Subject: RE: AusCERT presentation on 7 august 

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Speaker:	Kathryn Kerr, Auscert
Title:	Complex Systems challenges at Auscert
Date:   Monday 7th August
Time:   3pm
Room    78-420, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus

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Abstract

Online identity theft is big business in Australia and in many other
countries.  It is just one part of the underground cyber economy which is
thriving on the "sale" of compromised computers and stolen personal data
of value.  This presentation looks at the trends in online ID theft - how
Australian Internet users are being actively targeted; what are the
components that facilitate such attacks and why they are so difficult to
prevent and respond to.

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Bio

AusCERT is Australia's national computer emergency response team, based at 
the University of Queensland.  AusCERT is at the forefront of monitoring 
and reporting on new computer vulnerabilities, threats and Internet based 
attacks.  AusCERT is able to provide a unique perspective on a range of 
Internet based attacks affecting the Australian networks and the Internet 
using community.

Kathryn Kerr, as AusCERT's Manager, Analysis and Assessments, has written 
a number of papers for AusCERT on online ID theft and is responsible for 
AusCERT's contribution to the annual Australian Computer Crime and 
Security Surveys. www.auscert.org.au/crimesurvey

Prior to joining AusCERT, Kathryn spent 12 years with the Commonwealth 
government in Canberra in various security intelligence related positions. 
She holds a Master of Information Technology, QUT.

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This is an invited lecture in the Complex Systems course
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~comp4006/