Chapter Annual General Meeting & A 360 degree view of Third-Party Risk Management
Please join us on May 18, 2021 for ISACA Puget Sound’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) which includes officer elections. Following the AGM we are pleased to present a ‘fireside chat’ with our chapter leaders on the topic of third-party risk management.
April Mitchell will kick off the discussion. April has a unique 360 view of third-party risk management with over 15 years’ experience. She has developed and implemented a program for a large enterprise from scratch and has also been on the vendor side answering questionnaires and audit requests. Karma has caught up with her! April has also survived a major third-party breach and can give some insight on what to expect and how to prepare for such an event.
The session will have input and questions from other board members who have also been involved in this relevant risk domain. We’ll open the meeting to questions and participation from attendees. This is a unique, vendor agnostic opportunity to discuss how to get a program started, and share important lessons learned.
The AGM will start at 11:30 AM, with voting shortly after and an ending time of 1:00 PM PDT.
Your attendance is greatly appreciated and will be rewarded with 1.5 CPEs! The chapter Bylaws require a minimum quorum of at least 25 members for voting for the incoming board. This year, we have more than one candidate running for the position of chapter secretary. Please visit the website
www.ISACA-PSC.org for candidate information.
This online event is free to all Puget Sound Chapter members! Non-members may join for a nominal fee of $20, but cannot participate in the vote. If your membership has expired or you would like to join, this is a great time to seize the opportunity because the dues are reduced by 50% for the remainder of the year!
This is our last planned meeting until September, so don’t miss your opportunity to get your free CPEs and join in a lively discussion!
Guest Speaker Bio:
April Mitchell, CISM, CISP, CCSK
April took a leap of faith and made a major career change 20 years ago. She worked in the print industry for several top 10 organizations in the Greater Seattle area as a certified forms analyst. Without a college degree, she organically learned and worked in banking, insurance, health care and forestry products! She experienced a real-life disaster at work with a roof collapse due to a heavy snow fall in the mid 90’s. Just months prior to that event, she had established a business resumption plan at SAFECO to print claim checks with a third-party supplier to be delivered to the insurance company within 3 business days. The checks in storage were destroyed when the roof collapsed over the print warehouse. At the time, electronic money transfer wasn’t as popular. Checks were used by agents in the field to provide on the spot compensation to customers for minor claims. As the print industry was slowing down, April knew she needed to make a change. With a toddler in tow, she went to college for the first time at mid-career and graduated with honors with 2 degrees; one in programing and the other in data base administration. Shortly after re-entering the workforce, April found her passion in third-party risk management. Here’s a brief snapshot of her experience:
- Participated in major cyber event for a $30B organization due to sensitive data lose from a third-party supplier. Advised CISO and Chief Privacy Officer of previous diligence activities involving the third-party. Saved organization from class action lawsuits and FTC fines resulting from the diligence activities that she developed and implemented.
- Served 15+ years as legal team’s go-to resource for third-party security and privacy related concerns, including phone and in-person contract negotiations for multimillion-dollar deals.
- Knowledge of industry and regulatory requirements to safeguard information (e.g., HIPAA, SPII, SOX, PCI, GDPR). In depth knowledge of IT and cloud auditing standards (SSAE16/18 SOC 1 & 2, Type 1 & 2) and controls frameworks, particularly ISO27001/2, NIST and COBIT.
- Seven years on ISACA, Puget Sound Chapter board, serving various roles including three years as the chapter’s president
Location: Virtual Meeting
Pricing: Members - Free; Non-members - $20
Instructional delivery method: Online
CPE credit(s): 1.5 hours
Refund Policy: Refunds up to 1 day before event