2007 Puget Sound ISACA Spring Conference

On April 9th & 10th, the Puget Sound ISACA Chapter is once again hosting a Spring Conference at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in downtown Seattle. The topic this year is IT Governance and Regulatory Compliance.

In this two-day seminar you will review the key elements of a sound IT governance framework and how it directly impacts corporate governance and enterprise risk management. You will explore the specific roles and responsibilities that IT audit, the board of directors, the CIO, and the audit committee have in the process.

To find out more about this great opportunity please go to http://isaca-psc.org/education.htm. The cost is $500 and is limited to 50 participants.

If you have any questions, please contact Roberta McGillivray at: Membership@isaca-psc.org or Rebecca Dols at: President@isaca-psc.org

Thank you!

Roberta McGillivray

ISACA PSC Membership Director

March 20, 2007 Event: Security Metrics - Register Here

Topic Summary:

Information Security is one of the few areas of management that is still very much an art instead of a science and as such it is hard to measure program effectiveness and value delivery, such as risk reduction. The primary goal of an information security metric program is to quantify data and present it in a way that facilitates insight and supports decision making about information risk in order to manage that risk. For this meeting, Signe Jackson will discuss aspects of identifying areas of measurement, developing 'good' metrics, and the benefits of an information security metrics program.

Presenter's BIO:

Signe Jackson, CISM, CISSP has over 15 years experience in information security and over 20 years in the telecom industry. For the last five years she has been at AT&T and is the program manager for the Information Security Metrics Program. She has experience in security program development, policy development and implementation, information risk management and governance programs.

More information Here

ISACA-PSC Spring Conference, 2007

Details Here

Topic: IT Governance and Regulatory Compliance

Date: April 9 & 10, 2007

Location: Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle

Cost: $500

ISACA Training Week 2007

ISACA Training Week in Seattle will be held June 11-15, 2007. Please visit www.isaca.org/trainingweek for more information.

Paid Writers Wanted!

Jack Champlain, lead author of Practical IT Auditing, 2nd Edition, is looking for qualified IT audit and security professionals with excellent writing skills to update and/or create chapters for possible inclusion in the 2007 update of this benchmark IT audit and security reference publication. Chapters on auditing of the following technologies are currently being considered:

• Unix/Linux
• Relational DBMS (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, etc.)
• Mainframes (e.g., IBM, Unisys; plus ACF2, RACF, Top Secret, etc.)

Writers will realize many benefits, including the following:

• Earn a fixed fee of $500 to $1,000
• CPE credits
• Contribute to the profession
• Prestige of being a published author
• Professional recognition by colleagues, employers, and clients
• Publicity for your organization
• Additional writing opportunities

If you or someone you know has detailed experience auditing these technologies and has the ability to update and/or create a chapter that IT audit professionals can apply in practice, email contact information and bio to Jack at jchamplain@russell.com. The deadline for application is March 15, 2007.

[Note: This is a paid advertisement of the ISACA Puget Sound Chapter.]