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Volume 01 | January 2019

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This week's news update includes a message from our chapter president, information on how you can join the SheLeadTech Mentorship Program, new resources to expand your knowledge or boost your career in the ISACA Knowledge Corner, information on January chapter events, and a call for speakers for the 2019 Cybersecurity and Technology Summit.

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Message From the President

Happy New Year! Many of us have already made our new year's resolutions. They typically revolve around improving our physical health, spending a little more time with family, improving your finances, etc. This year I would like for you to add two things to the list: a Learning List and a Giving Trifecta Plan. The learning list can include books you would like to read, certifications or degrees you wish to pursue, or even seminars/conferences that you wish to attend. This will not only help you with your career, but also improving your mental health.

Next, I want you to think about how you plan to implement what I like to call the giving trifecta plan where you:

Give back to your profession: volunteering with you local ISACA chapter, writing an article, speaking engagement, etc.
Give back to your community: serving on community advisory boards, volunteering at local non-profits, cleaning up polluted streets, helping the less fortunate, etc.
Give back to your family: spend time with your love ones, help a family member in need, etc.

I feel that each and every one of us has the capacity to make an impact on this world and leave it in a better condition than when we arrived. Therefore, give back to your profession, your community, and your family. Together we can achieve amazing things!

Thank you all for the support you provided me and the ISACA Tallahassee Chapter as we expanded our programming to include the Cybersecurity and Technology Summit, SheLeadsTech program and Young Professionals program. I enjoyed meeting many of you this past year and look forward to meeting the rest of you during the many events we have planned for 2019.

Respectfully,

Deidre Melton, CFE, CISA, CISM, CRISC

President

ISACA Tallahasssee

SheLeadsTech Mentorship Program

The ISACA Tallahassee Chapter's SheLeadsTech program would like to invite you to join our mentorship program. The goal of the SheLeadsTech mentorship program is to provide women in tech with peers that can empower, guide, and support their careers. The mentorship program is designed for women at every stage of their career, from those just entering the workforce, to those seasoned career professionals.

If you are interested in joining the mentorship program as a mentee, mentor, or both, please fill out the Knowledge Checklist and email it to the SheleadsTech mentorship Co-Chairs Nicola Powell ( nicolap@knowledgeservices.com) and Mary Kuceck ( marykucek@itnewage.com). Also, include in the email, your preferred contact information for the mentorship program (email/phone). Note: Men are welcome to join the mentorship program as a mentor.

ISACA Knowledge Corner

ISACA Tallahassee member, Cyndy Loomis, recently wrote an article regarding the challenge Florida is having meeting the technology workforce demand, the impact this is having on state government, and current efforts by higher education institutions to grow the technology workforce : Cultivating Florida's Technology Workforce, by FTC.

Here is a recent article by Jason Yakencheck, an ISACA leader from the Greater Washington D.C. Chapter, that provides insight on the cyberthreat landscape: Cyberthreat Landscape: Making Sense of New Threats, Emerging Technologies and Your Risk Profile .

ISACA actively promotes research that results in the development of products that IT governance, control, assurance, risk and security professionals can use to add value to their enterprises. Here are some recent releases that we thought our membership may be interested in:

January 2019 Events

ISACA Tallahassee will be hosting a Food For Thought Luncheon on January 16, 2019 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. The event will be a roundtable discussion on themes from the book, " Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" by Sheryl Sandberg. The event is Free to the public, but space is limited. A free chicken and steak fajita bar will be provided. Participants can earn 1 CPE. Please click here for more information and to register.

ISACA Tallahassee will be hosting our monthly educational session on January 22, 2019 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. Ben Graybar, from Hancock Whitney Bank, will be presenting on "Cyber Security: Threats to Your Business and to You and How to Prevent Both." The event is free to members. Non-members may attend for a $10.00 registration fee. Lunch from Chick-fil-a will be provided. Please click here for more information and to register.

ISACA Tallahassee will be hosting Tech Tuesdays at INIE, January 8, 15, 22, and 29. The theme for January is Cyber Security Basics. This is an opportunity for members to earn up to 4 free CPE. Please click here for additional class information and to register. ISACA members can register at INIE member pricing (Free).

Click here to download the 2019 ISACA Tallahassee Event Calendar

2019 Cybersecurity & Technology Summit

Call For Speaker Proposals

ISACA Tallahassee is now accepting proposals for speakers for the 2019 Cybersecurity & Technology Summit education sessions to be held September 12 -13, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. We will be having three tracks: IT Audit, Security, and Professional Development. We have included some sample topics here but please feel free to develop your own topics if you have a topic that may interest your peers. When submitting your proposals please provide the following information:

Your Name
Short Bio
Headshot (jpeg or png in high resolution)
Preferred Contact Information (Email/Phone)
Track (IT Audit, Security, Professional Development)
Session Type: Regular (50 minutes) or Deep Dive (100 Minutes)
Session Title
Session Description
Session Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Indicate if participants will require any prerequisite knowledge or a laptop/tablet to participate in the course.

We encourage you to make your presentations interactive, provide tips or resources that participants can use when they return to work, and make the presentations more applicable in form versus theory. All speaker proposals or questions should be emailed to Ralph Page at education@isacatallahassee.org.

Speaker Benefits include the following:

Complimentary registration for the Cybersecurity & Technology Summit
Earn 5 times the CPE for the session you teach. This means you will earn 5 CPE for a regular session and 10 for a deep dive session.
A platform to share your experience, knowledge, and insights with your peers.

Note: ISACA is a not-for-profit organization serving the IT assurance, risk, control, governance, and security communities. Most speakers and their companies recognize the importance of being part of ISACA’s educational events and embrace a philanthropic spirit by funding travel and lodgings. ISACA educational events provide speakers the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise, knowledge and experience, as well as to network with constituents for business development purposes. Therefore, travel costs are not typically covered. If you require travel assistance, please indicate that when submitting your proposal and the planning committee will evaluate providing assistance on a case by case basis.