2nd Annual ICT Security Summit Africa 2011
17 – 20 May 2011, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra – Ghana
Cyber Security & the Protection of Information Infrastructures & Assets across Africa

The global event series for heads of information security & ICT arrives on African soil for the second year running following high demand after the inaugural summit in Mombasa, May 2010. International speaker panel included CISOs from Toyota, African Development Bank, British Telecom, Ecobank Ghana & senior ICT directors and CEOs from the Kenyan government.

Event Objectives

• Develop further talent to grow professional capability and support officials working in Africa to meet their cyber security and ICT governance commitments addressing through exposure to international information security best practices
• Reduce opportunities for cyber crime by staying one step ahead of rapidly changing business environments, regulatory compliance demands, emerging cyber threats
• Ensure that information security remains integral to the core business: linking with internal & external customers & building teams that return money to business lines
• Introduce information security directors & experts from around the world for benchmarking purposes & for participants to make valuable, trust based contacts within the information security community – regionally & internationally
• Facilitate dedicated global networking for like-minded peers from over 25 different countries to build trust based relations and to encourage future collaborations across Africa
• Benchmark cutting edge strategy with like-minded peers at CISO Roundtable Africa held under The Chatham House Rule
• Inspire via high profile keynotes, lively panel debates, focused streams, hands on workshops, scenario planning – practical action plans

TESTIMONIALS FROM THE INAUGURAL ICT SECURITY AFRICA SUMMIT 2010 – MOMBASA, KENYA

• "I would recommend this type of conference for all those who wish to walk towards excellence on the way ICT, Security and audit are concerned. It will always keep you ahead!" - Tanzania Revenue Authority
• "I've never attended a conference before with such a diversity of info-sec traders with experience in industry and academia willing to share such knowledge" - MTN Uganda
• "ICT Security Africa is a very valuable and helpful event that benefits African security experts and prepares them for changing the ICT world" - Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Nigeria
• "One of the few conferences where you find a vast number of experienced persons in the field" - Kenya National Audit Office
• "An excellent conference. Highly value adding" - Kenya Power and Lighting Company Ltd

Last Years' International Speaking Panel Included

• Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PhD, CBS, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya
• Hon. Eng. Philip O. Okundi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)
• Dr. Peter O. Okenyi, Chief Information Security Officer, African Development Bank, Tunisia
• Mr. Bill Rann, Business Continuity, Security & Governance Practice, British Telecom, UK
• Lady Olga Maitland, CEO, Money Transfer International, UK
• Mr. Osioke Ojior, CISSP, CISM, Director of Information Security & Compliance, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, U.S.A.
• Mr. Jona Owitti, ICT Audit & Governance Consultant; President, ISACA Kenya Chapter; & Former Regional IT Audit Manager - Africa, Middle East and Pakistan Region, Chevron Corporation
• Mr. Daniel Gyampo, Head, Group Information Systems Audit - Group Audit and Compliance, Ecobank, Ghana
• Mr. Richard Cross, CISO, Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium
• Dr. Ed Gelbstein, Adjunct Professor, Webster University, Geneva, Former Advisor to the UN Board of Auditors and Former Director, UN International Computing Centre, Switzerland
• Dr. Cheryl Hennell, Head of IT Security and Information Assurance, Openreach, UK
• Mr. Samuel Gitta, Business Risk Management - Information Systems Security Manager, MTN Uganda
• Mr. Michael Holstein, Regional Security Manager Sub-Saharan Africa, Nestlé Group Security, Kenya
• Mr. Michael Colao, Recently Global CISO & Director Information Management, Dresdner Kleinwort
• Mr. John Colley, Managing Director, EMEA, (ISC)2 EMEA
• Mr. Kostja Reim, Managing Director & CEO, Security Risk Solutions Ltd, Kenya
• Mr. Andy Townsend, Computer Forensics Director, Security Risk Solutions Ltd, Kenya
• Dr. Matunda Nyanchama, Principal Consultant, Agano Consulting Inc.
• Ms. Rufina Achieng, Secretary, ISACA Kenya Chapter & Chief Audit & Internal Control Systems Officer, Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen)