ICA September 16 Event at FCCJ

Information Security in the New Millennium
Speaker: Erez Schwarz
CTO of Sorun-Comsec Consulting

Why are we seeing so many critical new bugs discovered in all major
software and hardware products? How do hackers take control of a system
from a remote location? What is the industry doing about this? What can
you do today to secure your networks and systems?

If you are pondering these questions yourself, or if someone in your
company is, you may want to come and listen to 20-year Security Veteran,
Erez Schwarz enlighten us with fascinating insights into the Information
Highway "Underground."

Erez Schwarz is an Israeli National raised in London. He has consulted
both in private and public sectors in Israel, including the National
Bank of Israel and every other Bank in Israel. According to Schwarz, one
of his projects was for the Israel National Police, designing and
implementing high-profile Information Security projects at a National
Level. As a testament to his real life experiences, he offers his work
at the Israeli Police Force where he needed to secure the Police Web
site. According to Schwarz, this Web site has earned the title of "most
heavily attacked website" in Israel, undergoing more than 33,000 attacks
daily--and it has never been compromised.

Erez is CTO of Sorun-Comsec Consulting. Sorun-Comsec Consulting is a
joint venture between an Israeli Information Security Consulting
Company(Comsec) and a Japanese Software and Integration Company called
Sorun.
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RSVP REQUIRED
If you would like to attend please RSVP on our sign-up page at:
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by 17:00 Tuesday September 14

MEETING DETAILS
Thursday, September 16
Time: 6:30 Doors open
6:30 Networking / Cash bar
7:10* Dinner
7:45 Presentation
8:45 Finish

Yurakucho Denki Building, Foreign Correspondents' Club
http://www.fccj.or.jp/static/aboutus/map.php
Cost: 3,000 yen (members) 5,500 yen (non-members)
*Dinner included in meeting cost. Cash bar available.
No shows will be charged.
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SEPTEMBER MONTHLY MEETING
Thursday, September 9th, 2004
Doors open at 6:30 pm
At the Foreign Correspondent's Club
Speaker: Journalist Debbie Hodgson
Topic: "The Importance of Being Gaijin: A Foreign Body in the Japanese
Media"

Japan's media industry is often described as a closed world with various
interested parties vying to shape and influence public opinion. Newsweek
Japan reporter Debbie Hodgson shares her experience working for both
American and Japanese media, and delves into the pressure-group role
expected to be played by foreign journalists in Japan. In tackling
sticky topics like mental health, Korean minority issues, the Imperial
Family, Chinese crime, discrimination and relations with North Korea,
Debbie sees her gaijin reporter role as offering an outside perspective
on local issues as she attempts to connect with Japanese readers while
refraining from being too judgmental or "foreign."

A writer at Newsweek Japan for over two years, Debbie also served as a
part time reporter at Newsweek International's Tokyo Bureau. After
graduating from the Australian National University in Asian Studies, she
received her Master of Arts at Tsukuba University. Debbie is also winner
of a translation prize in the Shizuoka Literary Translation Competition
and a former lecturer in Japanese language and culture. Debbie enjoys
learning to play the shakuhachi Japanese flute and occasionally kicks up
her heel at salsa bars in Roppongi.

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