Overview

Date: 19 April, 2002 (Friday)
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: Level 6, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Introduction
According to IDC's forecast, the IT market rebound will begin by mid-2002, for IT spending will increase 4-6% in the United States, 6-7% in Western Europe and 10-12% in Asia/Pacific. In response to the series of security threats throughout 2001, IDC expects it will drive enterprises to rethink their specifications for business continuity, which will in turn create a need to reset IT security plans in 2002.

At the same time, Gartner's 2002 projection states that the lesson learnt by enterprises for getting insufficient attention during normal, day-to-day business activities in 2001 would push up the emphasis on: business continuity, user authentication, corporate provisioning, devices for securing small-office/home-office computing, information openness and data integrity. In general, security, privacy and business continuity implementations in 2002 will receive the funding and resources they need, even as other areas of the enterprise shrink.

e-Security Conference 2001 Hong Kong was held with success in December 2001 with overwhelming responses from industry players, research institutes and corporate users. With an aim to reflect the fast-changing market condition to the public, together with offering a focused discussion platform for sharing practical experience, the second e-Security Conference is scheduled to be held this April.

Organizer
e21MagicMedia

Advisors
． Mr. Sin Chung-kai Legislative Coucillor (IT)
． Prof. Samuel Chanson, Chairman of Information Security & Forensics Society
． Ir Jolly Wong, Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Electronics Division

Supporting Organizations
．Center for Information Security and Cryptography (CISC)
．The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
．Hong Kong Information Technology Federation
．The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
．Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
．Hong Kong Police IT Society
．Hongkong Post
．Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
．The Hong Kong Small & Medium Business Association
．Information Security & Forensics Society
．Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (HK Chapter)
．Internet Security and PKI Application Centre (InPAC) of City University of Hong Kong
．Professional Information Security Association

Who Should Attend
． CEOs, CIOs and CTOs
． Chief Security Officers
． IT executives (VPs, Directors)
．Security Directors
．Networks Managers
．IT Directors
．MIS / IT Manager
．Technical Specialists
．Consultant
．System Engineers
．Software Developers
．Systems and e-Business Architects
．Webmasters
．Application Specialists
．Operation Managers
．Academics Professionals