Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (8th October 2009)—ISACA, the not-for profit IT security, governance and assurance association with more than 86,000 constituents worldwide, is hosting key global security and web fraud experts at a three-day conference in Amsterdam from 9-11 November 2009.

ISACA’s Information Security and Risk Management Conference (ISRMC) Europe will take place in the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and will feature industry luminaries including Eugene Schultz, CTO of Emagined Security, who will look at next-generational intrusion detection systems and solutions; Peter Wood, COO with First Base Technologies, who will detail his experiences in penetration testing; and Steve Orrin, director of Security Solutions with Intel, who will discuss virtualisation security issues.

6th October 2009 - As interest in Google's Wave technology - the online giant's successor to old-fashioned email - peaks, so hackers and scammers will inevitably ride the coat tails of Wave Web searches and attempt to divert Internet users to malicious and infected sites, says Imperva, the data security specialist.   "Reports are already coming in of criminal hackers poisoning Google search results and you can expect similar scams to be pulled by hackers intent on routing Internet users to infected Web sites," said Amichai Shulman, Imperva's chief technology officer.   "This will almost certainly be achieved by hacking into large numbers of Web servers and injecting malware references into the system. The process will be automated using botnets, which will target SQL injection vulnerabilities in Web applications," he added.  

8 October 2009 - VEGA Consulting Services Ltd (VEGA), a Finmeccanica company, is proposing the adoption of a UK Information Sharing Strategy, as part of its sponsorship of the RUSI/Intellect Cyber Security Conference.

The conference, in Whitehall from 21-22 October, aims to help senior policy makers, companies with an interest in the sector, and other stakeholders, discuss how the UK's public and private responses to new threats and new policy can best be enabled. It will also explore the national perspective provided by the Cyber Security Strategy, considering its interactions with the National Security Strategy, protection of the critical national infrastructure, and criminal/sub-state factors.

E-Signature launch to provide the first authentication services to governmental entities, public sector companies and individuals in Egypt

Cairo, 5 October 2009:  Egypt’s IT industry has this week celebrated the launch of e-signature services for the public and private sector. The electronic signature will authorize the Ministry of Finance and a number of companies to offer the first authentication services to governmental entities, public sector companies and individuals in Egypt.

This E-Signature Law, issued in 2004 and established the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), is the first Egyptian legislation for regulating electronic business and highlights the advancements in Egypt’s IT industry.