Venue

Level 16, Deloitte House, 10 Brandon St, Wellington 

The Wellington IIANZ and ISACA lunchtime education sessions for 2012 are normally held jointly on the last Friday of each month.

Format

12.00 – 12.50 ISACA Session

12.50 – 13.10 Networking Lunch

13.10 – 14.00 IIANZ Session

Registrations

For catering purposes please register your interest to admin@iianz.org.nz by end of Friday 18th May. Please include confirmation of lunch attendance and any special dietary requirements.

Cost

There is a charge of $18 for a member or $25 for a non member to attend one or both of the sessions. This includes the networking lunch.

To pay: either by credit card or request an invoice from IIANZ at the time of registering, or cash/cheque on the day.

Please note that once catering has been confirmed (approx 48 hours prior), non-attendance will be charged.

ISACA Session (12.00-12.50)

One CPD Hour Topic: "ITIL vs COBIT: showdown of the frameworks"

There is no reason other than history why ITIL is the "default" choice as an IT framework. There are better ones around. In my consulting practice I use COBIT as my framework, and flesh it out with ITIL and other bodies of knowledge when necessary. I use COBIT to frame assessment, current state analysis, reviews, improvement planning, strategy, roles, and so on. It's better.

Presenter: Rob England - Principal, Two Hills Ltd (www.twohills.co.nz)

Rob England is an IT commentator and consultant. He consults in Wellington on IT governance, strategy and processes. Internationally, he is best known for his blog The IT Skeptic and speaks widely at conferences and webinars. Rob was the NZ IT Service Management Champion for 2011 and his blog was voted the best "IT consultant and analyst" blog in the UK's Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards for 2010.

IIANZ Session (13.10 – 14.00)

One CPD Hour Topic: “A Cloudy Issue”

Cloud services can provide an innovative, cost efficient way to bring utility or value added services to business and the community. But the jury may be out in terms of whether these perceived benefits are valid and strategically viable or merely another fad that will wear out its welcome…. So what are some of the factors that need to considered to realise the benefits of cloud?

Join us for a session where we share our point of view on:

• The nature of cloud services
• The management and governance requirements
• The need for transformation
• The role of Government in making cloud work
• The need for being clear about the benefits that must be derived
• We will also take a sneak peek at some potential cloud related business continuity/disruption scenarios for NZ Inc and explore possible mitigations.

Presenter: Anu Nayar - Delloite

Anu Nayar is the Head of Security, Privacy and Resilience Services for Deloitte in New Zealand. He brings over 14 years of industry security expertise within financial services and mission-critical organisations in the USA and New Zealand.

Anu counts it as a privilege that he serves as a trusted advisor to his clients across the range of the deeply technical to the management, strategic and Board levels of helping clients understand and protect what they value within their businesses.

ISACA are currently identifying volunteers to help us contribute to the 2013 study materials.

These are:

• ·         CRISC Review Manual 2013 (CRISC RM)
• ·         CRISC Questions, Answers and Explanations (QAE) Supplement 2013 (CRISC QAE)
• ·         CGEIT Review Manual 2013 (CGEIT RM)
• ·         CGEIT Questions, Answers and Explanations (QAE) Supplement 2013 (CGEIT QAE)

CRISC volunteering opportunities
 

ISACA have a variety of volunteering opportunities starting within the next few weeks:
·         CRISC item writer
·         CRISC Review Manual Subject Matter Expert (CRISC RM SME) reviewers/contributors
 
CGEIT volunteering opportunities
 

ISACA have a variety of volunteering opportunities starting within the next few months:
·         CGEIT item writer
·         CGEIT Review Manual Subject Matter Expert (CRISC RM SME) reviewers/contributors
 
While this communication is focused on CRISC and CGEIT at this time, we would be interested in hearing from anyone interested in helping with 2014 CISA and CISM review materials.
 
We have inserted a short overview of each volunteering opportunity that you may share with your members. The information includes:
-        Prerequisite
-        Objective
-        Process
-        Time commitment
-        Benefits

+++CGEIT and CRISC VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES+++

Item writer
-        Prerequisite—Item writers are asked to follow the respective item writing guide (www.isaca.org/itemwriter).
-        Objective—Item writers may submit an unlimited number of quality questions.
-        Process—The process is as follows:
 

-        Time commitment—While every single question is important and much welcomed, the goal is that each item writer submit ten questions.
It may take up to two hours to write a quality item including good explanations and valid references.
-        Benefits—Item writers receive two CPE credits and $100 for each item accepted by the QAT.
 
Review Manual (RM) Subject Matter Expert (SME) reviewer/contributor
-        Prerequisite—RM SMEs must be certified in the profession they review for (CRISC certified for the CRISC RM, CGEIT certified for CGEIT RM).
-        Objective—To improve on and ensure the continued quality of the Review Manual (CGEIT, CRISC)
-        Process—Reviewers will be assigned to one of the certification domains, based on preference and will primarily provide constructive feedback and content for the chapter they have been assigned.
Content will be made available digitally and meetings will be held virtually.
-        Time commitment—The total time commitment is estimated at approximately 40 – 50 hours.
-        Time line: RM SMEs selection for CRISC starts within the next few weeks.  RM SME selection for CGEIT starts in June/July 2012.
-        Benefits—RM SMEs earn up to 20 CPE credits based on actual time they spend reviewing, editing and contributing content.

Who to contact

Send a short CV as well as an indication on how you would like to contribute to lbroucek@isaca.org by 24 February 2012.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The community contains a wealth of information that would be of interest to young professionals, such as discussion forums, blogs, publications, and links to e-learning seminars. Anyone can become involved by posting articles or actively participating in message boards where peers from the same industry can offer advice, answer questions, or post their own inquiries and discussions topics. Important career advancement advice, educational opportunities, certification preparation tips, and related information can regularly be found in the community. You can join the group at www.isaca.org/ypgroup. 

The Real Face of Security

 

Event Programme

Our major annual security education day is on Thursday 27 October 2011

Planned as an interactive day for participants to share observations and recommendations, on aspects of Information and IT Security, such as how security is viewed, understood, and managed in the real world.

Where: Ernst & Young, Level 24, Majestic Centre, Willis Street, Wellington

When: Thursday 27 October 2011: Registration from 8am, Sessions start at 8.30am

How much: ISACA, IIA, & 1st Tuesday Members NZ$95 +GST

Non-members: NZ$155 +GST

Programme

You can view the full programme and speakers here.

The programme is also downloadable from the link below.

Registrations 

Registrations are now closed.

SGM invite - approving our new constitution

This email serves as an invite to the following SGM:

Topic: ISACA Wellington New Constitution Approval

Date: 26 September, 2011

Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Place: Level 16, Deloitte House, 10 Brandon Street, Wellington (a teleconference will be organised for South Island

members)

The following agenda will be used to govern this meeting:

1. Walk through of ISACA Wellington 26 November 2010 SGM membership questions and associated responses
2. New constitution approval and vote

Points to note:

1. Based on our current constitution we need a minimum of 15 members to achieve a quorum - all members are welcome and

   encouraged to attend!

2. Whilst our primary objective is to deliver a constitution that meets member expectations and we are open to

   questions at the upcoming SGM, we would like to focus on the four questions raised at the SGM on 26 November 2010 to

   enable the timely and cost-effective approval of our new proposed constitution.

Background

In late 2010 the ISACA Wellington Committee embarked on a constitution refresh based on the following reasons:

• The current constitution has been in place since the formation of the Wellington Chapter and has grown organically

  until its last amended in February 2001

• Periodic constitution reviews are pertinent to identify limitations/excesses that do not align to chapter outcomes
• ISACA international have published a baseline of Chapter bylaw/constitution expectations and the ISACA Wellington

  constitution does not consistently meet these expectations. A decision was made to pro-actively manage this risk

Work performed to date - initial proposed constitution:

1. ISACA Wellington engaged ISACA international and obtained the constitution template
2. The current constitution was evaluated to identify:
   1. Standard New Zealand constitution legal requirements
   2. Sections which are surplus to the achievement of ISACA Wellington outcomes
   3. Sections which are mandatory to achieve ISACA Wellington outcomes
   4. The ISACA international constitution template was updated and presented as draft to ISACA international for

      commentary – ISACA International were comfortable with the proposed constitution

3. The current and proposed constitution was distributed to the membership for evaluation. Feedback was obtained and

   the Wellington Chapters response to these was discussed at a Special General Meeting (SGM) on 26 November 2010

4. Based on feedback from the membership at the SGM, the Committee agreed to investigate four questions raised by the

   membership. Based on these questions, the new constitution was not approved at the SGM

Responding to membership feedback

1. A significant period of time has elapsed between the SGM and our formulation of responses to membership feedback.

   This was due to a number of challenges associated with engaging our previous lawyer and the subsequent process to identify

   a suitable legal replacement.

2. The four membership questions raised in the 26 November 2010 SGM were evaluated by our lawyer. The details of

   these questions can be seen within attached (1 Constitution Refresh - Responding to Member Feedback.ppt). Subsequent

   updates can be seen within our new proposed constitution, attached (2 ISACA Wellington Proposed Bylaws - Membership

   Approval.doc)

We look forward to seeing you at the SGM.

Kinds regards,
ISACA Wellington Committee