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The ISACA London Chapter in conjunction with  IQ4 is pleased to announce the following December 10th 2019 event: 

 'Cybersecurity and Risk Workforce Ready Virtual-Intern Talent Showcase'

Sponsored by Symantec (A Division of Broadcom), 30 students at the University of Greenwich have completed the CWA course are ready to present their team and role-based challenge outcomes to an audience [limited to 100 attendees]. Register now to secure your place to find your next hire, learn more about the CWA and its collaboration with the ISACA London Chapter to produce an increasing number of entrants into the Profession and network over drinks and something to eat.

18:30 - Event Start

Topic :

Cybersecurity and Risk Workforce Ready Virtual-Intern Talent Showcase

3.5-million unfulfilled Cyber job roles by the end of 2021,(Source: Cybersecurityventures )! That’s the headline.  

The good news is that the Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (CWA), founded in 2015 has perfected a course and virtual-internship model that has produced >2,750 - Cyber-interns who are “workforce ready” with the soft skills and contextual awareness that employers are reporting a reduction in on-boarding time to productivity by 3-9-months, saving £80-120K per hire. 10,000 more are planned to go through the virtual internship model in the next 3-years.

Sponsored by Symantec (A Division of Broadcom), 30 students at the University of Greenwich have completed the CWA course are ready to present their team and role-based challenge outcomes to an audience [limited to 100 attendees].  Register now to secure your place to find your next hire, learn more about the CWA and its collaboration with the ISACA London Chapter to produce an increasing number of entrants into the Profession and network over drinks and something to eat.

Meet volunteer industry professionals from Symantec, KPMG, Kroll, Sopra Steria and Allan Boardman (ISACA London Chapter) who provided mentoring for the virtual-interns and hear their feedback on why the CWA can accelerate and scale a diverse next generation into the readiness that employers need.

Keynote Speakers

Peter Yapp, Partner, Schillings International LLP

Peter Yapp is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with over 25 years’ experience in cyber security and computer forensics.

Peter was previously at the National Cyber Security Centre, joining in October 2016 as Deputy Director, Incident Management. For 2017/18 he was Deputy Director, Private Sector Critical National Infrastructure. Latterly he was the Deputy Director lead on cyber security supply chain risk. Before joining the National Cyber Security Centre, Peter was Deputy Director, Operations for CERT-UK. Prior to this he was the Managing Director for Accenture’s global Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) running a team of 50 based at five locations around the world. While there, he set up a cyber threat intelligence team. 

As a consultant, he carried out IS Security (and ISO27001) reviews and gap analyses (and risk assessments) for the finance and manufacturing sectors, as well as numerous computer investigations into fraud, abuse and misuse.  He was a Senior Investigation officer in the National Investigation Service of H.M. Customs & Excise.

Allan Boardman, CyberAdvisor.London, ISACA Volunteer

 Allan is a seasoned business advisor focusing on information risk management, security and data protection. He is a regular speaker at conferences across the globe and runs risk and security related

courses and workshops. A Chartered Accountant, he began his career with Deloitte in Cape Town and has more than 35 years’ experience including at GSK, AXA, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, PwC, Marks & Spencer and London Stock Exchange.

He has served as ISACA International Vice President and member of ISACA International Board of Directors, Chair of ISACA’s Credentialing & Career Management Board; member of its Strategic Advisory Council. He has served on and chaired ISACA International's CISM Certification Committee; its Credentialing Board & Leadership Development Committee. He served on ISACA International's Audit & Risk Committee and is a past president of ISACA London Chapter & has served on the BCS's Information Risk Management & Audit committee.

18:30 Welcome Remarks - Prof. Jane Harrington

18:35 Introduction to the virtual internship programme

Peter Meehan, Co-Founder Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (CWA), iQ4 Corp

18:45 Keynotes

Peter Yapp - The threat landscape, NCSC initiatives, skills shortages and the value of the CWA Programme

Allan Boardman - A senior risk professional’s perspective:               the next-gen professionals and the mentoring experience at the University of Greenwich

19:00 Cyber-Intern Presentations and Scenarios

Audience Q & A with teams

19:50 - Symantec Course Sponsors Remarks

19:55 Concluding remarks – next semester plans

Frank Cicio, Founder & CEO iQ4 Corp, Co-founder CWA

19:50 Networking and Job Fair

Drinks & Food – Courtesy of ISACA London Chapter

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The meeting is free of charge for members.

Up to 2 CPEs for ISACA members

Non-members may attend the presentation for a charge of GBP20.00

Please try to arrive by at least 5 minutes before the start of the event.

Note that latecomers who arrive more than 10 minutes after the start of the event may be refused admission as late arrivals cause disruption to members in the meeting.

FILMING: This event may be filmed and results used for future publicity and display