ISACA International has provided our chapter with a members portal that launched earlier this year.  The new website is located at www.engage.isaca.org.  Once there, sign in with your ISACA credentials and you will be able to see and join a variety of ‘communities’.  Our chapter is one of such communities and you should be able to find it under the “My Communities”  tab on the website.  The chapter portal is still a work in progress and we welcome any feedback and suggestions on how we can continuously improve your chapter experience.

We will be announcing some new board members and new ideas on distance learning for our non-Midlands members.  You’ve spoke and we are listening.  Our Young Professionals and SheLeadsTech programs are just kicking off and we’ll have more news for you next month as we work to develop these key initiatives.

Also, take a look at the calendar on the members portal and take advantage of our monthly education events including the April course on COBIT and NIST and the FREE event in May titled “The Dark Web”.  June is the month for the Chapter’s Annual Meeting—Look for more details via newsletter, website, and social media.

                                                                                                           ~Tom Scott

This course is focused on the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), its goals, the implementation steps and the ability to apply this information. The course and exam (optional day two) are for individuals who have a basic understanding of both COBIT 5 and security concepts, and who are involved in improving the cybersecurity program for their enterprises.

Objectives covered:

• How threat intelligence platforms collect threat intelligence from the clear, deep and dark web to deliver contextual and tailored digital risk protection against emerging threats

• How to automate threat intelligence to automate proactive defense

• How crypto currency is being used extensively to monetize criminal activity

• Which nation-states are expanding their Dark Web presence in an effort to keep up with national defenses

• Why organizations of all sizes need to understand what is lurking on the Dark Web in order to properly protect against external and internal threats

ISACA'S SHELEADSTECH PROGRAM SEEKS TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP ROLES AND THE TECH WORKFORCE.