Keynote Speakers Announced for Europe’s Largest IT Security and Identity Conference
Representatives from KPMG, Everett and Adobe USA, join the Vice Mayor for International Affairs to give ISSE 2009 the most comprehensive programme to date
Date: 6th- 8th October 2009; Venue: Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel, The Hague, The Netherlands
eema, the Independent European e-Identity & Security Association, has today revealed the expert speakers who will deliver the keynote presentations at ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe) 2009, in The Hague, 6th to 8th October. Dr. James C. King, PDF Platform Architect at Adobe Systems Inc, (USA), Peter Valkenburg, CTO at Everett and John Hermans, Associate Partner of KPMG will deliver keynote speeches alongside Frits Huffnagel, Vice Mayor and Alderman for International Affairs at the Municipality of The Hague. Huffnagel will be delivering an opening plenary at the start of ISSE 2009, alongside TeleTrusT, eema, ENISA and IIR.
Dr. James C. King will be delivering a keynote address on the first day entitled “Open standards for electronic documents and digital signatures” in which he will look at European standards in document exchange and their relation to today’s practical uses within the EU. King’s keynote will assess the widespread move to electronic documents and transactions, central to all business communication, focusing on the Portable Document Format (PDF).
King comments, ”It is extremely important for everyone to understand the transition that has happened with respect to PDF in the last 18 months. Delegates will learn about the recent work that promotes the more widespread use of both PDF and digital signatures within the EU, as well as additional steps organisations should be taking, to ensure the interchange of documents and information is trustworthy and secure.”
King will be followed by Peter Valkenburg, Everett and John Hermans, KPMG, who will present the results of an Identity and Access Management (IAM) survey, conducted to gain insight into security budgets, the impact of economic crisis, the current IAM situation and current and envisioned maturity. Delegates will be given a clear view on how security budgets relate to IAM budgets and how the economic crisis can affect organisation’s IAM business cases, plans and projects. The survey results will offer an insight into how well developed IAM solutions already are.
Hermans comments, “By comparing the results of companies, organisations can determine how well they meet or exceed their competitors’ performance. This information will allow people to decide how to spend their IT budget. We will outline the results of the survey per industry and region, giving delegates the opportunity to learn about what is happening in their area of work. IAM is here to stay and organisations need to take care of this topic and realise it is about interaction and action plans, not just technology.”
ISSE 2009 is a must-visit event for anyone wishing to learn more about the latest developments in corporate and government security and identity management. Delegates are invited to learn about the latest developments in technology, solutions, market trends and best practice.
Executive Director of eema, Roger Dean adds, “It is great to be hosting ISSE 2009, with another programme full of influential and well respected figures in the security sector. We have received fantastic feedback from delegates and speakers in the past and ISSE 2009 looks to be our most successful event to date. Events like ISSE 2009 are essential in the development of organisations. It gives business and IT managers an opportunity to check their own ideas with others facing similar challenges, allowing them to see what new trends and developments are available”
Despite the global downturn, ISSE continues to grow in scope and stature, as the chairman of the ISSE programme committee, Professor. Norbert Pohlmann from TeleTrusT observes, “It is fair to say that the economic climate is a major focus for the keynotes this year, with rigorous research and the adoption of interoperability standards becoming key success factors, especially when dealing with large-scale applications.”
Over 80 guest speakers will present to more than 400 representatives from across Europe at ISSE 2009, tackling issues including Open Standards & Open Security, Security Management & Economics of Security, Privacy and Data Protection and Identity and Access Management. Delegates from European governments, academic institutions and specialist technology providers will unite to debate and discuss these issues via presentations, panel discussions, round table sessions and workshops.
Delegates are invited to take part in a number of sessions, hosted by representatives from PricewaterhouseCoopers, McAfee, BBS eSecurity, SNG, T-Systems, Microsoft EMEA, Kaspersky Lab, Burton Group, Siemens AG, Intel, Ericsson and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
ISSE 2009 is sponsored by CoreStreet, EDR Europe, Digi Notar, Everett, SecurIT, nexus, Novell, BlackBerry, McAfee, Microsoft and the Federal Office for Information Security.
ISSE 2009 takes place 6th – 8th October at the Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel in The Hague, The Netherlands. Conference fees are charged at €975 for eema members and €1,529 for eema non-members, including a place at the influential networking reception on the second night of the event. Early Bird booking fees are also available. Members of the press are invited free of charge. For further details regarding ISSE 2009, including the full conference programme and to register please visit www.isse.eu.com; Tel: +44 (0)1962 888 100 or Email: eempr@mccint.com
About eema – www.eema.org
For 22 years, eema has been Europe’s leading independent, non-profit e-Identity & Security association, working with its European members, governmental bodies, standards organisations and interoperability initiatives throughout Europe to further e-Business and legislation.
eema’s remit is to educate and inform over 1,500 Member contacts on the latest developments and technologies, at the same time enabling Members of the association to compare views and ideas. The work produced by the association with its Members (projects, papers, seminars, tutorials and reports etc) is funded by both membership subscriptions and revenue generated through fee-paying events. All of the information generated by eema and its members is available to other members free of charge.
Examples of recent eema events include: Using RFID in Identity & Access Management, Brussels; Role Life Cycle Management and IAM, Gent; The European e-ID interoperability conference (featuring STORK, PEPPOL & epSOS), Brussels; The use of public identifiers in the private sector, Utrecht; The European e-Identity Management Conference (featuring STORK), London; Enterprise Data Protection - Is IAM enough to meet Compliance Goals?, London; ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe), The Hague and Identity in the Cloud – workshop and conference, Munich.
eema and its members are also involved in many European funded projects including STORK, ICEcom and ETICA.
Any organisation involved in e-Identity or Security (usually of a global or European nature) can become a Member of eema, and any employee of that organisation is then able to participate in eema activities. Examples of organisations taking advantage of eema membership are Volvo, Hoffman la Roche, KPMG, Deloitte, ING, Novartis, Metropolitan Police, TOTAL, PGP, McAfee, Adobe, Magyar Telecom Rt, National Communications Authority, Hungary, Microsoft, HP, and the Norwegian Government Administration Services to name but a few.
Visit www.eema.org for more information or contact the association on +44 1386 793028 or at info@eema.org
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About TeleTrusT Deutschland e.V.
TeleTrusT was founded in 1989 as a non profit making association to promote the trustworthiness of information and communication technology in an open systems environment.
Accordant to the demands of the every day practice TeleTrusT supports the area wide implementation of data encryption as well as Identification, Authentification and Signature
(I-A-S) in eBusiness applications within industry and administration. In this connection the conformity of standards plays a decisive role as a foundation for interoperable Hard- and Software as well as for services.
Together with institutions from other countries TeleTrusT works on harmonising aims and standards within the European Union. Of particular concern is a technical and organisational security that is appropriate for the concrete application context.
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About ENISA
ENISA is mandated to assist the European Union and its Member States in ensuring the higher levels of network and information security.The Agency's tasks are focused on collecting and analysing data on security incidents and emerging risks, establishing public/private partnerships with industry, promoting risk assessment methods and best practices and tracking the development of standards for products and services in the Network and Information Society.
ENISA - defending the future
Every day people experience the Information Society. Interconnected networks are touching our everyday lives, at home and at work. It is therefore vital that e.g. computers, mobile phones, banking, high-tech cars and the Internet are functioning, as they constitute the "Digital Economy." That is why ENISA is working with Network and Information Security for the EU and the Member States.
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