Training

Governance, Risk and Compliance: Hosted by Sentry Metrics and Globalscape - Price $Free

Corporate governance over IT, enterprise IT risk management and IT regulatory compliance (commonly referred to together as "GRC" have become top business priorities for key business stakeholders. Organizations that want assurances that IT is a sustainable strategic asset must move to design, implement and maintain a mature and measurable GRC program. It is clear that IT is a key dependency to enabling economic and business success. If left unmonitored, IT can pose significant risk to the achievement of business objectives: The inability to deliver IT services in a timely, consistent and cost effective manner; The loss of customer and corporate assets; The inability to comply with the requirements of external regulators.

This course will offer security professionals an introduction to why a GRC program is important.

• Explain what a GRC program is
• Why do organizations need this program
• Key elements for GRC
• How to start building your GRC program

About the Instructors

Dave Millier: Dave Millier is well-known in the Canadian High-Tech marketplace, where he's been helping customers with their security and networking needs for over 15 years. His career has taken many interesting turns; he has operated numerous businesses including a successful consumer ISP, a retail computer operation, a data hosting facility and business ISP, a boutique consulting firm, and most recently his organization Sentry Metrics, where as the co-founder he created and brought to market industry-leading Security and Risk Compliance Dashboard theSentry.

Over the years Dave has presented at many network and security conferences including Network World and Comdex, among others. He has been involved in the design, engineering, and implementation of many enterprise corporate networks and security solutions, and has driven the deployment of numerous 300+ node VPN networks for both educational and government clients. His areas of expertise include in-depth knowledge of firewalls, IDS/IPS, and logfile analysis, and he has extensive exposure to most commercial security products in use today.

Dave acted as the Director of Security for a start-up online Investment firm, and supported them through a successful purchase by a much larger online trading company. Dave assists as a security advisor to the senior management of a number of organizations, acting as a translator of sorts between the various technologies available today and the diverse needs of every business, allowing his clients to continue to build their businesses with confidence.

Dave is an avid (amateur!) dual sport motorcycle rider, and loves to spend his spare time off-roading.

Mike Otto: Mike Otto is an information security professional with more than a decade of experience within the security and audit field and is a key member of the Sentry Metrics Management Team. Presently Mike is leading Sentry Metrics GRC initiative, and is developing and implementing a standardized approach for enterprise organizations.

Throughout Mike's career, he has focused on continual knowledge and improving his experience within the Information Security industry. Mike has a unique combination or practical hands on experience combined with an appreciation for business needs and organizational context.

Prior to joining Sentry Metrics, Mike was a former PCI QSA, and guided one of the largest global mining companies through the integration process and ensured that the two organizations had a common framework and set of controls for measuring and managing information security.

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When registering for this training session, SecTor will forward your contact information to Sentry Metrics and Globalscape.

Requires registration at www.sector.ca/register

PLEASE NOTE: Lunch will not be provided.