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.
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 lech@auckland.ac.nz
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
All meetings are currently cancelled until further notice.
09/04/2020
14/05/2020
11/06/2020
09/07/2020
13/08/2020
10/09/2020
08/10/2020
12/11/2020
10/12/2020
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:
Date
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Time
7:30 am
Venue
Seminar Venue: The University of Auckland School of Business, Owen Glen Building, 12 Grafton Rd, CBD, Auckland.
Breakfast: OGGB Building, Level 1, Cafe
Presentation: OGGB Building, Room 325, Level 3
Cost
NZISF, NZSA and IITP members – $30
Students – $15
All others – $ 35, Cash or cheque, no credit cards.
Alternatively, credit my (i.e. 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.
Attention: NZISF is a non-profit organisation. We are catering for all our members and friends and your place is reserved at the function. However, we must pay catering costs even if you do not attend the meeting. Therefore, until midday Wednesday, the day prior to the meeting, we are happy to receive your apologies. In the case of no-show we will ask you to pay $30.
Topic:
Why blockchain is not going away
Many are understandably wary about blockchain given the hype surrounding it and its inefficiencies. I wish I had a dollar from every person in IT and computer science who told me that all you need is a centralised database. Blockchain is moving out of its exploration and proof of concept phase. For example, blockchain is being used to coordinate more than half of worldwide container shipping. Governments are realising blockchain’s potential: Australia has recently released its “The National Blockchain Roadmap”, the German government has a blockchain strategy and the OECD has an active and well-staffed Global Blockchain Policy Centre.
The talk will look at why blockchain is so powerful and the societal shifts contributing to its uptake. It will also explain that the barrier to blockchain adoption is not the technology, rather the reluctance of organisations to break down their siloed practices and work with others in their industry and associated industries.
Presenter:
Alex Sims
Alex Sims is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland. She is a blockchain researcher and her primary area of research is on decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs). Alex is a co-author of the report “Regulating Cryptocurrencies in New Zealand” and is involved in a project funded by the Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) on the use of blockchain in the construction industry. She is a member of the OECD’s Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board (BEPAB), a member of New Zealand’s International Review Group for ISO/TC307 Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies and a Research Fellow for the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies.
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:nzsa@security.org.nz