Press Release

 

ISACA Training Week Helps IT Professionals Meet Job Demands: Vancouver, BC, Canada, to Host Next Event 

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (26 July 2005)—As enterprises increasingly rely on information technology (IT) to minimize risk and maximize benefits for competitive advantage, comprehensive training and continuing education are essential for IT professionals at all levels.

Proven strategies and techniques based upon best practices will be delivered at ISACA® Training Week in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 12-16 September 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.

The ISACA Training Week offers three in-depth courses: Fundamentals of IT Auditing; Information Security Management; and Securing, Controlling and Auditing Web-enabled Applications. All three courses have been designed to meet job requirements of professionals who hold the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designations.

Instructors at the Vancouver event include Don Caniglia, CISA, CISM, audit consultant with Carrier & Company; Barry Lewis, CISM, president of Cerberus IS Inc.; and Craig McGuffin, CISA, CISM, CA, principal of C.R. McGuffin Consulting Services.

Additional ISACA Training Week events will be held:

  • 6-11 November 2005—Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 5-9 December 2005—Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Training Week registration is US $2,000, which includes course materials.  All Training Week participants are eligible to receive up to 38 continuing professional education credits. For more information, visit www.isaca.org/trainingweek.

With more than 47,000 members in more than 140 countries, ISACA (www.isaca.org) is the global leader in information governance, security and assurance. Founded in 1969, ISACA sponsors international conferences, publishes the Information Systems Control Journal®, develops international information systems auditing and control standards, and administers the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor™ (CISA®) designation, earned by more than 40,000 professionals since inception, and the Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) designation, a groundbreaking credential earned by more than 5,200 professionals in its first three years.

Media Contacts:

Kristen Bertholomey, +1.847.590.7455, kbertholomey@isaca.org
Deborah Vohasek, +1.847.590.7466, dvohasek@isaca.org 

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