ISACA Denver Chapter

From the President

Let's face it....there is a lot going on in all of our lives and there seems to be little consistency. Depending on how you look at it and who you listen to, the economy is coming around, or maybe not. The job market is getting better, but maybe not. Companies are spending more, but maybe not. Our 401k plans are looking better, but not growing as fast as we are getting old, so *definitely not*.....However, one thing remains consistent....the Denver Chapter's commitment to our membership! And even better, the MEMBERSHIP'S commitment to the Denver Chapter!

The January meeting was another great success - thanks to the dedication of the ISACA volunteers and our great membership. We had over 80 Denver chapter members attend the meeting and when you add in attendees from our partner organization, ISSA, we had well over 100 attendees! A big thank you to the members, non-members and ISSA members that attended our last meeting.

In case you missed it, you definitely missed another great topic and set of experts there to discuss "security in the clouds"...yes, everyone's favorite buzz term, Cloud Security. Even the waiter at the restaurant made a snappy comment about cloud computing! Although there is a lot of buzz around this topic, it really is an important one for IT audit and security professionals to understand in order to properly address risks related to these services at your company. The vendors are developing products and services in these areas (and believe it or not, may or may not be addressing security properly....) and your business people will be buying them, like it or not.

We had experts that represented various aspects of cloud computing to present, discuss, debate and answer your questions. These individuals have written books on the subject and presented too many times to count, between the four of them. They have all helped further development of various products, services, frameworks and thought models through their businesses and involvement in organizations like the Cloud Security Alliance. The experts represented the technical, customer, auditor, security and service provider perspectives and enlightened many of us to what "cloud computing" actually means. I would like to again thank Glenn Brunette (Sun Microsystems), Jamey Heary (Cisco), Martin Capurro (Qwest Communications) and Subra Kumaraswamy (Sun Microsystems) for presenting and participating.

We are hitting our "mid year" mark of the ISACA year and you can expect the meetings, gatherings and member benefits to get better and better. If you have not participated this year, then I would like to encourage you to come to one of our functions - after all, we are doing it all for you, our loyal members!

See you at the next meeting or social event!

Brennan P. Baybeck
President, ISACA - Denver Chapter

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