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Relationship of Internal Audit w/ Info Sec:
Research Survey Opportunity
This study is being conducted by multiple professors, including Professor Paul Steinbart with ASU (ISACA Academic Advocate)
Responses are requested by August 31, 2012.
To participate, follow this link.
Message from Dr. Graham Gal, University of Massachussets:
This study gathers information about the relationship between internal audit departments and information security in organizations.... This information may be useful for benchmarking purposes and to identify potential opportunties to improve the effectiveness of IT audits. |
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Dear ,
I hope everyone is having a fun and safe summer. In August we will have the 2012 Phoenix Summer Security & Audit Conference in conjunction with the ISSA. Please be sure to sign up for this event, the early bird pricing of $25 for members ends on July 31st. Registration costs are being kept low due to our sponsors and subsidization by the ISACA and ISSA chapters. Beginning August 1st the member cost will rise to $35 and the cost is $50 at the door (although the event is nearing capacity, so please sign up soon).
Additionally, we have two registrations to raffle off to ISACA members so they can attend for free. If you are interested in being included in the raffle, please send an email to Aaron Cook, Chapter Secretary, by July 30th at 5:00pm. We will randomly select two winners and notify them.
Enjoy your summer and stay cool!
Regards,
President, ISACA Phoenix Chapter |
 | 2012 Phoenix Summer Security & Audit Conference |
Early bird registration ends July 31st - Register
When: August 29, 8:00am to 4:30pm, followed by a happy hour
Where: Desert Willow Conference Center (4340 E. Cotton Center Boulevard Phoenix, AZ)
Cost: $25 (ISACA and ISSA members, early bird by July 31)
$100 (non-members, early bird by July 31)
CPE: Up to 7
This combined ISSA and ISACA event provides four sessions of content along five specific tracks as well as a morning keynote speaker and a lunch keynote speaker. Session tracks include:
* High Impact Audits
* Web 2.0 & Mobile Security
* Compliance
* IT Risk Strategy & Architecture
* Hackers & Threats
Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided.
Registration cost is being kept intentionally low and is being subsidized by the ISSA and ISACA chapters in addition to our sponsors, so please take advantage of this opportunity.
Sponsors include:
*Aveksa (High Impact Audit track sponsor) *HP (Lunch sponsor) *BEW Global (happy hour) *HP/Proficio (Hackers & Threats track sponsor) *RSA (Breakfast sponsor) *Terra Verde Services (sponsoring the Compliance and the IT Risk Strategy & Architecture tracks) |
| Membership Spotlight | |
Each month we try to spotlight a local member of our chapter. This month it is Ilene Klein. In December 2011, Ilene earned the highest score on the CISM exam for the North America Region. She also stays active in the professional community. In addition to presenting in various venues such as next month's Sonoran Desert Security Users Group (SDSUG), she will serve as the Phoenix ISSA secretary after elections are held.
Why did you join ISACA?
I joined so I could become a CISM.... It seemed the next logical step in my career path. While I do a lot of reading about security, emerging threats, and pending security and privacy legislation, studying for the exam "forced" me to continue learning.
Now that I'm a member and attended my first meeting, I enjoyed the networking. As I'm a security and privacy practitioner, it's nice to hear the audit point of view occasionally.
Why did you earn your CISM?
In addition to helping my career, passing the exam was a nice validation that I really do know what I'm talking about.
Any suggestions for preparing for the CISM?
I took the CISM exam prep course (with a shout out to instructor Kim Jones, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, MSIA), and, at Kim's suggestion, purchased ISACA's practice question database.
I strongly recommend the practice question database. While the class was good, going over questions and understanding the reasoning behind the correct answers really helped me. |
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| May Bi-Monthly Chapter Meeting Archives |
Past meeting slides are always available via the chapter web site - Download Presentations. Our March meeting included the following:
Topic: COBIT 5 - Governing & Managing Enterprise IT
Speaker: Ken Vander Wal, ISACA International President |
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