ISACA® Western New York Chapter - September 2009 Newsletter
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Monthly Newsletter September 2009 Vol.1 Issue 6 |
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CHAPTER NEWS
Eastman Kodak Company's Bruce E. Jones Presents to Chapter Members at Mario's Italian Steakhouse Eastman Kodak Company Global IT Security, Risk and Compliance Manager Bruce E. Jones presented on Information Technology General Risk Controls (GRC) and their alignment with IT governance, risk, and compliance this past August 20th. Attendees learned risk identification and mitigation strategies among other information.
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In This Issue: • Chapter News • Member Spotlight • President's Message • Upcoming Events • ISACA News • Technology News • Featured Download • Trivia |
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT He enjoys ISACA's ability to provide networking opportunities with "different industry professionals from across the area," says Penska. |
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Information Security and Risk Management Conference - Las Vegas, NV 2009 CISA Exam Study Sessions Rochester Security Summit
ISACA Updates Model Curriculum to Help Universities Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (15 September 2009)—Recent events, corporate scandals, government regulations and changes in the business environment have increased the importance of IS audit and affected the methodologies that auditors use. To reflect the growing demands of the field and help universities develop and update relevant courses, ISACA has released a second edition of its Model Curriculum for IS Audit and Control. “Information systems auditors must regularly update their skills to match the rapid pace of technological change, and must possess strong written and oral communication skills,” said Scott Summers, Ph.D., associate professor of accounting information systems at Brigham Young University and chair of ISACA’s Academic Relations Committee. “The ISACA model curriculum reflects both of those needs and helps universities produce graduates with a marketable skill set for the IS audit and control profession.” ISACA, a nonprofit association serving 86,000 IT audit, security and governance professionals around the world, based the model curriculum on the needs and expectations of the IS audit and control profession, as well as the research of academics, practitioners, audit organizations and professional associations. The topics in the model reflect the skills and knowledge that graduates will need to obtain entry-level jobs in the field. It matches academic courses with professional requirements and provides a framework for universities to use when developing or redesigning courses. “Universities with a curriculum tailored to match the real-world needs of the IS audit and control profession are very desirable to students pursuing a degree in that field,” said Summers. ISACA also publishes the Model Curriculum for Information Security Management, released in 2008. Both model curriculum guides are available as free downloads at www.isaca.org/modelcurricula.
TRIVIA
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No Excuses: Managing Operational Security Risk Source:CSO Online This article is excerpted from No Excuses: A Business Process Approach to Managing Operational Risk Surviving a Series of Unfortunate EventsAs we left the twentieth century and welcomed the beginning of the twenty-first, the world economy appeared to be in greater shape than ever before. Things were probably going well for you, too.You had an enjoyable job, working for a first-rate company. Every day you looked forward to your commute. On any given morning, you would make your way downstairs to your front door to be the first to take the morning's newspaper. Opening the paper, you would read the headlines. Let's take a look at the following news headlines and consider how much you or your company's board members would like to see headlines like these about the first-rate company for which you worked:
Note that these headlines not only point to the financial impact on companies, but also have consequences beyond their earnings—from the personal to the greater community. Many people, especially those never involved in any wrongdoing, have been hurt and even ruined. Aside from resulting in headline news and adversely affecting a variety of industries and thousands of people, these obviously independent and unfortunate events have something else in common. Let us examine one of the more famous cases to help us better understand this unique commonality. |
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