Andrew S. Townley, Founder and Managing Director of Archistry Limited, announced today that he will be presenting at the 15th Annual COSAC Security Conference to be held September 21-25th in Naas, Ireland. Mr. Townley will focus on the linkage between ICT Strategy & Governance and Information Assurance, specifically describing how to leverage an organisation's Enterprise Architecture as a tool for focused Information Assurance. His presentation will be primarily aimed at business and security leaders who want to ensure they have a unified strategy for investment and governance across their technology and information security programmes.
"Many people have the wrong idea about Enterprise Architecture," Mr. Townley said. "It's a management tool to be used across the enterprise to ensure that everyone in the organisation shares the same view about how technology is deployed to deliver the business strategy. It isn't about having a big set of schematics describing the way things are and the way they will be. It's about identifying and communicating the priorities and the approach and defining the governance and management framework necessary to make it happen. When you're talking about when and where to invest in Information Assurance, starting from this common, business-level view of the organisation is absolutely critical. If you don't have something like this in place, it's simply too easy to get lost in the detail and miss something important."
The presentation abstract for Mr. Townley's presentation is available from the COSAC Website, www.cosac.net. Archistry encourages anyone responsible for Information Assurance to attend COSAC. "COSAC is one of the best conferences we've ever done, and we're looking forward to being back this year," said Mr. Townley.
If you thought symposiums on information security and risk were all the same, look again! COSAC is an entirely different experience. Conceived by practising professionals for experienced professionals, it is the most participative and productive event of the year. Undoubtedly the world's best annual source of advice in Information Security, COSAC makes available to you, in a fully residential format, presenters and facilitators who are the very best in the world. Collectively they have many hundreds of years of practical experience, have published thousands of major articles and books, and have proven records of success all over the globe.
More information about COSAC may be found on the Web at www.cosac.net.
Archistry Limited is a professional services firm based in Dublin, Ireland focused on helping our clients more effectively manage, use and secure ICT to deliver their corporate performance goals. Our service offerings include Learning Workshops, Assessments & Check-ups, Mentoring Programmes and targeted improvement projects on a variety of areas relevant to this focus, including ICT Strategy & Governance, Risk Management & Information Assurance, Enterprise Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture and Enterprise 2.0. More information about Archistry Limited is available on the Web at www.archistry.com.
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