MISSION

The mission of the Information Security Special Interest Group is to enable and encourage the sharing of information, current trends and  best practice across all areas of Information Security. This is achieved by providing a forum where members can share and learn from the knowledge and experience of others.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the SIG is to

• provide a networking forum to share and discuss business and technical areas of Information Security
• present expert guest speakers with experience on Information Security best practices, lessons learnt, and future advances and trends on Information Security
• maintain a repository of contacts and resources to assist members with Information Security

OUTPUT

• Regular group meetings;
• Workshops, seminars and forums;
• An informal network of contacts amongst members;
• Links with other organisations involved in the same or related fields of endeavours;
• Repository of resources;

MEMBERSHIP

• All individuals and organisations interested in Information Security are welcome tojoin the SIG.

SPONSOR

The event is sponsored by Shearwater Solutions (www.shearwater.com.au), an Information Security specialist organisation in conjunction with The SANS Institute (www.sans.org) who are the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world.

The SANS Institute holds regular Information Security training events in Australia , the next training event to be held in Canberra from 30 June. (www.sans.org/canberra08 )

COMMUNICATION

MAILING LIST

The group runs a mailing list called acsinfosec-l. Membership is unrestricted, but membership requires approval (this is purely to stop spammers joining the list, sending spam and leaving). To subscribe, send an email to acsinfosec-l-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. In the event of any problems, send an email to acsinfosec-l-owner@yahoogroups.com. Once subscribed, public postings to the list should be sent to acsinfosec-l@yahoogroups.com.