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Connecting you to News Affecting CIPS and the IT Profession I September 10th, 2020

The CIPS National Board of Directors will be holding a one day virtual strategic planning session on Saturday November 7, 2020 or Saturday November 14, 2020 (date to be confirmed) and is looking for assistance from CIPS Members.

If you offer strategic planning/facilitation services and can be available either of the two dates mentioned above please contact CIPS at info@cips.ca.

CIPS Webinar:

“Sssshhhh… It’s a Cloud Secret – come see for yourself”

Free Event for CIPS Members and Colleagues! Limited Registration Spots - Register Today!

Presenter:

Gary Perkins, Executive Director,

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO),

Province of BC

Gary is responsible for providing cybersecurity services in support of the province. He has over 20 years’ experience in information technology, risk management, and cybersecurity.

A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2004, Gary holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University’s Management of Technology program.

Learn More and Register Today!

CIPS Certified Members - Attend and Earn Re-Certification Credits!

CIPS National AGM and Annual Report

The CIPS National AGM is scheduled for Tuesday September 15th, 2020 at 6 PM Eastern.

Each CIPS Provincial Society has one vote at the AGM and are represented by their Provincial President or other designated representative.

For more info email info@cips.ca.

View the 2019-2020 CIPS Annual Report

Journal of Digital Banking, Spring 2020 Edition (Featured Article)

Featured Article from Appian, a CIPS Corporate Partner

Excerpt: Innovation, insight and trust: Customer experience excellence delivered responsibly in a digital world

By Mike Heffner and Guy Mettrick

The Journal of Digital Banking is the major professional journal publishing in-depth, peer-reviewed articles and case studies on FinTech innovation, digital disruption and how to develop a profitable, customer-focused digital banking strategy – specifically by using technology and automation to deliver efficient, secure and seamless customer experiences with lower operating costs.

Appian’s own Mike Heffner and Guy Mettrick were asked to contribute this important article.

Read this article to learn the benefits of low-code in financial services:

Simplify the process of building and deploying applications while reducing the time it takes to do so.
Unify data, promising a single source of truth and providing employees with the right information at the right time.
Provide rigorous security standards and compliance.
Enable business and IT to work together, aligning their priorities towards one goal: making the customer successful.

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Video Interview with Dr. Vassil Dimitrov:

Scientist; Researcher; Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary

Video Interviews by Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Dr. Vassil Dimitrov.

Dr. Vassil Dimitrov obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics in 1995 from the Mathematical Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He spent two years (1996-1997) as a Postdoctoral fellow at the VLSI Lab, University of Windsor, Canada. This allowed him to accumulate a great experience working with hardware engineers.