Wolcott Group to Offer Training on Best Practices for Information Security
Posted on Tue, Jun 26, 2007
Half-Day Workshop Shows How to Use IT Best Practice Frameworks to Improve Information Security Governance
Fairlawn, Ohio – June 26, 2007 – Wolcott Group announced today an educational workshop scheduled for July 20, 2007 that is focused on how to use IT best practice frameworks to improve the management and governance of information security. The half-day workshop, Using IT Frameworks for Security, is designed to advance the knowledge and skills of information security managers and executives, Chief Security Officers (CSOs), Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), auditors, and other professionals involved in the governance of information security.
The Using IT Frameworks for Security workshop will provide training on the following topics:
• ISO 17799 framework for information security management
• ISO 27001 auditing standard for information security management
• ISO 20000 best practices framework and standard for IT Services Management (ITSM)
• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) best practice framework for IT
• COBIT (Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology) best practice IT framework
• COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) enterprise risk management framework
• How the frameworks align and support each other
• How to use the frameworks to improve how you govern information security
The instructor for the half-day workshop is Gary Sheehan, CISSP, HISP and is the managing consultant for information security at Wolcott Group. Mr. Sheehan is also the president of the Northern Ohio Members Alliance of InfraGard, the founder of the Information Security Summit, and has presented at Computer Security Institute’s annual conference, InfoSec World, OKIT and many other conferences and seminars on information security.
The cost of the workshop, which includes documentation on how IT frameworks map to security, and provides 3.0 hours of CPE credits, is $279 per attendee.
The half-day workshop is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. to Noon on Friday, July 20, 2007 at Wolcott Group’s offices in Fairlawn, Ohio.
For more information, and to register, visit www.wolcottgroup.com/training.
About Wolcott Group
Wolcott Group is an information technology consulting and integration company that helps organizations secure information, share knowledge, and manage their operations. By specializing in infrastructure, security, email, and IT service management services and solutions for medium to large enterprise IT organizations, and in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), accounting systems, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for small to medium sized businesses, Wolcott’s goal is to deliver solutions that produce measurable value and fulfill our client’s business vision. For more information, please visit www.wolcottgroup.com.
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Contact:
John Didonato
Wolcott Group
john.didonato@wolcottgroup.com
330-666-5900 x143