Opportunities and success in the UK

Last month, Telspace Systems made a very important trip to the UK. On the one hand, we went to showcase the company among the other 350+ exhibitors at Infosecurity Europe, but just as importantly, we officially launched our EU-based office in central London.

Infosecurity Europe, considered to be Europe’s number one Information Security event, took place between 23-25 April, at Earl’s Court, London this year.

Although this event has been successfully running for 18 consecutive years, this was Telspace’s first time exhibiting there, and it proved to be the perfect opportunity to coincide with our local office opening.

With over 17 000 registered attendees, we were kept very busy interacting with all the delegates at our stand. We gained a lot of international exposure and met a lot of key industry players, including many competitors. Overall it increased our market presence and also provided us with the opportunity to service new clients.

We managed to collect many great leads, of which we had a large amount of callbacks. Some of the top most contacted clients from the exhibition include UK, Italy, USA, Germany, and Spain. The event also proved to be a great platform for us to present our highly-talented EU-based security engineers to potential international clients.

We were very impressed with how professionally the event was organised and executed. During the whole time we were there, we never ran into any problems. We were amazed by the massive networking opportunities the event offered and we enjoyed the chance to compete in the EU market. The interest and knowledge presented about our industry was huge and it was very exciting to see where we are heading.

Overall, it was a great experience and everyone was very welcoming. We were proud to represent South Africa at an international level and hope to attract even more customers in 2014. We've already booked a stand for next year in the main exhibitor zone!

Check out these links for more information about our EU office launch:

Telspace Systems opens EU office - IT-Online

Telspace Systems to establish EU office - ITWeb

Join us at ITWeb’s Security Summit

ITWeb’s Security Summit is taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre this year between 7 and 9 May, and we hope you’ll be joining us there.

Telspace Systems has been involved with this event almost since its inception in 2005. Initially, we presented talks on topics such as Bluetooth Hacking to the local and international delegates, and more recently, we've been involved as sponsors and exhibitors.

A few years ago, as some of you might remember, we were involved in a very successful charity drive for renowned computer security expert Johnny Long’s (j0hnnyhax) Hackers For Charity initiative.

Whatever our involvement, though, one thing has stayed the same - Telspace Systems always has a lot of fun at ITWeb’s Security Summits. Not only that, but we find the event to be a great place for us to keep up-to-date with the local IT security community and to get in touch with our customers face-to-face. It also always gives us the opportunity to discuss industry issues and solutions in-depth, which helps us better figure out what our clients want from us on a service level.

According to the website, at ITWeb’s eighth annual Security Summit, “We take a stand, and assert that while some battles have been lost, we need not lose the war. With informed strategy, and effective tactics, as well as a better understanding of the enemy, we may yet turn the tide of the growing cyber security threat.”

This year’s international keynote speaker will be Misha Glenny, investigative journalist and leading expert on cybercrime and on global mafia networks, and he will be contextualising the current information security challenges faced by organisations across the globe.

Other speakers include: Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer at MANDIANT; Adam Ely, founder and chief operations officer of Bluebox; Runa Sandvik, developer, security researcher, and translation co-ordinator, at The Tor Project; Ben Gatti, independent software hacker; and Robert Weiss, founder of Password Crackers.

The event will not only showcase expert insights, but will also feature interactive workshops, valuable networking opportunities, sought-after SANS training, and practical solutions.

With less than a week to go, we hope you’ve registered and are gearing up to attend this top-level local event. But most importantly, we hope you are as excited as we are!  

Come visit us at Stand 2, it would be great to catch up with you all!

Telspace Systems opens EU office - InfoSec Europe

Information security services and training company, Telspace Systems, will be establishing an EU-based office during the Infosecurity Europe event at the end of April this year.

Telspace Systems has been successfully operating in Johannesburg, South Africa, since 2002. The company offers information security services including attack and penetration testing, web application assessments, vulnerability assessments, and security consulting. Telspace Systems also has a training division which offers practical courses such as the highly-anticipated Ethical Hacking 101, and the popular Wireless & Bluetooth Hacking. These courses are often presented at high-level government and internationally-recognised security conferences. 

The new office, which will be situated in central London in the UK, will provide much the same services as the Johannesburg-based office, although the company is always developing new training courses and services into its existing portfolio.  

Says Shaun Levy, Sales and Recruitment Director at Telspace Systems, "For the past few years we have been extensively servicing companies globally. We feel it is the right time to have a physical presence in Europe for our customers, especially since we have already seen a number of parties interested in investing in our European operations."

Telspace Systems currently services clients across Europe, Africa, Malaysia, UAE and America. "We already have an extensive base of EU clients," explains Levy.

"The information security industry is growing at a rapid rate and as a result, many organisations are demanding our top quality services," according to Telspace Systems CEO Dino Covotsos. "Our decision to establish an EU footprint gives us the opportunity to expand on a global scale, which has always been a part of our corporate mission."

Levy adds, "Having an office in the EU enables us to hire more technically-aligned staff, which benefits our South African clients by providing them with a carefully-selected team of top international analysts."

The company is currently in the final stages of interviewing for the management position at its soon-to-be-launched EU office. "We thought a good time to officially open our EU office would be during Infosecurity Europe at which we will be exhibiting," explains Levy.

Infosecurity Europe is taking place at Earl Court in UK this year, between 23-25 April 2013, and is considered to be the top information security event in Europe. 

"Based on the success of our EU-based office, Telspace Systems plans to establish new offices in other countries, to even further expand our global reach," Covotsos concludes.

TakeDownCon Dallas & ITWeb Security Summit

ITWeb Security Summit 2012 - JHB, South Africa

Telspace Systems will be sponsoring and exhibiting at the ITWeb Security Summit 2012 during May 2012. We invite you to come meet us at our stand, catch up with us and discuss information security trends. The 7th annual ITWeb Security Summit brings together key industry experts in IT security and related industries who will focus on the issue of trust, and the need to re-assess the standard approaches to IT security. More information can be found at http://tiny.cc/iphvcw .

TakeDownCon - Dallas, USA

After a successful 2011 training session(including training up the Canadian Defence Force), Telspace Systems will be presenting training again at TakeDownCon - Dallas, USA during May 2012. The TakeDownCon security conference is a place to take the technical aspect of infosec conversations and bring them to the forefront in a highly technical forum that allows you to participate in and experience training and presentations that will hit home with issues that you will face in your every day life as an IT Security Professional.  More information can be found at http://tiny.cc/lrhvcw .

TakeDownCon Dallas will highlight the many ways your critical infrastructure can be compromised; how your security systems are being breached and what methods are being deployed to hijack or steal your assets!

About time!

First off, apologies for not updating the blog in a while. Things have been rather hectic here :)

Dino Covotsos and Daniella Kafouris recently presented at Crawford college. They presented on various social networking issues. The talk was aimed at making parents more aware as to what threats their children are faced with when using social networks. From Mxit to Facebook. The presentation was well received by Crawford college. Telspace Systems will also be presenting on Clickjacking at the Security Summit 2009 on day 2, so if you are going to the summit try catch our talk.

On the security side, quite a few exploits have been released this month, the more dangerous ones being 'Linux Kernel 2.6.x ptrace_attach Local Privilege Escalation Exploit' and 'Microsoft IIS 6.0 WebDAV Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability' so please apply the relevant patches and updates as soon as possible.

Till the next post be safe and take care.