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Greetings!
I hope that everyone had a fun and safe holiday season. Your Phoenix ISACA Chapter is looking forward to a great year. This month we'll have a wonderful presentation about the impact of social media on IT auditing by Charlie Blanchard, Security & Privacy Services Manager with Deloitte & Touche.
Also, we are in need of volunteers to help us make sure our bi-monthly chapter meetings meet our members' needs and continue to be outstanding events. Your help is very much appreciated, please see the article below, or contact the Bi-Monthly Meeting Committee chair, Jon Chandler.
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. |
| Needed: Bi-Monthly Meeting Committee Volunteers | |
Would you like to help influence chapter meeting topics and speakers? Would you like to make a difference in our local chapter?
 The Bi-Monthly Meeting Committee is in need of multiple volunteers to help us coordinate and plan bi-monthly chapter meetings. Our objective is to ensure that members have high-value, low-cost training opportunities. If you would like to help identify speakers and coordinate events, please contact Jon Chandler, Director.
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Do you need convenient and FREE CPE? ISACA offers several alternatives:
- Webinars: a series of monthly, 60 minute, live and interactive webinars will present a wide range topics surrounding today's most challenging IT issues. FREE to members, but does not provide CPE.
- eSymposia: interact with speakers during these live, educational events (or view as archives at your convenience). These web-based events are held the fourth Tuesday of every month. Earn FREE CPE!
- Virtual Seminar & Tradeshows: interact with peers from around the world and learn from industry experts. These full-day events feature educational sessions, a virtual exhibit hall, and networking lounge. Next event is scheduled for June 15, 2011.Earn FREE CPE!
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| 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.
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