February 2012

Dear ISACA® Kettle Moraine members, colleagues and friends,

ISACA is hard at work at the International level, Chapter level and in the governance, risk and compliance community, so I will provide you more timely updates and news on a monthly basis. In this issue:

-Upcoming Events: ISACA Kettle Moraine, IIA and ISSA

-Certification Exam Review Course - Survey - Action requested

-Membership Renewal Deadline

-New Research Director Position

-Cvent Changes

-Job Board

-Welcome new and transferred members

Events

Below is a listing of ISACA Chapter events as well as events hosted by our IIA and ISSA affiliates and colleagues: ISACA Kettle Moraine:

Wednesday, February 15 (2:30 - 5:00)- Business Continuity Management - Chris LaVesser, GE Healthcare

-Wednesday, March 14th 1:30 - 5:00 - BMIS - Business Model for Information Security (3 CPE)

-Wednesday, April 11th 2:30 - 5:00 - Ethical Hacking: Security Processes and Procedures (2 CPE)

-Wednesday, May 16th 8:00 - 5:00 - GRC Symposium (8 CPE) - We are pleased to announce that Ken Vander Wal, President of ISACA International, and Robert Stroud, member of ISACA's Strategic Advisory Council and itSMF International Board and will both be presenting at this year's symposium. Look for more details in future announcements.

Affiliates:

Fox Valley IIA chapter has an IT training event scheduled on March 6th that may be of interest to you. "IT Efforts That Support Good Fiscal Controls" seminar will be led by Bertrum Carroll. Bert is not only a subject matter expert and speaker; he is also an ISACA Gold Level member and certification instructor. There is a $115 cost for non IIA members. If interested you can learn more and register online here. Deadline to register: February 28, 2012.

ISSA - Milwaukee Chapter will be hosting "Attack vs. Defense, That's How It's Done" seminar in New Berlin, WI on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. This very exciting half day event will start with SA Richard Bilson, FBI Cyber Crime Division presenting on Botnets, followed by 2 other cyber security defense presentations. The event is free but ISACA members will need to pay $14 at the door for lunch if they wish attend the FBI session. You can learn more at here. You may RSVP via email here, and indicate that you are an ISACA member and whether you plan on joining for lunch. Up to, 4 CPEs can be earned; verification forms will be available at the event.

Certification

There is an Exam Review Course Survey available. To help us better understand your interests and preferences for certification review courses this year we are polling our members and affiliates. While we cannot always accommodate facilitating review courses for all exams, we do try to offer at least 2 per year, 1 in Spring and 1 in Fall, based on demand. If you plan on sitting for the CGEIT, CISA, CISM, or CRISC exam or are merely interested in a refresher course, please respond to the survey so we can better serve you. To participate in the survey, click here.

Membership

The renewal deadline is approaching. To ensure continuous access to ISACA resources, events and discounts, you must renew before the April deadline or you will be removed as part of the annual member roster purge. Now is a great time to renew and review your profile to assure we have the most current information on how to contact you. Should your membership lapse, you may still receive information regarding ISACA events, but you will not be eligible for chapter discounts. So JOIN or RENEW today!! Keep your ISACA profile information current, either by clicking on the red button located just below the search box at the top of any ISACA KM page, or click here.

New Research Director Position

ISACA International is looking to partner with specific individual(s) who are willing to volunteer in each ISACA chapter to serve as the main liaison between your chapter and the development of research at ISACA headquarters. As such, a newly created position description for a chapter-level Research Director has been developed. We are excited about the opportunity to better connect with the international in an ongoing way with regard to upcoming research. It will also allow chapters to have a local "point person" with the most up-to-date information at our events and meetings when members inquire about ISACA deliverables. If you are interested please contact me. If Research Director is not for you, please consider volunteering at the International level. The general information page for volunteering at ISACA can be found here.

Cvent changes

Contact Information was recently updated to allow better management and integration of your Cvent profile with the ISACA International member profile. While our maintenance process is still manual, it has been streamlined to minimize duplication and undeliverable emails. This means that when you receive invites from Cvent sent to both your primary and "cc" email addresses, you will need to register with your primary email address (the one you have on record with ISACA International). For your convenience, the primary email address will be provided in the invite email and reminders. Members and new/returning participants can still register from the ISACA-KM events Page, but the process is simplified if done so from the invite.

Job Postings

Several new job postings have been added to our Job Board since last month, so if you or someone you know is looking for fresh opportunities, we encourage you to check this page often. To post a position, please email Rick Janezic, our Marketing and Publications Director with the job description and/or link (if applicable) as well as the effective and expiration dates for your job posting.

Our chapter is growing!

Please join me in welcoming the following new and transferred members to our chapter.

November: Robert Amich, Jerome B. Steele, Rashena Bell Warren, Michael J. Weaver

December: Kristen L. Benson, Keith Joseph Campbell, Traci Gillitzer, Ka Chun Wong

January: Rajat Bhattacharya, Ranjak Kumar, Britt L. Lindley, Andrew J. Pergande, Zack Suarez

February: John S. Adams II, Heidi Cline, Beth Schmalz, Frederick N. Spingola

Hope the above was both useful and timely. Please contact me if you have any newsworthy items for our March newsletter, or suggestions to improve.

Sincerely,

Lynn L. Milner

President, ISACA Kettle Moraine Chapter

Email Lynn