Posts Tagged ‘security’

Combating Home Grown Terrorists in Australia – 20 May 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Lessons from two recent terrorist trials

This presentation outlines the use of terrorism legislation in targeting and eventually convicting and sentencing terrorists in Australia. The presentation focuses on two recent trials, namely:

Regina (C’Wealth) v Benbrika & Ors (2009) VSC 21
Regina (C’Wealth) v Elomar & Ors (2010) NSWSC 10

The discussion will focus on the evidence that was collected and how it was used to underpin subsequent convictions.

Speaker:      Michael Crowley, ECU
Date:             Thursday 20 May, 2010
Venue:         ECU Joondalup Campus, Building 21  Room 201
Time:            4.30pm – 5.30pm

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1st Call for Papers – 2010 secau Security Congress

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Congress Theme – ‘Informing Security’

This is the first call to submit full academic papers for the 2010 secau Security Congress. Submitted papers must be in English, should be typed in a single column, single-spaced format, and must adhere to the maximum word limit of 3500-5000 words and should also include the author’s name, affiliation and email address. For detailed information regarding paper submission please refer to the main conference website found at http://conferences.secau.org/ All submitted papers will be double blind peer reviewed and high quality papers will be considered for publication in selected journals.

Full papers for review should be submitted by the 1st September.

“Informing Security”

The 2010 Congress aims to build on previous years successes by continuing the dissemination of cutting-edge research and increasing knowledge exchange within the security community. The Congress aims to bring together Academia, Government and Industry representatives to share their research and experiences first hand.

The secau Congress will host the following five conferences from 30th November  – 2nd  December  2010 at the Duxton Hotel Perth, Western Australia:

11th Australian Information Warfare Conference
8th Australian Digital Forensics Conference
8th Australian Information Security Management Conference
3rd Australian Security and Intelligence Conference
1st Australian Counter Terrorism Conference

For further information visit the 2010 secau Congress website conferences.secau.org or contact the Congress Coordinator Lisa McCormack  on 6304 5176 or email l.mccormack@ecu.edu.au

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Terrorist Planning and Detection – 29 April 2010

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Research shows that terrorist attacks occur over an 8 stage cycle. If an attack is able to advance to the attack stage of this cycle, the attackers have a 90% probability of success. This leaves security forces with only a 10% chance of survival if and when an attack is launched.

Any degree of security can be overcome with the right planning. The secret is to put measures in place to identify planning activities, as well as harden targets to deter an attack during the target selection and planning stages.

This presentation is designed to educate security students and professionals about the terrorist attack cycle, along with simple strategies on how to exploit its vulnerabilities and reduce the likelihood of a successful attack.

Speaker:      Cameron Taylor, WA Police
Date:             Thursday 29 April, 2010
Venue:         ECU Mt Lawley Campus, Building 17  Room 103
Time:            1.00pm – 2.0pm

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Open Source Intelligence: Tradecraft & Tools – 12 March

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

There has never been anything in the history of humankind that comes close to the ability of the Internet to reach to almost every part of the globe.  But, as with all new technologies, it comes at a cost—many costs, in fact.

The first Google index in 1998 captured 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. In 2009 the Google Index hit a milestone: 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once!

It has been argued that we pay for the benefits of the Internet less in terms of money and more in terms of the currencies of our age: time, energy, and privacy.

With all that information out there, the trick is knowing what you are looking for and where to find it.  This workshop has been designed specifically for Law Enforcement and Intelligence Practitioners to provide a better understanding of the tools and techniques of Open Source Research.

Speaker:      Shannon Armstrong
Date:             Friday 12 March, 2010
Venue:         ECU Mt Lawley Campus, Building 17  Room 203
Time:            2.00pm – 5.30pm

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