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Rogue Securities Trader to Present at Burton Group Catalyst Conference
Rogue Securities Trader to Present at Burton Group Catalyst Conference
Nick Leeson to Discuss the Limitations of Governance, Risk and Compliance With Enterprise IT Organizations
Burton Group, a research firm
focused on in-depth analysis of enterprise technologies, today announced
that Nick Leeson, the securities
bank trader responsible for the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995 will
address compliance and risk management issues at Catalyst
Conference North America to be held in San Diego, June 23 - 27, 2008.
On June 26, Leeson will talk frankly about the Barings Bank incident
including the lack of accounting safeguards that led to his sentence of 6
years by the Singapore court for forgery and cheating.
Burton Group analysts will draw upon Leeson's experience and the recent
unauthorized trading activities of Jerome Kerviel to address
governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management in the enterprise.
According to Bob
Blakley, Burton Group VP and research director, the IT security market
has developed a plethora of GRC automated tools, but these products cannot
do the whole job. "At Catalyst, we will address GRC as a process and will
clarify the distinctions between senior management governance activities,
risk management approaches, and compliance automation technologies," says
Blakley.
Renowned for in-depth discussion of substantive IT issues, Catalyst brings
together over 2,000 attendees from Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 companies
to learn about and discuss significant technology topics and complex issues
facing enterprise IT organizations.
This year, Catalyst will focus on six pivotal areas transforming the future
of enterprise IT:
*
Building the Dynamic Data Center
*
Identity Management: Are We There Yet?
*
Security Vital Signs
* Everything Wireless
*
Succeeding with SOA
* The
New Ways of Work
About
Burton Group
Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) helps technologists make smart
enterprise architecture decisions in increasingly complex environments.
Burton Group's research and advisory services focus on in-depth analysis of
technologies related to security, identity management, application
platforms, service-oriented architecture, collaboration, content
management, and network and telecom, and the data center.
About Nick Leeson
The collapse of Barings Bank (personal bank to HM The Queen) in 1995, and
Nick Leeson's role in it, is one of the most spectacular debacles in modern
financial history. How could one trader bring down the banking empire that
had funded the Napoleonic Wars? Following Barings' collapse, Nick Leeson
was sentenced to six and half years in a gang-ridden Singaporean jail, in
conditions that defy belief. At the same time, his wife left him and he was
diagnosed with colon cancer. Against all odds, he survived and now fully
recovered from cancer, lives happily in Ireland with second wife Leona and
three children. Nick is now one of the UK's most sought-after speakers. In
the aftermath of the AIB trading scandal in New York, and the collapse of
Enron and Worldcom, and the huge loss at Societe Generale, Nick provides a
fascinating insight into the continuing failures of senior and middle
management at large corporations who still fail to protect shareholders and
customers.
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