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• CISA
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The next exam is on 12 June 2010. Visit our certification page for more info.

Adelaide Events

Our first PD session of the year is set and will be presented by one of our new Board Members, David Powell

Topic:  Protecting the Crown Jewels - – Safeguarding your IP through data loss prevention
 
Presentation Objectives:
 
—  Defining where intellectual property lies in your organisation
—  Reviewing how information is categorized, managed and stored
—  Establishing processes and protocols to protect your information
—  How to identify where data leakage may be occurring in your organisation
—  How to protect your organisation from data leakage .

David has over 25 years Big 4 experience, including 10 years as a partner, in consulting to clients in a range of industries on IT audit, risk management, internal audit, corporate governance and external audit. In particular, he has been involved with some of the largest corporate and government internal audit assignments in Australia providing advice to management and boards of major Australian enterprises in both the private and public sector. David is widely recognised as one of the most experienced Internal and IT Auditors in Adelaide and is one of the few holders of the Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Governance in Enterprise IT accreditations.

When:  Wednesday 3 February 2010

Time:    5.30pm

Where:  RSM Bird Cameron
          Level 4 (North Lobby), 191 Pulteney Street
          Adelaide

RSVP:  Jo Stewart-Rattray
Jo.Stewart-Rattray@rsmi.com.au
T +61 (0)8 8232 3000   M +61 (0)418 818 867   F +61 (0)8 8223 3555

The second event we would like to draw to your attention is the new Security Special Interest Group (SIG).  

The SIG is co-branded with the Australian Computer Society and will take place every two months.  

A must for anybody studying for their CISM too!  

This is a lunchtime event and lunch will be provided.

Guest presenter:        Greg Mazzone, Director Integration - Cert Australia
 
Topic:                        Greg will be talking to us about the new arrangements for Computer Emergency Response in Australia.  He will address the integration of some of the functions currently carried out by AusCERT and indeed about AusCERT's role moving forward.

Greg is a Director in CERT Australia. CERT Australia is part of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. Greg brings a diverse perspective to CERT Australia, having tertiary qualifications in; Chemistry, Information systems and Commerce. For the last ten years he has been involved in a range of IT and IT Security related reviews and audits. This has been in the Commonwealth, State and local levels of government and in the private sector- which included the manufacturing, financial, and business sectors. Greg has been directly involved in the Commonwealth ICT security space for 7 years, through involvement with various reviews and updates to the PSM and IT Security Manual. He is a CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, a CISSP -Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and has been registered with the Defence infoSec Registered Assessor Program- iRAP since its inception in 2003.

Where:                Microsoft Innovation Centre, Level 2 Westpac House, 91 King William Street, Adelaide

When:                        Wednesday 17th February

Time:                        12.30 - 2pm  (Lunch provided)

RSVP:                        All bookings through the ACS
                        www.acs.org.au/sa  and click on link under event reminders

Hope to see you at both of these events!

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David Simpson from CQR Consulting presented "The Busy Person's Guide to Implementing and Running an Information Security Management System", exploring key challenges and presents some ideas on how we can get some "runs on the board". The meeting then retired to The Office fo a bit of Christmas cheer...

more photos are available here

At the AGM held on 13 October 2009, the new Board has been elected:

• Rob Hanson, President
• Steve Challans, Vice President
• Ray Kerrison, Secretary
• Timothy Muecke, Treasurer
• Jo Stewart-Rattray, Immediate Past President

Board Directors:

• Jamie Armfield
• David Powell
• Bob Smart
• Michael Haarsma
• Angela Gooley

For more details about the newly elected Board, visit the Officers page.

We would like to thank to retiring board members on their outstanding contribution to the Chapter. The retiring officers are: Jo Stewart-Rattray (President), John McKinlay (Treasurer), Malcolm Pattinson, Rajni Lalsinghani and Darren Ramsey.

See all the photos from the NBN PD Session presented by Ralph Leonard on Facebook.

About ISACA Adelaide

Adelaide is the Capital city of the state of South Australia. The state has a population of approximately 1.5 million people and is best known for its superb wines, excellent chocolate and locally made ice cold beer!

The Adelaide Chapter was formed on 14 March 1983 and has been an active and vibrant Chapter for 26 years.

Adelaide has an active membership and a dedicated and enthusiastic Board. The Chapter has consistently provided significant input to ISACA® at the local, regional and international level. Adelaide has continually contributed well above its weight to a number of key ISACA Boards and Committees over the years, including the Research Board, the Standards Board, and the Global Program Committee. Our immediate Chapter past-president - Jo Stewart-Rattray - is heavily involved at a national, regional and international level, and is the Oceania representative on ISACA International's Security Management Committee. Howard Nicholson, a past Chapter President, and active Chapter member, is currently an International Vice President and as such has a seat on the International ISACA Board.

The Chapter is committed to providing ongoing support and professional development and networking opportunities to its members and has received a number of regional and international awards for it activities.

Professional Development Sessions are held on a regular basis and feature contemporary and leading edge topics utilising high profile local speakers. The Chapter is looking to provide its members with an even greater range of professional development activities which will give CISAs and CISMs more ways to gain Continuing Professional Education (CPE) points.

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