The damage of the fibre cables due to the Taiwan Earthquake has caused serious impact to the telecommunication services in the Asia Pacific region. Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan were some of the seriously affected locations. IDD calls and outbound Internet services were seriously affected and caused a lot of impact to the normal running of the business and activities. Looking back into the incident, what are the lessons learned? What are the areas of improvement? We have invited various speakers to share their viewpoints from various perspective. Do not miss the coming panel discussion!
 Topic

Panel Discussion: Internet Blackout - Lesson Learned from Large Scale Network Disruption

 Date 20-Jan-2007 (Sat)
 Time

2:00pm - 5:00pm
1:45pm - 2:15pm (Registration)
 Venue

Lecture Theatre LT-18, Academic Building, City University, Kowloon Tong

(Thanks City University for sponsoring the venue of this event!)

 Seats

Open to Members of Organisers, Co-organisers, Supporting Organisations and CityU Computer Division Students

 Registration Use this Registration Form
Fax:2900-8338
Email to registration@pisa.org.hk
Speakers / Panelists

Mr. Charles Mok (ISOC-HK)
Mr. Chester Soong (OGCIO Special Task Force for InfoSec member)
Mr. Henry Ee (PISA)
Mr. Jim Shek (PISA)
Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA)
Mr. Raymond Tang (PISA)
Mr. YK Ha (OFTA)

Content 1:45-2:15pm Registration
2:15-2:40pm The submarine fibre damage disaster (Mr. YK Ha (OFTA))
2:40-3:05pm Responses from ISPs (Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA))
3:05-3:30pm Incidents and Implication of Internet Blackout (Mr. Jim Shek (PISA))
3:30-3:45pm Break
3:45-4:15pm Responses from Business Continuity (Henry Ee (PISA))
4:15-5:00pm Panel Discussion (Panelists: Mr. Charles Mok (ISOC-HK), Mr. Chester Soong (Special Task Force for InfoSec member), Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA), Raymond Tang (PISA), YK Ha (OFTA))
Presentation Slides

Incidents and Implication of Internet Blackout (0.1MB) - Mr. Jim Shek (PISA)
Disruption of the Submarine Cable Systems on 26/27 Dec 2006 (1.5MB) - Mr. YK Ha (OFTA)
ISPs Response to Cable Outages (0.1MB) - Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA)

Photos
 Organizer

   
 Professional Information Security Association


 Co-Organizers

   
Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association

   
Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association
      

Internet Society HK Chapter


Information Security and Forensics Society

Hong Kong Information Technology Federation
Supporting Organizations

 


Sin Chung-kai Legislative Councillor    


   
Information Systems Audit and Control Association Hong Kong Chapter
      

Hong Kong Computer Society
 Venue Sponsor

    City University of Hong Kong


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