Every major governance framework or regulation includes the injunction to involve and inform executive management and Board members as a part of the risk equation.  How does a practicing professional in the fields of security, technology, or compliance succeed at such an extreme sport?   Join us at 6:30 PM on Thursday, January 21st, as Lee Beachy, SVP, Information Security at Laconia Savings Bank, considers the following checkpoints in planning best practices for risk communications: Effectiveness — Get to the real deal, summarize the essence, trending and critical factors Efficiency — overcoming communication challenges; scalable and contextual communications Excellence — vision, goal-setting, and audience localization in risk communications Ethics — reporting dangers, statistics, and errors of omission About our speaker: Mr. Beachy has three decades of experience in successfully managing IT teams and leading the integration of technology and process change in service organizations. He has led enterprise-wide business projects and his expertise includes the formulation of strategic technology and risk management processes into mission-critical service operations. Meeting Details: DATE:        Thursday, January 21st, 6:30 PM LOCATION: Manchester Public Library                      405 Pine Street                      Manchester, NH 03103

Presenter Bio:

Ed Adams is the President and CEO of Security Innovation, the independent authority on application security risk assessment, risk mitigation and education. He is a seasoned software executive with successful leadership experience in various-sized organizations that serve the IT security and quality assurance industries.

Mr. Adams is the founder and business owner of the Application Security Industry Consortium, Inc. (AppSIC), an association of industry technologists and leaders establishing and defining cross-industry application security guidance and metrics. He is on the board of the National Information Security Group (NAISG).

No stranger to the podium, Mr. Adams has presented to thousands at numerous seminars, software industry conferences, and private companies. He has contributed written and oral commentary for business and technology media outlets such as New England Cable News, Associated Press, CSO Magazine, SC Magazine, Boston Globe, CIO Update, Wall Street Reporter, Investors Business Daily, Optimize and CFO Magazine.

Mr. Adams is in the process of writing a book titled “Information Security Management: Survival Guide”, which will be published by Wiley & Sons and is due out in 2010. He also has maintains a blog with CSO Magazine and is a columnist for CIO Update.

Tom Clark gave his presentation 'Threat Assessment - An IT Perspective'. The focus of this presentation is the identification of threats and vulnerabilities in the corporate environment, specifically in the areas of IT processes and infrastructure and the recommended step by step process for mitigating those vulnerabilities. Special emphasis will be made on IT Business Continuity Management (BCM) standards and the value of the execution of a Business Impact Analysis.

Presenter Bio:

Tom Clark is the Director of IT Infrastructure Continuity Services for Liberty Mutual. Tom has over 35 years of experience managing Data Centers and IT infrastructure for Fortune 500 companies with IT facilities in 40 countries on six of the seven continents of the world.  Tom is an expert in operational readiness and IT Resiliency and has been a featured speaker at national conferences such as the 2009 Continuity Insights National Conference in Phoenix and the 2008 CPM National Conference in Orlando. His most recent published article appeared in "Continuity" (a European magazine) in May 2009.