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.

We’re finally having our LAN for this year. Here are the details you need to know

• 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

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


Sausage Sizzle:

• $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)

SCISSA is getting involved in two high profile events. The first is on the 15th of August and is the Carla Romera Public Lecture on “Women in IT”. Secau Security Research Centre Administrator David Cook would like female students from SCIS and SCA to participate and form part of the audience. He is also looking for one keen female student to take part on the discussion panel with ECU academics and Carla Romero. In addition to this David is also looking for a couple of female students to assist him with serving OJ and red wine for the officials after the Carla Romero lecture. Please email SCISSA Vice-President Matt Woods or David Cook your name and email address if you are interested.


The next event SCISSA is getting involved is on the 18th of August as Andrew Bernat gives a Public Lecture on “The Internet of Things”. Andrew Bernat is well known throughout the US and David is looking for any students who would like to attend the lecture. There is a limit of up to 15 students and David has kindly given SCISSA Members first preference. Please email SCISSA Vice-President Matt Woods or David Cook your name and email address if you are interested.

Are you sick of paying $7.50 for a roll? On Thursday the 7th between 11:30am and 1:30pm SCISSA is having a sausage sizzle.


Sausage Sizzle:

• $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.

University can be a little daunting and to assist you, ECU is providing support even before your classes start through they orientation program. The program includes a full range of free academic, support and social activities. To ensure that you are well prepared to meet the academic requirements for your course you should attend as many orientation activities as you can. go to the ECU Orientation Website for more information. Here are the dates.


Joondalup Orientation
22nd of July between 11:00am to 3:00pm
Room: Building 32, lawn area & JOO 19.143


Mount Lawley Orientation
24th of July between 11:00am to 4:00pm
Room: By the little Aroma Cafe (Bldgs 16-17) & ML 3.101

Thanks for everyone who come to either or both SCISSA events. A very big thanks also goes out to all of you who helped out and planned these events, without you these events wouldn’t have been a success

So more people can celeberate the end of the semester we have moved the end of semester party back to ECU’s Mt Lawley campus. The party will now be held at the staff room in Building 13 instead of the Sound Suite. The party is still scheduled for the 27th of June, and it will kick of at 6pm. For more information about the party please regularly check this website and the party’s facebook webpage.

Tickets:

• $20 SCISSA members


• $25 non members


• $30 at the door