Meet the Hacker

Presentation

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Speaker(s): Patrick Sharp, Dr Frans Lategan
Date: 5:30pm — 7:30pm, 15 October 2024
Venue: Four Points by Sheraton Auckland
Location: 396 Queen Street, Auckland, 1010
Price members: $75.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $105.00 incl GST

Overview

Kordia’s independent cyber security consultancy, Aura, have a team of ethical hackers who conduct regular penetration tests for businesses to help identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by cyber-criminals.

In this session, Aura Information Security GM Patrick Sharp will introduce Dr Frans Lategan, Principal Security Consultant at Aura Information Security, to share his experience as an ethical hacker. 

Frans will discuss differences between penetration testing and cyber-attacks, and why doing well against a pen test is not a panacea against cyber-attacks. This is an opportunity to ask a cyber security strategist what they are seeing, and to understand practical steps that you can take to assess the risk of cyber breaches to your business.

Patrick Sharp

GM – Aura Information Security

Patrick is the General Manager of Aura Information Security, a cyber security consulting division of Kordia Limited, focused on providing independent, expert advice to public and private sector organisations throughout NZ and Australia. 

Until recently, Patrick has been working as a security consultant at Aura; helping businesses develop cyber strategy, identify cyber risks and acting as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer. 

With 25 years’ experience in IT and 10 in cyber security, Patrick holds an MBA and is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP).

Dr Frans Lategan

Principal Consultant - Aura Information Security 

With a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and more than 25 years’ experience in the cyber security industry, Frans has a wealth of experience in both offensive and defensive security.  

His key areas of expertise are penetration testing, security consulting, cryptography and source code review. During his career, Frans has assessed systems ranging from small mobile applications to Wi-Fi networks and large corporate networks to ATM security, as well as multiple web applications.   

Prior to joining Aura, Frans held senior positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Barclays Africa Group Limited; and more recently, SensePost, a leading ethical hacking firm in South Africa.  

Frans is a member of Aura’s senior management team and is primarily based in our Auckland offices.

Additional information

Covid-19 precautions

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