WYOMING ? The risks involved with entrusting business processes and data handling to third parties is the topic of the Jan. 18 meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of ISSA scheduled for Steelcase University.

Rebecca Herold of Rebecca Herold & Associates will explain to attendees how to minimize the business risk of outsourcing data management. Her presentation is sponsored by Pivot Group.

Herold is an information privacy, security and compliance consultant, author and instructor with her own company since mid-2004. She was instrumental in building the information security and privacy program while at Principal Financial Group, which was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award. In October 2007 Rebecca was named one of the “Best Privacy Advisers” in two of three categories by Computerworld magazine.

A Drawing will be held for One Copy of Rebecca’s Book, Say What You Do: Building a framework of IT controls, policies, standards, and procedures.

Time:

Social Networking: 2:30 – 3:00 PM

Presentations: 3 – 4:30 PM

Open Discussion: 4:30 ? 5 PM

Location:

Steelcase Corporate Headquarters,

901 44th Sreet

Steelcase is located on the north east corner of 44th and Eastern. Park (free) in the 44th Street guest lot and use the main front CHQ entrance. The ISSA meeting will be downstairs in the CHQ west multipurpose room next to the cafeteria.

For more information, click on GR-ISSA.Org

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