Juggling IT Security - How not to drop the ball!

Karl Hanmore 2004

IT Security is a complex task that can be time consuming and challenging to do correctly. Coupled with a mass of other priorities, IT Security is often the last task on the sys-admin's (and even the Security managers!) todo list.

The aim of this presentation is to shed some light on the sometimes "black art" of IT Security and show how to make security a useful tool, rather than a chore. It will cover briefly the main areas (or domains) of IT Security management and include tips and tricks for making IT Security more manageable without too much of a headache!

About Karl Hanmore

Karl is presently employed as the IT Security Manager for Bank of Queensland, Australia's fastest growing regional bank, where his role encompasses all aspect of security including management, training, policy, architecture, security administration, general ad-hoc advice and even elements of physical security. Karl enjoys educating staff about the simple things they can do to protect the security of the organisation. Prior to his time at Bank of Queensland, Karl was the technical manager for a medium sized regional ISP where his role involved system (and security) administration of several BSD systems and other day to day business in running an ISP. Karl is a FreeBSD, Perl and general security zealot and spends much of his time when not in front of work computers in front of his small home LAN.