The New Zealand Information Security Forum has been launched as an independent organization in 1995. Since 2001 it has operated as a Special Interest Group of the New Zealand Security Association.
Members of the NZISF work as independent consultants, members of divisions responsible for information security, academics, students and journalist, all of them interested in information security issues.
Objectives
The objectives of the NZISF are to:
- Bring together a group comprising individuals, organisations and students who are interested in exchanging ideas, studying and promoting awareness in their workplaces, organisations they belong to and in the general community about Information Security
- Organise or coordinate with other groups to organise seminars and workshops throughout New Zealand for the purpose of promoting information security principles, and furthering knowledge of the subject
- Publicise Information Security related activities within New Zealand and globally by forming relationships with the media, individuals, companies and other organisations
- Provide a resource for individuals, organisations and students with preferential focus
- Liaise with individuals, organisations and students interested in Information Security within New Zealand and globally
Member Application
Member Benefits
- Attendance at regular Forum meetings
- Fee reductions when attending Forum and NZSA sponsored seminars
- Attendance at functions organised by the sponsoring organisations or organisations that the Forum may have an affiliation with
- Opportunities to share ideas with other members of the Forum
- A regular Forum and NZSA newsletters
- Access to information resources, materials, products and services available to the Forum at preferential rates
Current Activities
At present NZISF is organizing or taking part in the following functions:
Monthly breakfast Session
Organised on the second Thursday of every month, except January. The breakfast sessions are held at Owen Glen Building, the University of Auckland, 12 Grafton Rd, CBD, Auckland, start at 7.30am once Covid-19 protocols allow.
Each session includes a cooked breakfast, 50 min presentation related to information security followed by a discussion.
Announcements are distributed through internet only.
If you think that you could offer an interesting presentation contact Lech at [email protected]
More details in the “NZISF Meetings” and “Next meeting” sections.
All NZSA organised functions
All information about these functions is distributed through internet only. NZISF members pay the attendance fee the same as the regular NZSA members.
NZISF – endorsed functions
Functions organised in conjunction with other organisations or endorsed by NZISF; advertised separately.
Currently, NZISF are endorsing the following meetings/conferences:
- IT Security Forum
- OWASP NZ Day
NZISF Meetings
13/05/2021
10/06/2021
08/07/2021
12/08/2021
09/09/2021
14/10/2021
11/11/2021
09/12/2021
Next Meeting
Registration
To register for this seminar click here
To place your name on the NZISF mailing list click here
To remove your name from the NZISF mailing list click here
New Zealand Information Security Forum (NZISF) cordially invites you and your friends to the breakfast meeting:
Important notes
Please follow the registration procedure:
- If you would like to attend the meeting transfer your registration fee to the account: Lech Janczewski at BNZ Auckland branch, account number: 02-0159-0235063-00.
- Click the registration above. Attach in the email a copy of your transfer receipt, if you require a vegetarian breakfast and if you require a receipt.
- Your registration will be confirmed by the GST receipt.
- Registrations close at 9.00am on Wednesday 10 February.
- You may cancel your attendance up to 9.00am on Wednesday 7 April. In such a case your registration fee will be used for your future attendances of the NZISF (until the end of 2021) or you may request a refund. No refunds for cancellations after the above time or for not attending the seminar.
- Please register your arrival in the building using NZ Covid Tracer.
Date
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Time
7:15 am
Venue
Breakfast venue: (served from 7.15am to 7.45am) OGGB building, Level 3 “Social Bridge”
Seminar venue: Room 325, Level 3, The University of Auckland School of Business, Owen Glen Building (OGGB), 12 Grafton Road, CBD, Auckland
Registration
Registration closes at 9am on Wednesday 12 May, register early!
Cost
NZISF, NZSA and IITP members – $30
Students – $15
All others – $ 35
To receive student discount you should use your teaching institution student’s account.
Please pay via bank transfer to Lech Janczewski account at: BNZ, Auckland Branch, No: 02 0159 0235063 00. Please put the note with the payment: “NZISF, currrent month, your name” and send me an email about the payment.
Topic
DDos: Lessons from the war room
Ransom notes, innovative attacks, stock exchanges being disrupted, spy agencies, war rooms……. This sounds like a bad movie plot, not what you would expect to happen in New Zealand!
This talk covers a defenders experience and the lessons you can learn protecting a range of NZ financial institutions from an effective and sustained DDoS campaign. It will dive into the risks you face operating web facing services, the costs to run attacks and what you can do to prepare for an attack and effectively defend yourself.
Presenter:
Jerome Van Rooijen
Jerome van Rooijen is an information security specialist who seeks to bridge the gap between the business risk and technical security worlds. His day job is helping protect organisations web facing services from bad guys™. Jerome started out as a network / unix/ linux engineer before moving into information security where he has held roles as a pentester, risk consultant, trainer and information security manager.
NZISF Chair:
Lech Janczewski
NZISF is a Special Interest Group of the NZ Security Association.
Car park under Owen Glen Building accessed from Grafton Road. Take lift to Level 1 (Not P1) then enter the building.
Contacts
NZ Security Association Inc
PO Box 302065
North Harbour
Auckland 0751
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 486 0441
Email:[email protected]