Topic: Information Security and Data Management practices in Cambodia - a volunteers’ perspective
In 2019, through the Australian Volunteers Program, an initiative of the Australian Government, Bill Perger volunteered in a hospital in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.  During Bill’s year at the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE Bill’s role was as an IT Development Advisor working with a team of talented Cambodian staff. The focus of Bill’s assignment was to improve Information Security and Data Management Practices at the Hospital through introducing contemporary concepts and techniques with the aim toward capacity development of the local team, ‘contributing to meaningful change’.  

In this largely non-technical session Bill will share his experiences as a volunteer in Cambodia, his observations on the maturity and current state of ICT and Information Security sector in Cambodia, and the challenges faced by organisations in Cambodia. Bill will also discuss the parallels with the challenges we face with cyber-security in Australia and reflect on the opportunities for organisations in the region.  

Speaker: William (Bill) Perger MAISA, MACS CT
William (Bill) Perger MAISA, MACS CT is an ICT professional with over 30 years’ experience in sectors including education, government enterprise, resources, and professional services.  Bill has a Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunication Management from Murdoch University and has attained CISSP, CISM, PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner, and ITIL v3 Foundation certifications.  

In recognition of his volunteer work Bill received the Showcased Honoree Award and Community Service Star Award at the 13th annual Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA®) Asia-Pacific 2019 in the Information Security Practitioner category (permalink).

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speaker at the end of the presentation.

Light refreshments will be served after the presentation.

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