19 Event Attendance Compliance
By registering to attend an ACS in person event you are agreeing to the below terms and conditions
- If an attendee is displaying flu or cold like symptoms in the days leading up to the event and therefore is not able to attend, ACS will refund the registration fee.
- If an attendee comes to an event and is displaying flu or cold like symptoms they will be asked to leave
- We ask all ACS members to respect the social distancing guidelines, if an attendee repeatedly disregards these guidelines, they may be asked to leave
- ACS reserves the right to cancel the event within 24 hours' notice if either the speaker or the event host has advised us that they are exhibiting flu or cold like symptoms
- All attendees must provide a valid phone number and email address to be contacted on if there is reason to notify about a possible COVID-19 exposure
Personal information collection notice
By registering for this event, you are providing personal information to the Australian Computer Society. In accordance with the ACS Privacy Policy, ACS collects personal information through registrations and attendances at its events for the purposes of:
- organising and providing the various professional development events held by the ACS (including for example, courses, conferences, seminars, workshops, launches);
- processing and managing event registrations (including catering for dietary requirements);
- maintaining event attendance records;
- contacting registered event guests with information in regard to the event and seeking post-event feedback;
- communicating with you to in relation to future events or ACS products, courses, services, promotions or other products or services that ACS reasonably thinks may be of interest to attendees;
- processing and responding to attendee inquiries; and
- conducting research to improve its events and better understanding needs.
If the required information is not provided, we or any involved third parties, may not be able to respond to you, update you, or provide appropriate services or events to you.
We may obtain personal information directly from you or from someone who registers for the event on your behalf. If you provide us with personal information about another person, you must do so only with their consent and agree to make them aware of this privacy notice.
ACS may share your personal information with third parties for the collection purposes noted above or as set out in our Privacy Policy, where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of our activities, or required by law.
When you register to participate in an overseas event, we may send personal information we collect overseas.
See our Privacy Policy at https://www.acs.org.au/privacy-policy.html for more information about our privacy practices.