"The
Password" Returns
With this issue of ISACA’s North Texas News,
we are re-establishing our newsletter called “The Password”.
Longtime ISACA members may recall receiving The Password in printed
format several years ago, prior to the advent of the Internet.
Now, with electronic distribution being so readily
available, and with a recent influx of new volunteers, The Password
has sprung back to life.
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~ ISACA Luncheon Meeting
~ June 12, 2008 - Cityplace
Pre Luncheon Session
10:15
AM - 11:20 AM -- Business Etiquette: A lasting
Impression
Luncheon Session
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM -- Building and Maintaining
Great Audit Committee Relationships
Post Luncheon Session
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
-- Audit Software SIG - Security Auditing With IDEA (limited
attendance)
----------------------------------------------- NOTE:
Bring your laptop ! -------------------------------------------
For details and to register, go to ISACA
June 12th 2008 - Registration.
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Much of the credit for resurrecting our newsletter goes to Jeff
Kromer (Guaranty Bank) and Stacey Hamaker (Mary
Kay Inc.) who have been diplomatically twisting arms for many months to
make it happen. Everyone on the Board, whether elected, appointed, or
just a volunteer, is anxious to see the newsletter be successful. This
month’s newsletter is a testimonial to the effort, with most articles
created and edited in just the last few days. With a little practice,
we feel certain that useful information will abound in the newsletters
to come.
With each newsletter, we anticipate including a letter from our illustrious
President, Rick Link (Affiliated Computer Services).
Board members will be reporting on activities, plans and successes involving
their committees. Others will be encouraged, even cajoled,
into sharing the wealth of expertise they have gained over the years with
their peers, by authoring additional content. Consider this as your invitation
to join in and contribute.
This issue of The Password occurs in conjunction with our June ISACA
Chapter meeting, the last of our 2007-2008 fiscal year. After a two-month
summer hiatus, we will resume in August with information of interest to
our ISACA Chapter and the Audit community.
Doug Gorrie, CISA, CISSP, CIA
2008-2009 Newsletter Coordinator - ISACA North Texas Chapter
Newsletter@isacantx.org
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Letter From The President
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Welcome to the North Texas Chapter's
first newsletter in over ten years - The Password!
Many thanks go to the Board members and you for helping get this
communication tool up and running again.
The chapter's incoming newsletter
committee includes the Newsletter Coordinator, Doug Gorrie
(Independent Consultant) and his team; Rob Turner
(Energy Future Holdings), Angie Fares (RadioShack),
Pamela Ross (Aviall), and Robert Cook
(Affiliated Computer Services). They have been working diligently
behind the scenes to bring this first edition to you.
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The summer months are fast approaching, and we are all thinking of our
family vacations, college students returning home and also trying to cover
for those who are out of the office. Rest assured - we are all thinking
about the same things, so you are not alone.
The upcoming June meeting is our last for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. The
recently elected 2008-2009 Chapter Board members will use this time to
assess prior year results and to plan for the new chapter year. After
this two-month summer hiatus, our first meeting for the 2008-2009 fiscal
year is scheduled for September 11, 2008. The meeting location is still
being finalized, but may be at either the Crowne Plaza in Addison or at
CityPlace Conference Center in Dallas.
Looking forward into 2008 - 2009, Cynthia McPhaul (Energy
Future Holdings), her Program Coordinators, Laurie Flandrau
(AmeriCredit) and Bill Jackson (Raytheon), and her Program
Committee members, David Dominguez (Grant Thornton) and
Jeremy Huval (Grant Thornton), will be hard at work over
the next few months planning the upcoming meetings, topics, speakers and
venues.
The Chapter accomplishments for 2007 - 2008 were numerous:
- Total membership has grown to 1,357 members - the 9th largest in the
world!
- Average meeting attendance for our nine meetings to date (excluding
June 2008) has been 144.
- The Fall 2007 Seminar on VOIP Security and Audit and the Spring 2008
Seminar on Wireless Security, Audit and Governance were great successes,
with about 50 attending each event.
- With the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 CISA and CISM Study Groups, we
now have over 25 years offering these examination study group venues.
- Over 55 continuing professional education hours have been offered
to the chapter’s members to help maintain their certifications.
Many thanks go out to each of the volunteers who participated throughout
the year to help make our chapter a success! If you are looking for a
way to help, please contact me directly.
I look forward to meeting you all during the upcoming events!
Sincerely,
Rick Link, CISA, CISSP, CISM
Affiliated Computer Services
President - ISACA North Texas Chapter
President@isacantx.org
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Member Surveys –
Help Your ISACA Chapter To Help You Each year, your ISACA
Chapter canvases the membership to determine topics of interest and potential
speakers for the coming year. We also give members an opportunity to express
their interest in becoming an ISACA committee volunteer, and even participating
as a speaker.
This year, the survey went out on April 25th. Information received from
the surveys is invaluable as we prepare for the coming year's topics and
presenters, so much so that, at our June 12th luncheon meeting, we will
present a $25 gift certificate to the first 50 survey respondents, as
shown below:
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Name |
Company |
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Name |
Company |
| Robert Cook |
ACS |
|
David Bowlin |
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| Richard Carroll |
Controlled Recovery |
|
Melody Ayeli |
Deloitte & Touche
LLP |
| Angela Bedard |
|
|
Robin Rong |
Transamerica Life
LTC |
| William Monroe
Levy |
|
|
Kevin Wilson |
Jefferson Wells |
| Sam Aruti |
|
|
Silvester Smith |
|
| Stacey Hamaker |
Mary Kay, Inc. |
|
Laurie Flandrau |
AmeriCredit |
| Douglas J. Haider |
Accuvant |
|
Paul Smith |
|
| Joseph A. Leubitz |
Leubitz Consulting
LLC |
|
Katy Tran |
|
| Judith R. Willett |
Freeman |
|
Michelle Klinger |
Crimson Security |
| Amanda Munoz |
Gamestop Inc. |
|
Launa Saadeh |
KBA Group LLP |
| Kelly Clark |
Verizon Business
Solutions |
|
Greg Streder |
Concentra Solutions,
Inc. |
| Yvonne Perkins |
Guaranty Bank |
|
Kairat Amirkhanov |
AT&T |
| Thomas Ferry |
AT&T |
|
Rosanna Villa
Guerrero |
|
| Timothy A. Greene |
Flowserve |
|
Apoorva Vijay |
|
| Silvia Watmabe |
Citi |
|
Iddah M. Wangondu
|
Alliance Data
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| Karen Hopkins |
Boy Scouts of
America |
|
Steven Bemis |
The Garland Group |
| Rick Holland |
Univ of Texas
at Dallas |
|
Chris Hambric |
Citi |
| Terri Pitts |
BNSF Railway |
|
Anthony Johnson |
Deloitte and Touche
LLP. |
| Ken Schroeder |
Univ of Texas
at Arlington |
|
Danny Reid |
ACS |
| Joseph Juchniewicz |
Accudata Systems
Inc. |
|
Al Johnson |
HealthMarkets |
| Mike Kennemer |
Celanese |
|
Chad Thiemann |
CVS Caremark |
| Nicole Turner |
ViewPoint Bank |
|
Armanda Moore |
Unitrin |
| Tyler Sundrud |
Countrywide Financial
Corp. |
|
Ami Coker Holt |
Alliance Data |
| John South |
Plexent |
|
Michael "Andy"
Kuykendall |
Bank of America |
| Victoria Lewis |
|
|
Adam Lam |
Protiviti |
We wish to express our Thanks to all those that have responded to date,
and note that it’s still not too late to pass along your ideas and
other input. Just go to http://www.isacantx.org/index.cfm/member_survey
and complete the survey, then keep a watchful eye out for next year’s
survey (May 2009) for a chance to win your gift certificate
at that time.
Doug Gorrie, CIA, CISA, CISSP
2008-2009 Newsletter Coordinator - ISACA North Texas Chapter
Newsletter@isacantx.org
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SMU Now
Accepting Applications for Exciting New Certificate Programs in Information
Engineering and Management (IEM)
| Take advantage of SMU EMIS Department’s exciting
new selection of certificates in IEM for Fall 2008. Three noted graduate-level
courses will earn you a distinguished certificate from the SMU Master
of Science in Information Engineering and Management degree program
(MSIEM). Subsequently, for students who wish to further their education
even more, the certificate can form the foundation of a Masters degree.
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o EMIS 7360 Management of Information Technology*
o EMIS 8356 Information Engineering and Global Perspectives*
o EMIS 7357 Decision-Support Systems*
- Certificate in Information Engineering Fundamentals — designed
to provide the student a thorough understanding of the fundamentals
of information engineering and management:
o EMIS 7351 Enterprise Fundamentals*
o EMIS 7352 Information System Architecture*
o EMIS 7353 Information System Design Strategies
*Required for the Master of Science in Information Engineering and
Management degree
Certificate Admission Requirements
- A bachelors degree in an engineering or technical discipline (the
technical requirement may be waived with sufficient relevant work experience),
and
- An undergraduate grade-point average of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale.
Students not meeting these requirements may be admitted on a conditional
basis and will be required to take articulation (bridging) courses (for
undergraduate credit).
Certificate Completion Requirements
- Individual certificates require completion of the specified courses
with a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 on a scale of 4.0.
- Certificates are issued following completion of the certificate requirements
and submission of the required administrative forms.
Master’s Degree Option in Information Engineering Management
The student may apply for admission to the Masters degree at any point
in the certificate course completion. Upon admission, graduate courses
successfully completed for the certificate may be applied toward the
MISEM degree as applicable.
Application Deadline for Fall 2008 – July 1, 2008
For More Information:
Stephanie Dye
SMU School of Engineering
PO Box 750335
Dallas, TX 75275-0335
214-768-3232
sdye@engr.smu.edu
http://engr.smu.edu/academic/executive.html
Donna Hutcheson, CISA
Energy Future Holdings
Director of University Relations - ISACA North Texas Chapter
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CPE and Education
Sources for Everyone
The North Texas Chapter of
ISACA is building a library of links for continuing education and other
useful information surrounding information system auditing, security,
and privacy. In the inaugural issue of the North Texas Chapter Newsletter
"Password", we offer three links. We invite our members to send
links that are useful for continuing education, or related to job functions
such as information system auditing, security, or privacy.
CPE Training from ISACA
These are webcasts presented by the international chapter that will
provide CPE's. Please note you will need to login to watch the presentation.
http://www.isaca.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Members_and_Leaders1/Events3/Webcasts/ISACA_e-symposia_and_Webcasts.htm
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Computer
Security Resource Center
This site gives information on security and links to government publications.
http://csrc.nist.gov/
Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS) and Supporting
Documentation
This is a web site created maintained by the Defense Information System
Agency (DISA). The site has useful baseline check lists for configuring
systems. Additionally, is a fun site to look around.
http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/index.html
With your help, we can add to this initial list. Please e-mail your suggestions
to us at communications@isacantx.org
Robert Cook, CISM, CISA, CISSP
Affiliated Computer Service
2008-2009 Newsletter Committee - ISACA North Texas Chapter
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Corporate
Education Partners Wanted for Low Cost Seminars Our local
North Texas Chapter of ISACA is looking for area organizations willing
to partner with us on educational seminars during the coming 2008-2009
year that begins this fall. We are borrowing an idea from the NYC chapter,
forwarded to us by one of our own members!
Essentially, if the Corporate Partner can provide a location, parking
and logistics, we can provide instructors, course materials, and registration
services. This allows ISACA to provide additional educational opportunities
to our members while the volunteer corporation is able to register a quantity
of their own employees at little to no cost (pending course specifics).
Topics and duration (half day to multiple day) will be determined based
on areas of interest. Suggested topics include courses such as: IT Audit
Basics, Enterprise Risk Management, Auditing SAP, IT Project Management
Essentials, IT Governance, and other topics ranked favorably on our member
survey.
For further information, please contact Clifford Gomes,
our incoming VP Education at education@isacantx.org.
Clifford Gomes, CISA
Guaranty Bank
2008-2009 VP-Education - ISACA North Texas Chapter
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Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please advise us at
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