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The Conference will be initiated by:
The Honourable Yamfwa Mukanga
Zambian Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications
Mrs. Margaret Mudenda
Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) Director General
With this event Silensec will bring together security expert speakers to present best practice to prepare for, respond to and manage information security incidents, including computer forensics investigations. The event will address information security from a range of sectors, including telecommunication, finance, energy and government.
The event will focus on national and regional information security awareness. Different security experts with various experience and expertise will address the national and regional delegates on information security management systems, security policy, security planning, data classification, system/application security management, system/application life cycle management, risk management, contingency planning, current and anticipated security threats and ways to mitigate them. The sessions will be interactive and provide an open forum where the guest speakers will be able to discuss specific security issues related to the various challenges met by the audience. The event is will is be product-oriented and will address information security in an unbiased way.
Target Audience
The targeted audience will be key decision makers from governments and business communities of Zambia such as:
- Ministers in charge of ICT, Finance, Justice, etc.
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
- Senior managers
- Policy makers
- Opinion leaders
- Program and Project Managers
- IT managers
- Law enforcement authorities
- ICT regulators
- Information security managers
- Telecoms service providers
- Internet Service Providers
- Banks
- Insurance companies
- Academia
- Industry
- Civil Society
At least 100 participants from these sectors will be expected in Silensec IT Security Conference.
Why Attend?
With the advent of the high speed and mobile communication technologies the world has been exposed to a rapidly changing variety of dynamic cyber threats. This raises a critical need to protect government and enterprise critical information and infrastructures. Electronic attacks today expose confidential information, cripple official web sites and leave companies and governments vulnerable to serious risks.
One of the greatest threats to information security could actually come from within companies or organization, known also as “Inside attacks”. In most cases, it is not bad-intentioned workers and corporate spies who are posing risks but the non-malicious, uninformed employees who can do harm to your network by visiting websites infected with malware, responding to phishing emails, storing their login information in an unsecured location, or even giving out sensitive information over the phone when exposed to social engineering.
Company-wide security awareness initiatives are therefore of paramount importance for every organization to allow them to understand current cyber threats, hacking attacks as well as to information security strategies, procedures and best practices to minimize and mitigate them. This will help government and institutions to meet the guaranteed confidentiality, integrity of the information residing and flowing to these infrastructures and the availability of the resources when needed.
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