SCISSA is having its famous end of exam party on the 21st of November. Come and have some fun and celebrate the end of the uni year. The party will feature:

• Music


• Beer, Soft Drinks, and Cider


• Pizza

Details

• Start Time: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 6:30pm


• End Time: Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 12:00am


• Location: Staff Room in Building 13 on th ECU Mount Lawley Campus

On Thursday the 23th of Oct between 11:30am and 2:00pm SCISSA will be having a sausage sizzle. The cost will be:

• Sausage Sizzle: $2


• Vegie Dog: $3


• Soft Drinks: $1.50

SCISSA is going to have a stand at the opening ceremony of SECAU on the 1^ST of October. The ceremony will be held in main lecture hall in building 10. SCISSA needs two members to help us set-up the stand and event from 2:30pm til 5:00pm and then assist with serving food and drink at 5:30pm til 6:30pm.

This is an official function and it’s a perfect place to network with people in the computer security industry. You’ll need to wear a suit or at least a business shirt, tie and trousers. If you can help out please email SCISSA Vice-President Matt Woods or David Cook with your name, email address, and your mobile number.

• When: 4th of October at 2:30pm til the 5th of October at 12:30pm


• Where: ECU Mt Lawley Campus in building 15.127 (the multi-coloured building next to the student parking)


• Cost: $10 SCISSA Members and $15 for Non-Members


• What you need to bring: Yourself, your computer and one Monitor, Ethernet cable, headphones, a power board

To register visit the facebook event page for the 2008 SCISSA LAN

• $2 NON-SCISSA Members
• $1 SCISSA Members

Soft Drinks: $1.50


And later on at 8:00pm on the same day, we’ll be holding a Pool Night at Pot Black in North Perth (next to the Rosemount Hotel). Hope to see you at both events.


Pool Night Details:

• Address: 464 Fitzgerald St North Perth


• Time: 8:00 pm


• Cost: Free (You pay for your own food and drinks)

• $2 NON-SCISSA Members
• $1 SCISSA Members

Soft Drinks: $1


Hope to see you there.

A new and exciting recruiting campaign currently being run by DSD in the field of cyber operations. They are looking for passionate technical people who are interested in:

• Programming in high and low level languages
• Responding to incidents on critical networks


• Computer forensics to help find the really bad guys
• System administration to support our specialist networks


• Penetration testing, including tool and exploit development


• Software reverse engineering for malware analysis


• Computer and network vulnerability analysis and discovery


• Secure system and network architecture design and risk management

The campaign will run from July to September, with electronic applications closing on 17 August 2008. During September, DSD will host a fully-paid 2 day assessment centre in Canberra for those applicants found suitable during the first phase. This will also give applicants an opportunity to meet our staff and see the exciting range of work available at DSD.


More information and details of how to apply can be found at http://www.dsd.gov.au/cyberoperations.


If you have any queries, please email cyber-ops@dsd.gov.au.