ISACA Denmark To Spend Its Silver Anniversary In The Cloud In Its Jubilee Year, ISACA Will Be Educating Whilst Celebrating   Copenhagen, Denmark 18th March 2010 : The ISACA Denmark Chapter,  which is part of  a non-profit association of 86,000 global information technology professionals, is celebrating its 25th year. To commemorate this, the Denmark Chapter will be hosting a Celebratory Banquet, the first of three special anniversary events, on 14 April 2010 in Copenhagen. During the event, which will also incorporate the Annual Meeting, the co-founder and executive director of the Cloud Security Alliance, Jim Reavis, will be giving an informative and lively presentation encompassing what auditors and security professionals need to know about Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is rapidly becoming a business information technology buzz word, but there are many issues concerning Cloud security and audit-ability.  

Cloud Computing may help enterprises meet the increased requirements of lower total cost of ownership (TCO), replacing IT capital expenses (CAPEX) with operating expenses (OPEX), increased efficiency, dynamic provisioning and utility-like pay-as-you-go services. However, many IT professionals are citing the increased risks associated with trusting information assets to the cloud as something that must be clearly understood and managed by relevant stakeholders. In recognition of new risks around this emergent technology, ISACA became an affiliate of the Cloud Security Alliance, and together they collaborated on a whitepaper titled ‘Cloud Computing:  Business Benefits With Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives’, available as a free download from www.isaca.org/cloud.   H. Peet Rapp, MBA, CISA, of Rapp Consulting, and part of the ISACA Cloud Computing Work Group,  said, “It is fitting that, whilst ISACA celebrates, its members are able to keep abreast of important developments in this emerging technology.  ISACA members can provide advisory to their organisations, leveraging the unlimited advantages of the Cloud, while at the same time avoid possible shortcomings of Cloud security for organisations’ business-critical data or applications.  Today, the Cloud does provide business advantages for organisational data which would not be a target for “black hat” cyber villains. Perhaps in the future, with guidance from the Cloud Security Alliance, ISACA and other cloud security leaders, organisations will be able to trust, yet verify, Cloud Service Providers’ (CSPs’) virtual computing services with data protection at least as secure, and perhaps more secure, than that found in traditional in-house enterprises. This will be a good reason to celebrate.”   ISACA members can attend the annual meeting free of charge and those wishing to stay to the banquet will only have to pay 25% of the full ticket price—as a special 25th birthday present from ISACA. The full program and a registration form are available by visiting www.isaca.dk/anniversary or sending an e-mail request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..   The other two events planned for later this jubilee year are a mini-governance day on June 9 and a special Christmas celebration in Copenhagen on December 9 with further details of these two events released closer to the time.   To learn more about the association and the benefits membership offers, including access to a range of resources, networking, seminars and member activities, or to join ISACA, please visit www.isaca.org. Further information specifically relating to the Denmark Chapter can be found at www.isaca.dk.   ENDS   About ISACA :   With more than 86,000 constituents in more than 160 countries, ISACA (www.isaca.org) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems assurance and security, enterprise governance of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. Founded in 1969, ISACA sponsors international conferences, publishes the ISACA® Journal, and develops international information systems auditing and control standards. It also administers the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor™ (CISA®), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT® (CGEIT®) designations.   ISACA developed and continually updates the CobiT,® Val IT™ and Risk IT frameworks, which help IT professionals and enterprise leaders fulfil their IT governance responsibilities and deliver value to the business.