Related EventsATC-09
7-9 July, 2009
Brisbane, Australia
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Keynote Speakers
Professor Basie von Solms
Prof SH (Basie) von Solms is a Research Professor in the Academy for Information Technology of the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, South Africa. He had been the Chairman of the Academy for Information Technology from 1978 to 2006. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science at University of Johannesburg (previously the Rand Afrikaans University) and has been lecturing Computer Science and IT at this University since 1 October 1970. The professor specializes in research and consultancy in the area of Information Security, Information Security Governance, Cyber Security and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection. He has written more than 100 papers regarding this field - most of which have been published internationally.
The South African Academy for Science and Arts announced in April 2006 that the MT Steyn Medal for Scientific and Technical Achievement for 2006 had been awarded to Prof Basie von Solms. In 2005 he was awarded the ICT Leadership Award by the South African IT industry and the Computer Society of South Africa for ‘exceptional thought leadership qualities and sustainable contribution to the development and growth of the South African IT Industry.’ He is a Fellow of the Computer Society of South Africa (FCSSA), and a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS). The professor is also a Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP), as well as a SAATCA certified Auditor for ISO 17799. Prof von Solms is the President of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (www.ifip.org).
Professor L. Jean Camp
Prof. Camp began her graduate studies in electrical engineering in North Carolina before moving to the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon to complete her PhD in Engineering and Public Policy. Upon graduation she became a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. She left Sandia National Laboratories for eight years as a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, departing to lead the security group in the newly- formed School of Informatics at Indiana University. Professor Camp is the author of "Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce"(MIT Press), "Economics of Identity Theft” (Springer) and the editor of “Economics of Information Security” (Kluwer Academic).She has authored over one additional hundred works, including ninety peer-reviewed works and two dozen book chapters. She has made scores of invited presentations on five continents. Her patents are in the area of privacy-enhancing technologies.
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