Join us for the ISACA Chicago Chapter Meeting - July 2025
Topic: Controlling Cloud Chaos Through Audit Discipline and Practical Steps to Modern Data Protection
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Title: Controlling Cloud Chaos Through Audit Discipline
As cloud spend continues to surge, organizations are under pressure to mature their FinOps practices and enforce financial accountability in the cloud. This session will guide IT auditors through conducting a FinOps maturity assessment using the FinOps Foundation framework, focusing on the Inform, Optimize, and Operate phases.
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How to evaluate key capabilities—such as cost allocation, usage optimization, and stakeholder collaboration—and identify maturity gaps,
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How to deliver strategic recommendations that drive value beyond compliance.
David Lee is a seasoned IT and Cyber Auditor with over 20 years of experience in internal audit, data analytics, and technology risk across both public and private sectors. He currently serves as Director of IT Audit and Data Analytics at Cushman & Wakefield and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Holding credentials including CPA, CISA, CRISC, PMP, CGFM, and Security+, he blends deep technical knowledge with a strategic audit mindset.
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[Second Session @ 4:00 PM]
Title: Practical Steps to Modern Data Protection (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Prepare for AI)
This session delivers a modern, real-world roadmap to data protection that doesn’t just defend—it unlocks AI-readiness. Combining perspectives from InfoSec, data science, and cloud architecture, we’ll walk through practical, proven steps to ensure data is governed, usable, and safe for AI-driven innovation.
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Chris Rose is a Security Engineer by training, an Architect by trade, and has spent the past decade advising F500 Cyber Leadership and their peers. My InfoSec career began in the trenches of early digital Data Protection on Wall Street (e-shredding algos, gasp!), expanded into Pharma (molecules!), Retail, and beyond. I now spend my time designing and building programs that help enterprises grok the modern challenges of data protection through the most urgent of lenses: AI Enablement.
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2 CPE credits will be earned by participating in this webinar.
Note: ISACA members are requested to register with the same email ID as that in their ISACA profile for direct CPE uploads.
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