Two weeks to go to
Global Security Week
5th to 11th September 2005
London, England, 22nd August 2005: final preparations are in hand for the first ever Global Security Week (5-11th September). Global Security Week is an initiative to link together security awareness activities across the world in the week leading up to September 11th annually.
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Global Security Week 2005 is the first ever global security awareness event. Since launching the initiative and the website GlobalSecurityWeek.com in June 2005, a small band of volunteers has been working hard behind the scenes explaining and promoting the event to numerous public and private bodies with an interest in security. “We have been contacting security event organisers to inform them about Global Security Week and explain our aims,“ said Gary Hinson who conceived the project. “Despite having been announced less than three months ago, Global Security Week has surpassed our initial expectations. We have received expressions of interest and support from all corners of the globe. Security professionals tell us this is a great idea and want to get involved.”
Large-scale security awareness events inevitably require considerable preparation and detailed planning, all of which takes time. Whilst Global Security Week this year may be relatively modest in scale, worldwide participation is expected to increase markedly in 2006. The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), for example, is planning to announce an International Infosec Day in New York during or shortly after Global Security Week 2005 with the event itself to be launched a year later.
By chance, a few established security awareness events such as U.S. National Security Awareness Day on September 9th (www.ussecurityawareness.org) already coincide with Global Security Week. Organisers of other security awareness events are encouraged either to reschedule their main events to fall within Global Security Week from 2006 or to organise something extra during the week, and thus to share in the publicity the event will inevitably attract.
The volunteers running Global Security Week share an interest in promoting security awareness amongst the general public. They are collaborating with a loose network of security awareness professionals in public and private organizations who fund and manage a great variety of security awareness activities. Global Security Week itself is not a commercial undertaking and is funded by the volunteers.
For more information on Global Security Week and to volunteer your support, please visit the website GlobalSecurityWeek.com or contact the organizers by email ) any time.
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