Information Security Audit and Control Association

Ian Steingaszner

Sujets

• management
• risk management
• managers

Informations

• Publié par: Phawyer
• Nombre de lectures: 42
• Langue: English

Extrait

In This Issue TORONTO
President’s Message ..................... 1 CHAPTER International ISACA News.. 2
2006 Conference Training ........... 2 NEWSLETTER
Bookstore Inventory Sale .... 3
Information Systems Audit & Control Association
Research........................................ 4
Chapter Website: www.isaca.toronto.on.ca Toronto Chapter Activities... 6
International Website: www.isaca.org Membership Application Form .. 15
Board and Committee Members 16

Fall 2006 Volume 13, Issue 1

ISACA’s mission is to support enterprise objectives through the development, provision and promotion of research, standards,
competencies and practices for the effective governance, control and assurance of information, systems and technology.

John Rajes, Christian Children’s an important communication and
Fund of Canada. knowledge management tool for our
Raul Mangalindan, KPMG members. As a result, we need to
Raymond Chan, Independent take advantage of new technologies
Consultant to provide new features that will
Stephen Reingold, Ontario Internal enhance our member experience
Audit using the website. Please stay tune
as we launch our new website early
This was ISACA Toronto Chapter in 2007.
first case development workshop
and based on feedback from all Other significant initiative started by
attendees, the event was a great members of the Toronto Chapter is
success. The workshop was truly a the formation of a Cobit
joint effort since UWCISA (Jee-Hae Development and User Group.
Lim and Theo Stratopolous), CICA These development and user groups
President’s Message (Bill Swirsky) and ISACA Toronto already exist in the US and Europe
(Cameron Jue, member of Academic and provide an excellent opportunity It has been six months since we
relations committee and Margaret for members to participate in future started our 2006-2007 year. In this
Lee-You, Director of membership developments of Cobit. These edition of the Newsletter I will share
services) assisted in organizing the groups are also forums for members some of the new initiatives the
event. Many thanks to all who to share experiences and practices ISACA Toronto Chapter is working
participated and supported the on the development and assessment on for the benefit of our members
realization of the workshop. of IT Governance programs. Stay and community.
tune for more information on our
Other initiative started during the On November 25, 2006, the ISACA Cobit Development and User
last six months was the Mentoring Toronto Chapter helped Dr. Efrim Groups.
Partnership” program for new Boritz, from the University of
Chapter members. This program is I am also very pleased to inform that Waterloo Centre for Information
run by the Toronto Region we are in the process of organizing System Assurance (UWCISA),
Immigrant Employment Council our activities in celebration of the conducted a one day workshop for th(TRIEC) with the support of the Toronto Chapter 30 Anniversary. the development of new teaching
ISACA Toronto Chapter. The We plan to have a formal dinner to cases. As a result of the workshop,
program is directed to match IT celebrate our success and recognize a number of cases were developed
professionals that are new in the some of our members for their covering topics such as IT
country with knowledgeable and contributions to the Toronto Governance, Information Integrity,
experienced professionals in the Chapter. More information on our Outsourcing and Internal Audit
same profession to facilitate the celebratory activities will be posted management. The workshop was
newcomers’ job search. This in our website. attended by faculty staff from
initiative is lead by Margaret Lee-UWCISA, Wilfrid Laurier, York, As we start a new calendar year, on You our Director of membership Brock and Ryerson Universities and behalf of your Board I wish services. For more information on the following volunteer members everyone a very prosperous 2007. this initiative please go to the from our ISACA Toronto Chapter:
Chapter’s website
Dan Sturk, Dofasco Inc. www.isaca.toronto.on.ca
David Lai, Hydro One. Arturo Lopez
We are at very advance stages of Ian Vernon, Rogers Comm’n Inc.
developing the new ISACA Toronto John Fraser, Biovail Corporation.
website. We understand that this is John Montgomery, RBC


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NEWSLETTER


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Toronto – Venue for ISACA International Conference 2008
Look out for announcement regarding the dates, location and conference curriculum details in the coming months!
Here are the new 2007 ISACA conference and educational event dates:
COBIT Information ISACA Euro North ISACA International
sm User Security Training America Training CACS Conference
smConvention Conference Week CACS Week
18-19 5-7 26 February- 18-21 March 22-26 7-11 22-25
Dates January February 2 March 2007 April May July
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
Pasadena, Panama City, Washington Vienna, Grapevine, Denver, Singapore
California, Panama DC, Austria Texas, Colorado, Location
USA USA USA USA

CPE 13 21 38 40 44 38 TBA
Hours
For the latest information and a complete listing, please visit www.isaca.org/conferences.

Information Security Conference COBIT User Convention
18-19 January 2007 5-7 February 2007, Panama City, Panama
Pasadena, CA, USA ISACA is proud to announce the second Latin
America Information Security Conference. This two-day conference This two-day event features case studies
will present a variety of subjects related to information security and and facilitated discussion groups that
information security program issues. CISMs and those interested in address how COBIT is being used to
the CISM certification will find value in this event. The Information identify, quantify and mitigate business
Security Conference focuses on information security governance, risks; implement IT service
risk management, program development, program management, and improvements; satisfy control and
incident management and response. Leonidas Anzola, director of regulatory needs; and establish
Banco General in Panama, will be the keynote speaker for this event. performance measurement requirements.
For more information and to register, please visit
Experienced COBIT users will present www.isaca.org/infosecuritypanama.
implementation strategies, lead
discussions, answer questions and EuroCACS
provide COBIT updates.
18-21 March 2007, Vienna, Austria
The first day of the convention will ISACA proudly announces its European Computer
include case study presentations, and the Audit, Control and Security (EuroCACS)
second day will focus on user feedback, conference where IT assurance, security and governance
problem solving, question-and-answer professionals meet to discuss and debate today’s most important
opportunities, and future solutions. issues and challenges. This unique event focuses on the latest
strategies to address business, managerial, operational, auditing and
The convention will also emphasize
security challenges associated with information technology and interactive brainstorming, resulting in
information systems. Conference streams include IT governance, IT conclusions and action items for future
audit, information security, and risk management and compliance.
COBIT development plans. For more
For more information and to register, please visit information and to register, please visit
www.isaca.org/eurocacs. www.isaca.org/cobituserconvention.


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North America CACS
22-26 April 2007, Grapevine, Texas, USA
Presented by ISACA, the North America Computer Audit, Control and Security (North
America CACS) conference is well known for addressing the complex issues facing
professionals responsible for information assurance, security and governance. Industry experts
from around the world will be on hand to provide solutions and practical approaches to equip
attendees to meet the challenges ahead. The 2007 conference will offer sessions and optional workshops designed
to increase knowledge and technical proficiency. Seasoned practitioners and those who are new to the field will find
topics that address their professional needs. For more information and to register, please visit
www.isaca.org/nacacs.
Certification Update
CISA and CISM Exam Highlights
The results of the December 2006 exam will be released in early February. The candidates will receive an e-mail
result only if they consented to item 25 on the registration form and the exam fee has been paid in full. All
candidates should keep their record updated to ensure that current e-mail and postal addresses are available for
result correspondence. To prevent the e-mail result notification from being directed to a spam folder, candidates
should add [e-mail] to their address book, white list or safe-senders list. To ensure the confidentiality
of scores, exam results will not be reported by telephone or fax.
®Registration for the June 2007 Certified Information Systems Auditor™ (CISA ) and Certified Information Security
® ® (CISM ) exams began on 8 November. The early registration deadline is 1