Our principal consultant, Mr. Rui (Roy) Pereira, B.Sc.(Hons), CIPS ISP, CISSP, CISA, CWNA/CWSP, CPTE/CPTC, will be presenting at the PIA-BC's Spring Conference at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville, Vancouver Island BC, June 4-5 2010. The topic will be "Private Investigators! - How to Protect Your and Your Clients' Digital Assets", and will cover best practices in IT and Information Security for private investigation firms.

The presentation will provide information which you can use so that:

• Your own information, and the information of their clients, is secure and protected;
• You are compliant with privacy and other relevant legislation;
• You can meet additional client requirements when responding to RFPs;

We will cover the following topics, among others:

• Threats to data (what can go wrong, and often does);
• Regulatory compliance requirements (PIPEDA/PIPA, FIPPA, Breach Disclosure);
• Physical and logical security requirements;
• Wireless and Telecomms Security;
• Security architecture recommendations;
• Security solutions - Firewall, IDS/IPS, secure remote access, patching, anti-virus, VoIP, etc.
• The use of encryption technologies;
• Indicators of IT security breaches;
• Security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines;
• The benefit of undergoing regular security assessments, reviews and audits;

Upon completion of this presentation, members will have a clear understanding of what they need to ask of IT professionals, and what they need to do on an ongoing basis, to ensure that their systems are secure against various adversaries and threats.

In addition, all PIA-BC members are offered a free no risk initial security assessment of their IT infrastructure. Please contact us by e-mail at ruiper@wavefrontcg.com or by phone at 1 (604) 961 0701 to schedule your assessment.