Malware was a new term but it is clearly to be with us for a long time since manufacturing, selling and distributing malwares are becoming a business model in cyberspace (according to Symantec). PISA invited a leading security professional to share with us his experiences in managing malwares.

Topic	Managing the impact of malware from an end-user perspective
Date	5 June 2008 (Thursday)
Time	7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue	31/F Cambridge House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay
Seats	Open to PISA Members Only
Registration	Use this Registration Form Fax:2900-8338 Email to registration@pisa.org.hk

Speakers / Panelists

Aloysius Cheang is the Head of Security Services for Cable&Wireless Asia-Pacific. He delivers complex, multi-dimensional strategic and information security programmes for Global 500 organisations across Asia, USA and Europe. Aloysius specialises in information risk management and development of information security strategies, frameworks, policies and controls. He has led numerous IT security audit, security reviews and security penetration testing engagements, provided business continuity management and disaster recovery services, and supported clients in digital forensic and investigation.

Tim Meng is a Principal Security Consultant with Cable&Wireless Asia-Pacific. With 12 years of extensive experience in the information technology security industry, he has performed numerous penetration testing (PT), technical review of systems, policy reviews and IT risk management assignments. He has assisted numerous organisations from the banking & finance, educational, government, MNC and other IT service providers. Tim Meng's technical expertise lies in penetration testing, especially on areas such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP) / wireless security and IT incident handling. He also actively involved in the ISMS policy development and review work for such clients.

Content

Malware, as defined in Wikipedia, is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. It is a portmanteau of the words "malicious" and "software". The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.

In the year 2004 alone, malware costs enterprises USD 169 billion in the aspect of downtime, data loss and breach of confidentiality. With the recent study by IronPort Systems in the year 2006, malware can cost over USD $150 per user per year. Such a staggering amount of financial loss in the last 2 years indicate that the problem of malware will not go away in the next coming 3 years.

We will explain to the audience how spyware really works, and what an end user can do, with a few simple checks in place, to minimise their exposure to malware. Through a live demo session, we will also show the audience on how to remove stubborn malware without the use of anti-spyware or anti-virus tool, so that audience can learn and empower themselves with the knowledge to remove malware on their own systems.

Organizer
Professional Information Security Association

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Professional Information Security Association (PISA)
* A not-for-profit organization for local information security professionals *