ISACA Phoenix Chapter - December Newsletter

We would like to welcome the newest member of the ISACA Phoenix Chapter Board - Mr. Kim Jones, CISM, CISSP. Kim is an Information Risk Manager for General Dynamics and has a wealth of information security experience. For the past several years Kim has helped teach our CISM Review Courses. He is filling the 2nd Vice President position, which was recently vacated by Patrick Potter.

The ISACA Phoenix Chapter Board of Directors has reluctantly accepted Elida Bessant and Mindy Pan's resignations from their volunteer positions with our club. Mindy and her team have been solely responsible for all of the administrative processes connected to our bi-monthly events. Elida has been responsible for our event management processes within CVENT. Mindy and Elida have been invaluable resources to the ISACA Phoenix Chapter. Please join me in thanking them for their outstanding service to our organization.

Volunteers Needed - the Bi-Monthly Events Committee is now in need of additional volunteers to help us make sure our Monthly Chapter Meetings are as successful as possible. Interested members should contact Jon Chandler, ISACA Phoenix Board Director.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday season.

Sincerely,

Adam Remis

President, ISACA Phoenix Chapter

January Chapter Meeting Invitation

In January our chapter meeting will be January 27, please join us for a great opportunity to learn and network:

Impact of Social Networking on the Audit Function by Charlie Blanchard, Security & Privacy Services Manager, Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Note, this will be the topic of both the lunch and afternoon sessions.

Successful CISA and CISM Review Courses

This past month we had another successful round of CISA and CISM review courses, and exams were conducted earlier this month. Many thanks to Gail Ricketts, ISACA Phoenix Chapter Director who facilitates these events. We're also grateful for each instructor who volunteered of their time to help others prepare the exam:

CISA Review Course: Jon Chandler, Derrick Coston, and Jim Poley
CISM Review Course: Kim Jones and Debbie Christofferson

	Thanks to Our New Volunteers
We recently asked for help from members who would like to make a difference in the IT governance, audit, and security community. We had volunteer opportunities on the Membership and Education Committees, and we would like to thank the following for volunteering: Membership Committee - Greg Miller, James Kritcher, Sue Suhling, Noel Ata, and Jermaine Stanley Education Committee - Alan Jacobsen

November Chapter Meeting Recap

This past month we had the opportunity to learn from two great speakers. Please be sure to view copies of their presentations on our website:

Lunch Session: Governance, Risks, and Compliance - Exploring the Uses of and Challenges of GRC Tools, by Paul Smeedegaard, Senior Manager, KPMG - Paul talked about how GRC can drive better performance, value, and brand and that business intelligence consolidation is a key. Actionable dashboards empower business units to better navigate the risk environment.
Afternoon Session: Auditing and Securing the Cloud - Issues, Techniques, and Approaches with Auditing and Securing Cloud Computing Architectures and Services, by James Kernen, Manager, KPMG - James talked about taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing - scalability, virtualization, and the design of service-oriented architecture - for auditing purposes.