Cloud Services & Security Summit

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According to research reports and leading experts, the top strategic technologies that will affect enterprise over the next few years will be cloud computing and the rise of the mobile PC. In just these first few months of 2011 we are already seeing a marked increase in cloud service offerings from vendors and the spread of iPads and PC tablets.

For CIOs, CTOs and IT managers, these new trends bring new benefits and challenges for organisations that need to be understood and weighed against their organisations needs and risks. On one side of the equation, cloud technologies offer savings and helping drive IT’s transformation from mere ‘administrator’ to business driver, creating and adding value to the organisation. On the other, are the questions around security, access and change management.

Bright*Star’s Cloud – Services & Security Summit will examine the tough questions around cloud including:
1) What’s happening on the ‘cloudscape’ and what services are available?
2) What cloud services have worked well and how would you evaluate the costs and value of cloud services?
3) How can you ensure the transition to cloud goes smoothly and what are changes internally and externally that need to be undergone by the organisation?
4) How does cloud affect security? And how do tablets and mobile phones increase that risk?
5) How can cloud improve business productivity and what needs to change?
6) How can better IT governance ensure cloud risks are reduced or mitigated?

Interactive discussions at the end each day will give you a chance to exchange views with experts in the field:
Day 1: Transformative Effects of Cloud on IT Departments
Day 2: Gazing towards the Cloud and Into Space: Potential, Mobility and the Future

If you’re seriously considering shifting to cloud services then you’ll need to attend this conference with a wide range of views of vendors, case studies and experts in the field of cloud and security implementation.

Agenda

Agenda: Day 1

8.30

Registration & Coffee

9.00

Opening Remarks from the Chair

Grant Furley, Consultant, FurleyDigital

9.10

Cloud Computing – State of the Nation

So what is cloud anyway? This session will explore various definitions and concepts of cloud service and make sure we’re all speaking the same language. We’ll also examine what makes cloud different from previous IT movements and cover new and upcoming developments in cloud offerings.
• Defining Cloud Services: Cloud, Infrastructure-As-A-Service and Software–As-A-Service. Any real difference?
• Who’s doing what in the market: Top dogs and the underdogs in cloud
• New wave of cloud technologies, products and offerings in 2011 and beyond

Dr. Michael Snowden, CEO, ONENET LIMITED

10.10

Case Study: Successful Cloud Service Implementations

In this case study, we take a look at services such as email that have worked well in the cloud, what hasn’t worked so well and our experiences overall.
• Cloud services and applications: What’s out there at the moment and what have we done?
• Characteristics of successful implementation and failures
• How will changes in the broadband and IT landscape affect the success of cloud services for us and others?

Gary Hill, IT and Operations Manager, PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS

11.00

Morning Break & Refreshments

11.20

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transitioning to Cloud Services

Moving to the cloud infrastructure is the same as any outsourcing project. You have to figure out what’s right for your organisation, what your priorities are and deliver a robust cost-benefit analysis. This session, will delve into this and provide models for determining the best outcome for your business.
• How is cloud and IAAS changing the paradigm of IT costs and the cost-benefit analysis?
• Building the business case and putting figures to facts
• Including those ‘special costs’ such as staff training and the transformation from CapEx to OpEx

James Valentine, Principal Consultant, FRONDE

12.05

Case Study: Case Study: Comparing Cloud Offerings and Getting the Right solution from the Right vendor

How you compare and contrast the various offerings. How you make sure you are comparing apples with apples. How you evaluate them against your needs? Find out how we got the right cloud solution for our business.
• What are the key specifications that are important for your business? Is the vendor able to adapt the solution easily to meet your changing needs?
· Matching your requirements to what’s on offer – does the solution enhance your business?
· The importance of developing a close relationship and working together with your vendor as partners.

Vaughan Robertson, Manager, BECA APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES

12.50

Lunch

1.35

Case Study: Business Benefits of Moving from Traditional IT Backups to Cloud Storage

Data backups with traditional IT involves physical tape cycles and off-site storage of tapes to protect against disasters. The business problem is amplified when multiple company branches have geographically independent file storage systems. This case will cover the problems with traditional IT data storage and how cloud storage can address these issues.
• Why do multiple sites pose more business issues?
• What are the challenges of moving data storage to the cloud?
• What does cloud storage cost and how do you measure ROI?
• What are the business benefits of cloud storage?

Martyn Smith, IT Systems Change Manager, FUJI XEROX

2.15

Case Study: Ticketing in the Cloud

As an event ticketing and social network company, cloud services seem an ideal solution allowing the flexibility and scalability required for our business model. We’ll discuss our business needs, how we’ve developed our cloud-based services and what needs to be considered from an architectural perspective.
• Background to our business and the peaks and troughs of e-ticketing
• Building a business case and plan for the migration to cloud services
• Managing cloud-app development and understanding what could go wrong
• Lessons for other cloud-seekers

James McGlinn, CTO, EVENTFINDER

3.00

Afternoon tea

3.20

Cloud Legal Risks: Laws of the Open Skies

New technologies bring new legal worries and cloud is no different. What laws apply when your data is offshore? How will government mandate and react to this new technology? We examine the legal status of cloud computing, the key considerations for organisations such as what laws apply and finally we consider where legislation and regulation will go with advances in technology and usage of cloud.
• Current cloud law: Location, dispute resolution, resilience, security, copyright
• IT contracts and what you need to discuss with your vendor about cloud
• Future law: Considering the pace of technology and future regulation

Michael Wigley, Solicitor, WIGLEY & COMPANY

4.00

Interactive Discussion: Transformative Effects of Cloud on IT Departments

Concluding the day, this interactive discussion will bring together experts and YOU to discuss views on how cloud is transforming the concept of the IT department and what needs to be done to managed that change.
• How has cloud changed IT and the way IT works?
• What has cloud delivered well and what are its current blind spots?
• What changes are required by IT to become a value add?
• What are the coming trends in cloud services?

Kevin Maloney, Director, KPMG
James McGlinn, CTO, EVENTFINDER
Andrew Wilshire, Managing Director, TOMORROW
Michael Wigley, Solicitor, WIGLEY & COMPANY
Dr. Michael Snowden, CEO, ONENET LIMITED

5.00

End of Day 1 and Networking Drinks

9.00

Welcome Back from the Chair

Grant Furley, Consultant, FurleyDigital

9.05

Thunderstorms: How Cloud Adds to the Security Whirlwind

Security is the foremost of anybody’s mind when it comes to cloud computing and is usually raised as the number one concern. How secure is cloud computing compared to traditional IT environments, and what does the changing business model mean to organisations?
• Is cloud computing security really any different?
• Understanding the new security risks that cloud computing brings
• Factoring cloud into your security and risk calculations
• Gaining comfort over you cloud provider’s security

Philip Whitmore, Director – IT Advisory, KPMG

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9.50

Secure Document Signing in the Cloud - Challenges and Solutions

The adoption and impact of Cloud Computing continues to expand among organisations from different industries. The need for electronic signing of documents as part of an electronic business workflow is immediately evident. But what happens when you combine the two? What challenges arise as a result? This session explores how advanced digital signatures technology addresses security concerns in a Cloud Computing environment:
• Printing for signature - current electronic business workflow
• Why Digital Signatures?
• Secured signing in the Cloud
• Solution benefits for businesses & end users

Mike Eyal, Managing Director, SECURED SIGNING LTD

10.35

Morning Break & Refreshments

10.50

Mobility and Cloud Security

Mobile security remains the top IT security topic in 2011. In this session, we examine the latest security issues with the rise of mobile cloud services and the balance between risk and convenience.
• Mobile devices as a platform; vendors, appstores and basebands
• Threats to mobile security before and after the cloud
• Transmission, interception, multihoming and jamming
• A mobile future of convenient, cheap, secure computing?

Adam Boileau, Principal Consultant, INSOMNIA SECURITY

11.35

Case Study: Business Continuity assurance….in the cloud?

Cloud is often touted as an ideal solution for business continuity and disaster recovery. In this session we will use NZ case studies to highlight current NZ trends around:
· Under & overcooking the solution
· What options are now available to achieve the business recovery needs
· The pros & cons: DIY, Local Cloud & Offshore Cloud

Ian Tuke, Commercial Director, Plan-b Limited

12.15

Lunch

1.00

Change Management and Ingraining Cloud Security Policies into Your Organisation

Becoming cloud-enabled means changes to IT processes both internally and externally. In this case study we’ll discuss how cloud services impacted our security IT policies and how we managed the various changes.
• Process mapping: Traditional IT ways of managing security and how cloud has changed the way we consider security
• Updating security policies and the change management process
• Getting from old to new: How things need to change in policies, processes, responsibilities and incident management

Andy Prow, Managing Director, Aura Software Security

1.45

Creating a Robust IT Governance Framework for Public Cloud Security

Cloud service risks stem from 3 facets: 1) location of the provider, 2) governance of data by governments and organisations 3) inadequate existing international standards. This presentation will delve into a holistic management framework being developed with international cloud security associations to ensure secure cloud services for government and enterprise.
• Evaluating and understanding current frameworks of IT governance and cloud security and why they are inadequate
• Key features of a cloud security governance framework and how it applies to enterprise
• Coming changes for cloud security and risk management

Rizwan Ahmad, PhD Candidate, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Dr Lech Janczewski, Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

2.30

Afternoon tea

2.50

Interactive Discussion: Gazing towards the Cloud and Into Space: Potential, Mobility and the Future

Wrapping up the two days, this hour long lively will examine the convergence of cloud services, the potentials, risks and future that it will bring.
• What are the ramifications of cloud for public sector and enterprise both positive and negative?
• How has the mobile web and cloud services affected the way we think about software, apps, the way we work?
• Where can NZ compete in this new and exciting space?

Ofer Reshef, Manager - Security & Risk, Information Services
Philip Whitmore, Director, KPMG
Dr Andre George, Group Manager Knowledge Management and Information Systems, HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL
Dr. Michael Snowden, CEO, ONENET LIMITED