Summary:
Cybersecurity and privacy requirements continue to expand heading into 2026, with organizations preparing for a broad range of updates across multiple regulatory and industry frameworks. At the same time, expectations for stronger governance, more mature risk management processes, and tighter control environments are increasing due to evolving guidance and heightened scrutiny from regulators, standards bodies, and customers. Regulatory activity in 2025 also brought new obligations related to data protection, vendor oversight, and data transfer practices—trends that are expected to accelerate as privacy and cybersecurity regimes grow more complex nationwide.
These overlapping frameworks create significant challenges for organizations, including duplicative control testing, inconsistent evidence requirements, and resource strain across security, compliance, and audit teams. To address these pressures, IT auditors and cyber practitioners will need to streamline assurance activities through control mapping, integrated risk assessments, and stronger alignment with cybersecurity and privacy stakeholders. By focusing on common control frameworks, improving documentation maturity, and leveraging updated IIA guidance to strengthen audit rigor and collaboration, organizations can reduce compliance fatigue while enhancing readiness for 2026’s regulatory landscape.
Speaker(s): Carly Devlin, Shareholder and the Chief Information Security Officer, Clark Schaefer Hackett
Time:
11:15 – 11:30 am - Sign-In
11:30 – 12:00 pm - Lunch Served
12:00 – 1:00 pm - Presentation
Location: Worthington Hills Country Club or Virtual*
Capacity: 50 (in-person), 300 (virtual)
CPE: 1 Hour(s)
Receiving CPE Credit: Please note that Webcast attendance will be recorded, and late arrivals that do not sit for the allotted session time will not receive CPE credit. Registrants must register with/sign-in to Zoom using the same email address used for registering for this event. Certificates of attendance will be issued via email within 1-2 weeks of the event.
Cost:
- FREE - Members, Students, Virtual Attendee
- $20 - ISSA, (ISC)², IIA Members
- $30 - Non-Members
Reservations Policy:
All reservations made are subject to the Chapter's General Cancellation Policy.
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