How to Establish an Effective IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Framework - Organization and Responsibilities

Why Should You Attend:

An organization that does not have a good framework to manage and monitor compliance with a range of IT regulations and standards can find themselves facing fines, loss of certifications, and worse. Organizations face more and more compliance challenges every year, and 2017 is no different.

As the dependency of business operations on IT increases, as well as a demand for security of data, there are additional complexities, exposing organizations to additional risks and threats. What's more, undefined vulnerabilities can have an immediate effect on the continuity of the organization.

This webinar will cover governance and an overall management approach to IT risk, while updating attendees on compliance and knowing which standards and regulations are key to your organization.

Learning Objectives:

• Governance and an overall management approach to IT risk
• Governance and risk management and effective processes
• Risk management and identifying, analyzing and responding
• Compliance and knowing which standards and regulations are key to your organization

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Adopting a systematic approach to risk tracking to enhance the effectiveness of the cyber incident program
• Outlining the critical actions to take if an event affects the company or its partners
• Understanding an organizations’ susceptibility to a cyber attack
• Cyber incident response: Getting started, research, training, testing and maintaining
• Standards and best practices: ISO 27001, ISO 27035, ISO 27005. NIST, FFIEC, HIPPA and HITRUST

Who Will Benefit:

• CEOs, Board Members, and Audit or Corporate Governance Committee Members
• CFOs, Controllers, and Accounting Professionals
• CIOs,CFO,CIO,CSO, CTOs and IT Professionals
• Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs), Chief Risk Officers (CROs)
• Legal Counsel, Human Resources and Public Relations
• Internal and External Auditors
• Senior Risk Management and Operational Risk Officers
• Consultants and Risk, Compliance and Governance Advisors
• Compliance Specialists
• Compliance, Risk Management and Governance Product Vendors
• Quality Assurance Managers
• Technology Managers
• Information Security Managers
• Any line manager or employee responsible for developing and deploying governance and compliance programs

Michael C Redmond
CEO and Lead Consultant, Redmond Worldwide

Dr. Michael C. Redmond, PhD, is a certified project manager, PMP, has two masters’ certifications in business continuity/disaster recovery MBCP and FBCI and is certified in emergency management. She is active in cyber security and holds multiple ISO certifications (ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management, ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cyber Security Manger, ISO/IEC 27035 Security Incident Response, ISO/IEC 22301 Business Continuity Management Systems, ISO/IEC 21500 Project Management, and ISO/IEC 41001 Environmental Management). She is an international consultant, speaker and published author.

Her past experience includes 13 years as a senior manager with Deloitte, KPMG and Chubb in the areas of: compliance, crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency management, internal audit/ gap analysis. She was a business continuity/disaster recovery manager with the Bank of New York. She consults for clients in diverse industries such as banking, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, hospitals, government agencies, colleges and universities, law firms, and media.

Dr. Redmond spent 4 years on active duty with the army and 18 1/2 years as National Guard and Reserve before retiring as a major. She is a graduate of Command & General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth), attended civil affairs courses at the US Army JFK School of Special Warfare and is Hazmat trained and DOD certified. The White House honored Dr. Redmond at a luncheon as one of the Top Women in Her Field of Business Continuity.

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