The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance Canada (NCFTA Canada) successfully launched its inaugural E-Crimes Summit from November 17th-18th, 2010, with the theme of Trends, Threats and Strategies. The inaugural summit brought together experts from industry, government, law enforcement agencies and academia to share their knowledge and insights on the various trends and threats that are currently having an impact on cyber-security and cyber-forensics.

The presentations ranged from the Economic Impact of Incident Management, Evolving Threats, Cloud Computing and Social Networking with a lively discussion on the collaborative challenges and successes with domestic and international stakeholders.

The diverse participants at the Summit created an excellent networking opportunity to discuss current trends and issues with fellow professionals from a wide and varied technical and business backgrounds.

The success of the E-Crimes Summit highlights the importance of a collaborative organization that has the ability to provide the diverse stakeholders with an opportunity to discuss strategies and best practices that address the various trends and threats that are having an impact on cyber-security and cyber-forensics.

The Computer Security Laboratory at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE) hosted the 3rd Annual Information Systems Security Colloquium on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. This year the event was also co-sponsored by the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA Canada). The theme of this year's event was Botnets: Detection, Analysis and Prevention. This year's Organizing Committee, comprised of Dr. Francois Cosquer, Alcatel Lucent and Adjunct Professor within CIISE, Ms. Lynne Perrault, Director NCFTA Canada and Forensic Investigator, Competition Bureau, Drs. Benjamin Fung, Mourad Debbabi, Lingyu Wang, Amr Youssef, and Bo Zhu, all faculty members within CIISE, invited leading Botnet Security experts from industry, government and academia to share their knowledge and insight on this important topic. The Institute's Director Dr. Mourad Debbabi, gave the opening remarks to approximately 90 attendees from industry, government and academia. The Colloquium began with a talk by Dr. Patrick Traynor from the Georgia Institute of Technology on the "Disruptive Potential of Malware in Cellular Networks." Then, the Acting Director of Capability Development for Public Safety Canada's National Cyber Security Directorate, Mr. Adam Hatfield, delivered a talk entitled "Cyber Security: A Strategic Perspective for Canada." The afternoon session featured a talk by Dr. Andrew L. Vallerand, Director, Science & Technology Public Security, from the Center for Security Sciences, Canadian National Defence on "Whole of Government e-Security." Dr. Wenke Lee from the Georgia Institute of Technology then spoke about "Invariants of Botnets." Mr. Thomas B. Reddington from Bell Labs, gave a talk entitled "Did you know that your network is showing?" Finally, Arbor Networks', Dr. Jose Nazario, wrapped up the colloquium with a talk entitled "Tracking Rogue Networks". Closing remarks were presented by Ms. Lynne Perrault, the Director of NCFTA Canada, who was very pleased to see the great interest that this year's Colloquium had sparked.