FITSI to Exhibit at Federal IT and Security Conference Hosted by the National Capital Area Chapter of ISACA

 April 7, 2011

The Federal IT Security Institute (FITSI) will be an exhibitor at the monthly conference hosted by the ISACA National Capital Area Chapter (NCAC) on Tuesday, April 19.  The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. (Eastern). 

FITSI will be exhibiting details of its role-based Federal IT Security Professional (FITSP) certifications targeted at manager, designers, operators and auditors.  Attendees of the conference can stop by FITSI’s table and pick up a free voucher for one free exam attempt in 2011.

At the one-day conference, attendees will learn about emerging tools in the Federal IT security workspace and will discuss recent security breaches and prevention techniques.  Other subjects to be discussed include emerging risks and remediation strategies in federal IT security, as well as new cyber policies, standards and frameworks being developed to combat risks.

Among notable speakers will be Dr. Ron Ross, senior computer scientist at NIST, who will discuss new guidance from NIST on enterprise risk management related to IT security.  Dr. Ross is a frequent speaker at public and private sector venues including federal agencies, state and local governments and Fortune 500 companies.

According to NCAC, the conference will be especially useful to IT auditors, security and governance IT professionals and other managers with interests in the federal IT community.  Interested parties can view more info or sign up for the conference at the following website:  http://www.cvent.com/events/monthly-conference-federal-it-and-security/event-summary-8d54cc5dd66648a38fef90096f95b418.aspx