~ Local Chapter Events ~
February 2010 Luncheon Meeting
Date:  Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:00 PM
Speaker:  Ralph Spencer Poore, CFE, CISA, CISSP, CHS-III, CTGA, QSA
Topic:  Cryptography as a Compliance tool
Location:  CityPlace (Click for Map)
   
Detail:  Come early to the Pre-Luncheon meeting! At 10:30 AM Austin Hutton, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Greater Yield, will present "ARRA/HITECH Implications for IT Audit and IS Security Management". The presentation will discuss the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) legislation and the overall implications of the legislation on health care practices including security considerations.

At 12-Noon, Ralph Spencer Poore, CFE, CISA, CISSP, CHS-III, CTGA, QSA
Chief Cryptologist, will discuss the use of "Cryptography as a Compliance Tool". His presentation will focus on identifying the appropriate cryptographic mechanisms to support compliance requirements.

Then stay for the Post-Luncheon meeting starting at 1:40 PM as Ralph Spencer Poore, CFE, CISA, CISSP, CHS-III, CTGA, QSA, Chief Cryptologist presents, "Detailed Application of Cryptographic Tools". For more information, click on the Event Details link below.

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March 2010 Luncheon Meeting
Date:  Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:00 PM
Speaker:  Brian J. Thomas, CISA, CISSP, Partner Risk Advisory Services, Weaver
Topic:  Network Security Considerations in 2010
Location:  CityPlace Conference Center (Click for Map)
   
Detail:  Come early to the Pre-Luncheon meeting! At 10:30 AM, Anil Markose CISA, CISSP, CIPP, Manager - Ernst & Young LLP, will present "Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)". The presentation will highlight the challenges that organizations are facing today around Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) with a focus on the concept of risk convergence.

At 12-Noon, Brian J. Thomas, CISA, CISSP, Partner Risk Advisory Services, Weaver, will present "Network Security Considerations in 2010". The presentation will discuss the evolution of network security and some key considerations for IT auditors in 2010.

Post-Luncheon meeting: TBD

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2010 ISACA Training Week
Date:  Monday, March 22, 2010 8:00 AM
Topic:  Various
Location:  Inter Continental
   
Detail:  To help IT audit, security and governance professionals learn new strategies and solutions, ISACA will host Training Week in Dallas, Texas, USA, from 22-26 March 2010, at the InterContinental Dallas.


ISACA, a nonprofit association of more than 86,000 IT governance, assurance and security professionals in 160 countries, will offer three in-depth courses at the Dallas Training Week:

· IT Audit and Assurance Practices—This practice-based course is aligned with the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) job practice areas, and will address IT management and governance, tailored to the evolving role of IT auditors. It will include the development of process steps for each focus area.

· Information Security Management—This course aligns with the five Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) job practice areas and provides IT security managers the expertise needed to reduce risk and to protect the enterprise.

· COBIT: Strategies for Implementing IT Governance—This course applies Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) in practical situations and provides a performance measurement framework using COBIT metrics and the balanced scorecard.

“IT professionals are faced with increasing demands to reduce risk and effectively govern their enterprises’ information technology,” said Emil D’Angelo, CISA, CISM, international president of ISACA. “ISACA Training Week provides information security managers, IT auditors and IT governance professionals with expertise to successfully contribute to their enterprises’ overall IT health, and helps prepare them for the CISA, CISM and CGEIT certification exams.”

Instructors at the Dallas event include Don Caniglia, CISA, CISM, audit consultant with Campbell & Associates; Craig McGuffin, CISA, CISM, principal of C.R. McGuffin Consulting Services; and John Tannahill, CISM, management consultant specializing in information security and audit services.

The ISACA Training Week registration fee, which includes course materials, is US $2,295 for ISACA members and US $2,495 for nonmembers. Participants are eligible to earn up to 38 continuing professional education (CPE) hours.
   
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