Mr. Robert Stroud
www.ca.com
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Topic :
Cloud computing - Governance and Risk Perspective
Robert Stroud, CGEIT, vice president of service management and governance at CA
Technologies, New York, USA, was reelected international vice president of
ISACA—a nonprofit association serving more than 86,000 IT governance, assurance
and security professionals in 160 countries—at its International Conference in
Cancun, Mexico, today.
Founded in 1969, ISACA develops international standards for information systems
auditing and control, provides education and training, and administers the
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security
Manager (CISM), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC, pronounced see-risk)
designations. Additionally, ISACA publishes COBIT—the internationally accepted
framework for IT governance best practices, Val IT: Based on COBIT—a tool set
for unlocking the value of IT and managing IT-enabled business change, and Risk
IT: Based on COBIT—comprehensive guidance for managing business risks associated
with IT initiatives.
“Robert has been vital as a leader and visionary for ISACA,” said Emil D’Angelo,
CISA, CISM, international president of ISACA. “He is a valuable asset,
contributing to ISACA’s strength and accomplishments with his expertise and
passion for excellence in IT. I look forward to his future contributions to the
organization’s success and growth.”
Stroud joined CA from the Australian computer security company Cybec, where he
held several management positions and played a key role in the company’s
successful global expansion, culminating in its successful entry into the North
American market. Earlier, he spent 15 years in the banking industry, where he
held several positions within the IT and retail banking sectors.
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Dr. K. Rama Subramanian
www.valiant-technologies.com
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Topic : Cyber Crimes - Should The Auditor Be Concerned?
Director & CEO of Valiant Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai. Adjunct Professor
in the area of information security and cyber criminology at the University of
Madras. IBM GIO Alumni. Serves as India’s country representative at
International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP); serving on their
Technical Committee TC-11 dealing with information security. Chairman of ISCCRF,
a not-for-profit trust carrying out research in information security and cyber
crime prevention.He has been an information security consultant, audit and
assurance professional, trainer and educator for over two decades. He is a
certified and experienced professional in the areas of creating and implementing
secure information security architecture; internal controls systems and
processes; business continuity and disaster recovery plans; security audits and
certification of network infrastructure, ERP application, bespoke application
development processes; multifactor authentication (including PKI and X.509
compliant certification infrastructure); and certification processes for SOX,
COSO, COBIT, ITIL, PCI-DSS, ISM3, ISSAF, ISO-27001, ISO-17799, ISO- 31000 and
ISO-15408 compliant information security management systems. He has trained
experts in many information security domains across Gulf nations, India, Far
East and Africa. He is a consultant to a number of organizations in the
commercial, government, armed forces, judiciary and law enforcement segments in
these countries. His current research and development interests are in the areas
of creating and implementing technolegal processes for data security and
privacy. He was invited by ENISA, the European Union agency for Information
Security to address the EU Security Experts who had gathered in Athens, on the
need for and process to guarantee data privacy in ITES businesses. He was
invited to chair a session on security aspects of cyber crimes a Conference
organized by the Stockholm University and the Swedish Police. He served earlier
as Global Chair of the Education and Awareness Principles Expert Group of
Globally Accepted Information Security Principles (GAISP), based in the United
States and is former Global Chair of the Accreditation Process committee of Open
Information Systems Security Group (OISSG), based in the UK where he established
their certification and accreditation processes. He is the charter President of
the first chapter of ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) in Asia and
served on the boards of Dubai, Chennai and Bangalore chapters of ISACA. He was
formerly Managing Director of Thewo Corporate Services based in Lusaka, Zambia;
Group Operations Director of Benetone Group of Companies based in Bangkok,
Thailand and Commercial Director of Dynaspede Integrated Systems Ltd, based in
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Nishith Seth
http://sspl.net.in/
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Topic : Fraud Detection
Nishith Seth Director of Substratal Solutions – a total solution
provide of Business Assurance and Risk Management firm. He is a Chartered
Accountant, Information Systems Auditor (ICAI), ACL Master Trainer and ACL
Certified Data Analyst (ACDA). An experienced professional in the field of
audit, fraud management and compliance management. Nishith has been in the field
for last more than 15 years and has conducted various workshops on ACL data
analysis and fraud detection including application development. He is also
currently, Convener of Forensic Working Group of India to formulate Forensic
Standards on Fraud Detection and Management. He is also represents India at ISO
(International Standards Organisation) as a Voting Member and also special
invitee to Inter Ministerial Committee on Cyber Education and Awareness. He has
contributed and invested substantial part in research, which resulted in
publication of three books on Auditing in Computerised Environment (2001),
Auditing eBanking (2003) and Guide to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Planning (2006). He is also Secretary of eInformation Systems, Security and
Audit Association since 2001. Nishith has presented his research papers on many
occasions at National and International Conference. Recently, he was also a
speaker at National Conference of IIA, India and various conference organised by
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Nishith is also a visiting
faculty to many professional bodies such as The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India, International Centre for Information Systems Audit,
National Institute of Banking Studies and Corporate Management. Nishith’s core
competencies are in the areas of audit automation, fraud detection, assurance
services and Compliance Certification. |
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