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We have the great pleasure to invite you to our next seminar organized by ISACA in collaboration with GRB and with the support of ACTAGIS : 

Data protection: How to meet regulatory obligations (GDPR / new FADP)? (in French)

In the era of Big Data, a new Eldorado for many companies, and in the face of increasing cyber-attacks, the pressure for increased protection of personal data is growing. While Europe has already strengthened its regulatory framework with the introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Switzerland is in the process of updating the FAPD (Federal Act on Data Protection) to align with the European standard, with the new law expected to come into force in the second half of 2022.

What actions are required to comply? What are the points of attention not to be neglected to set up and maintain its processes and controls in terms of data processing? What are the penalties?

To discuss this topic and share his experience in the implementation of the GDPR we are pleased to welcome:

Monsieur Eldo Mabiala
Head of security and Logistic
Banque Syz SA

on November 25, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Given the pandemic situation, the seminar will be organized as an interactive video-conference.

In order to allow us to organize the session in the best conditions, we would be grateful if you could confirm your participation in this session also valid for your continuing education statements, by registering online until November 19th. After your registration, you will also receive a confirmation by email containing additional information on the logistics of the video conference.

We strongly encourage you to ask your questions when you register, so that our speaker can take them into account in his or her presentation.

As usual, the event is free of charge for ISACA and GRB members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

We look forward to having you with us!

Jeff Primus
Lead ISACA Suisse romande
CEO ACTAGIS – Partenaire officiel pour les formations ISACA

Join us for BCI World Virtual – 3 & 4th November 2021

Jeff Primus will present the important topic: “Business Continuity & Cyber Resilience require efficient Risk Management”, on 3 November at 13:00.

BCI World has established its presence as one of the largest business continuity & resilience events in the world. In 2020 the first ever virtual event attracted more delegates from a wider geography than ever before … and it is back in 2021!

BCI World Virtual will give delegates access to over 70 hours of ideas and experiences. We will also be adding new features to the event to improve the experience for all, including face to face video networking.

BCI World Virtual 2021 will be held on the same purpose-built secure web-platform and will feature:

Global Expert Speakers delivering insightful, interactive content– including plenary sessions, workshops, panel sessions and live Q&A after every session.

A full, comprehensive programme with multiple streams filled with subjects and speakers selected to inform, engage, and challenge. Streams include:

• Keynotes
• Back to basics
• Cyber & IT resilience
• Supply Chain Resilience
• Exercising and Crisis Management
• Operational Resilience
• Supply Chain Resilience
• Soft skills

A virtual Exhibition hall with a wide-range of exhibitors – allowing you to interact directly with vendors via video & text chat, view live product demonstration and Q&A, and download product information.

Networking areas and group/individual chats where delegates can make contact and get together ‘virtually’, as well as with speakers.

BCI World Virtual 2021 really is an event not to be missed!

Faced with increasingly frequent and complex crises, decision-makers have gradually become aware of the need to be prepared for crises. Whether the crisis originates from events outside the company or is due to internal problems, managing a crisis is never a foregone conclusion, both strategically and on a human level.

During the presentation, we will see how the use of a crisis management methodology allows us to adopt a proactive rather than reactive approach, so that panic does not take precedence over rapid and judicious decision making.
The event is intended to be participatory and interactive, so that participants can learn from a collective experience. Together, we will go through the different stages of crisis management, in a scenario inspired by real events.

This conference will be hosted by

Claire Matias
Expert in information security at the State of Geneva

and will take place
on 23rd September 2021 from 18:30 to 20:00.

Given the pandemic situation, the seminar will be organized as an interactive video-conference.

In order to allow us to organize the session in the best conditions, we would be grateful if you could confirm, your participation in this session also valid for your continuing education statements, by registering online until September 15th. After your registration, you will also receive a confirmation by email containing additional information on the logistics of the video conference.

We strongly encourage you to ask your questions when you register, so that our speaker can take them into account in his or her presentation.
As usual, the event is free of charge for ISACA Switzerland and ISMA members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

We look forward to meeting you!
Jeff Primus
Lead ISACA Suisse romande
CEO ACTAGIS – Official partner for ISACA training

About this webinar

Boosted by accelerated global exchanges and empowered with the pandemic, cyber-threats are spreading rapidly, with large scale worldwide effects. In such a context, organizations should be prepared to cope with the major disruptions to the information systems caused by cyber-attacks. Failure to activate prepared solutions for such scenarios, which can harm the delivery of the products and services, can have major consequences for the enterprises’ survival.

Therefore, more than ever, the convergence of Information Security, Business Continuity is becoming a MUST to implement, in order to reduce financial, operational, legal and reputational impacts of cyber-threats.

One key to a successful realization of converged governance is to apply well-established frameworks and certifications such as BCI-GPG & SABSA.

In this webinar, we will briefly introduce a pragmatic approach and describe the first steps to enable the convergence between the two frameworks.

We have the great pleasure to invite you to our next seminar organized by ISACA in collaboration with GRB and with the support of ACTAGIS:

” MEASURING CYBER MATURITY AND CLOSING THE GAPS “.

News about new Cyber-Attacks reach us almost every day, but in this context, the Boards of Directors and the CEOs are unsure about the preparedness of their companies. Measuring the Cyber-Maturity, setting a Maturity Objective, defining a Cyber Strategy on how to reach the Goal and setting up a Cybersecurity Program to implement the necessary controls are proven approaches to close the Gaps.

During the seminar, while explaining the general approach, the presenter is also going to share his experience with various tools: The CMMI Cyber-Maturity Platform, the NIST Cyber Security Framework / FONES ICT Minimum Standard and the MSS Secure Blueprint.

The presentation, which will be given in English, will be enriched with the lessons learnt via the yearly measurements of the Cyber Maturity during the implementation of the Cyber-Security Program at BKW over the past years.

This conference will be hosted by

Ivo Maritz, Engineer ETHZ/IEEE
Executive Consultant, Cyber Security
Former CIO and CSO/CISO at BKW, VP IT Infrastructure in global Pharmaceutical and Machinery Corporations, CTO and COO in a Swiss Telecommunications Company

and will take place
on November 24, 2020 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Given the pandemic situation, the seminar will be organized as an interactive video-conference.

In order to allow us to organize the session in the best conditions, we would be grateful if you could confirm your participation in this session, also valid for your continuing education statements, by registering online www.grb-romand.ch until November 17th. After your registration, you will also receive a confirmation by email containing additional information on the logistics of the video conference.

We strongly encourage you to ask your questions when you register, so that our speaker can take them into account in his or her presentation.

As usual, the event is free of charge for ISACA and GRB members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

We look forward to having you with us!
Your ISACA & GRB committees

The days when our servers were all still in a datacenter to which we had the key are long gone. Just as information is becoming dematerialized, IT infrastructures and applications are following the same path, becoming nothing more than commodities and services. Between agility and security, the Cloud is forcing us to review our security certainties and principles. During the presentation, we will explore the new threats related to the cloud and the answers we can provide.

This conference in French will be hosted by:

Magin Lopez – Information and Cybersecurity Senior Manager at International Olympic Committee

Given the pandemic situation, the seminar will be organized as an interactive videoconference.

As usual, the event is free of charge for ISACA and ISMA members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

We look forward to meeting you!
Jeff Primus
Lead ISACA Suisse romande
CEO ACTAGIS – Official partner for ISACA training

About this webinar

Boosted by accelerated global exchanges and empowered with the pandemic, cyber-threats are spreading rapidly, with large scale worldwide effects. In such a context, organizations should be prepared to cope with the major disruptions to the information systems caused by cyber-attacks. Failure to activate prepared solutions for such scenarios, which can harm the delivery of the products and services, can have major consequences for the enterprises’ survival.

Therefore, more than ever, the convergence of Information Security, Business Continuity is becoming a MUST to implement, in order to reduce financial, operational, legal and reputational impacts of cyber-threats.

One key to a successful realization of converged governance is to apply well-established frameworks and certifications such as BCI-GPG & SABSA.

In this webinar, we will briefly introduce a pragmatic approach and describe the first steps to enable the convergence between the two frameworks.

PECB & ACTAGIS are pleased to announce the accomplishment of a new partnership level. This step is a result of a strong commitment of both companies to share their expertise and offerings with the market in order to bring the best of breed ISO 27001 / ISO 27005 / ISO 9001 / ISO 22301 / ISO 31000 / ISO 20000 / GDPR courses.

BLOCKCHAIN ​​AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE AUDIT INDUSTRY

All media are of the opinion that the Blockchain will revolutionize the production process of many industries. But what about the audit sector? What will be the important changes that will need to be anticipated to better prepare for the future?

In order to take stock of this subject, we are pleased to invite you to our next exceptional working session organized by ISACA and GRB, whose theme will be: “Blockchain and the consequences for the audit industry”

This session, which will take place in English, will bring you a new vision on the future of blockchain and will be animated by:

Mike Gault
CEO and Founder of Guardtime
Quantum Computing Engineer
Post doctoral student of the Tokyo Institute of Technology

The presentation will focus on the context in which the Estonian government has come to realize the critical importance not only of the integrity of data but also the integrity of processes, systems and networks. He will then present the blockchain cryptographic basics and describe how the Estonian government and financial institutions are using this technology for cybersecurity and financial audits, infrastructure and internal processes.

Location of the session : Fédération des Entreprises Romandes (FER), 98 rue de Saint-Jean, à Genève

Parking : Parking du Seujet

Public transport (TPG) : Arrêts Isaac Mercier (lignes 7, 13, 15 et 16) or Stand (2, 13, 15, 16, etc.)

Date : 26 November 2019, 17:15 – 18:45

The number of places being limited, we would be grateful if you would confirm your participation to this session valid for your statements of continuing education, as well as the cocktail that will follow, by filling in the registration form you will find on the website http://www.grb-romand.ch/Stravail/Travform.htm by 18 November 2019.

We strongly encourage you to formulate your questions at the time of your registration, so that our speaker can take them into account in his presentation.

The event is as usual free for ISACA and GRB members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

Recent events, incidents or changes have clearly demonstrated the extreme complexity,
the changing nature and inter-connectivity of different threats. These threats of unlimited scope have disproportionate costs and generate disturbances beyond measure on company activities.
 
The solution comes under the Resilience strategy.

This conference will be presented by

Laurent Tschopp
Business Continuity Manager at Banque Pictet & Cie SA

Place of the working session: UNI MAIL, Room M 2130, Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 40, Geneva

Parking: Paid parking in the basement

Public Transport (TPG): Uni Mail stop (line 15) or Pont d’Arve (1, 12, 18)

Date: March 14, 2018, 18:30 – 20:00

A networking meal (at the expense of participants) is planned after the conference for those who wish, in a restaurant close to Uni Mail.

The number of places being limited, we would be grateful if you would confirm your participation in this session also valid for your statements of continuing education, by registering online until March 10, 2018, by clicking on the button below.

After your registration, you will receive a confirmation by email.

We strongly encourage you to ask your questions at the time of your registration, so that our speaker can take them into account in his presentation.

The event is, as usual, free for ISACA and ISMA members and is free (20.- CHF) for non-members.

CONTINUITY OF ACTIVITIES NEEDS SECURITY ARCHITECTURE TO REDUCE RISKS AND COSTS

The frequency of cyber attacks continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. By targeting the most vulnerable value chains of organizations, they cause breaches of confidentiality and integrity of information, discontinuities of activities and considerable damage. On the other hand, once considered primarily a purely technological problem, information system risks are now assessed in the context of business risk management and business continuity.

This session will bring you a new vision allowing the optimal cohabitation of cybersecurity with business continuity.

This conference will be presented by

Jeff Primus
Senior Advisor Cyber Security & Risk & Business Continuity
CRISC, CISA, MBCI, ISO 27001 LA+LI, 22301 LA+LI, 31000 RM, 27005 RM, Certified Data Protection Officer – GDPR

Location of the session : Fédération des Entreprises Romandes (FER), 98 rue de Saint-Jean, à Genève

Parking : Parking du Seujet

Public transport (TPG) : Arrêts Isaac Mercier (lignes 7, 13, 15 et 16) or Stand (2, 13, 15, 16, etc.)

Date : 4 December 2018, 17:15 – 18:45

The number of places being limited, we would be grateful if you would confirm your participation to this session valid for your statements of continuing education, as well as the cocktail that will follow, by filling in the registration form you will find on the website www.grb-romand.ch by 29 November 2018.

We strongly encourage you to formulate your questions at the time of your registration, so that our speaker can take them into account in his presentation.

The event is as usual free for ISACA and GRB members and paying (20.- CHF) for non-members.

Business continuity requires security architecture to reduce risk and cost

The frequency of cyber-attacks continues to increase at an unparalleled pace. By attacking the most vulnerable value chains of organizations, they result in information confidentiality and integrity breaches, discontinuity of business activities and huge damages.

Once considered predominantly as a technological issue, the risks related to the information systems are now evaluated within the Enterprise Risk Management scope. On the other hand, traditionally, Business Continuity Management (BCM) is mostly treated as a domain, separated from Information System Security Management (ISSM).

With the rapid explosion of cyber threats, the alignment between BCM and ISSM is now becoming a must for providing management with a holistic view and enabling them to be implemented in organizations where the teams interact closely with each other. It goes without saying that the organizational part of security and BCM is the key for a successful implementation, yet the information system (IS) part needs also to be addressed in an efficient way.

Various standards and frameworks exist to help organizations implementing a BCM, but they lack a strong link with the governance, architecture and security of the IS. In this session, we will introduce very briefly an innovative approach and describe the first steps for the linkage between the two worlds, enabling an efficient implementation of BC based on architecture and secured IS.

The successful deployment of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) requires the implementation of risk analysis supported by a methodological and repeatable approach. In this context, a large number of organizations suffer from complex and tedious implementation.

Based on these observations, we propose a review of the implementation of the principles set out in ISO 27005 and ISO 27001, allowing you a pragmatic implementation based on best practices.

This conference will be presented by

Jeff Primus
Senior Advisor Cyber ​​Security & Risk & Business Continuity
CRISC, CISA, MBCI, ISO 27001 LA + LI, 22301 LA + LI, 31000 RM, 27005 RM, Certified Data Protection Officer – GDPR

Place of the working session: UNI MAIL, Room M 2130, Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 40, Geneva

Parking: Paid parking in the basement

Public Transport (TPG): Uni Mail stop (line 15) or Pont d’Arve (1, 12, 18)

Date: September 25, 2018, 19:00 – 20:00

A networking meal (at the expense of participants) is planned after the conference for those who wish, in a restaurant close to Uni Mail.

The number of places being limited, we would be grateful if you would confirm your participation in this session also valid for your statements of continuing education, by registering online until September 20, 2018, by clicking on the button below.

After your registration, you will receive a confirmation by email.

We strongly encourage you to ask your questions at the time of your registration, so that our speaker can take them into account in his presentation.

The event is, as usual, free for ISACA and ISMA members and is free (20.- CHF) for non-members.