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02 June 2005

Dear ISACA Lebanon Chapter members: It has been such a long time since we have all met together. We would like to invite you to a general gathering at the Gefinore Rotana on June 2nd from 6:00 until 7:30. In this gathering there will be a short presentation by the president of the ISACA Lebanon Chapter on the latest developments, financials presented by the treasurer and then we will have an open forum for any suggestions from you on ways to improve this chapter. Your suggestions are very important. But most importantly, we would like to get together to get to know each other and share ideas.


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تدقيق أنظمة تكنولوجيا المعلومات في اللبنانية الأميركية
برنامج يلبي حاجات تحسين الأداء المهني أكاديمياً وتقنياً


 
من اليمين: طرابيشي، مروه ومبارك
أقام مكتب برنامج الدراسة المستمرة (CEP) في الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية (LAU) بالاشتراك مع جمعية تدقيق ومراقبة الأنظمة المعلوماتية في لبنان (ISACA) ندوة تعريف للشهادة الدولية في تدقيق الأنظمة المعلوماتية. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
وتم بهذه المناسبة اطلاق برنامج دراسة وتحضير لهذه الشهادة سيعطى في الجامعة ابتداء من 14 آذار. رئيس جمعية تدقيق ومراقبة الأنظمة المعلوماتية في لبنان (ISACA) عادل مبارك ومسؤول أمان تكنولوجيا المعلومات في فرنسا بنك الإدارة العامة رمزي طرابيشي نائب رئيس الجمعية ومدير رئيسي لقسم التدقيق الداخلي في بنك لبنان والمهجر الإدارة العامة عرضا مسهبا لمتطلبات وفوائد وميزات هذه الشهادة الدولية.
وقال مبارك ان الشهادة مميزة ومعروفة بكونها دليل امتياز وجدارة والأفضل عالميا، وان البرنامج يستقطب الشبان الطموحين الذين يصبون الى الترقي والتميز في ادائهم المهني والذين يعملون في حقل التدقيق والمعلوماتية. وذكر ان البرنامج التحضيري يتضمن 60 ساعة من منها امتحانات صورية لتحضير المشاركين لامتحانات معترك العمل الحقيقية. وكلفة هذا البرنامج هي 1250 دولارا مع حسم 10% لأعضاء الجمعية في لبنان.
أما طرابيشي فقد اوضح ان متطلبات الصناعات المصرفية والمالية الى تزايد وان الطلب لمدققين في تكنولوجيا المعلومات تصاعد باطراد خصوصا ان سوق العمل المعلوماتي قد اصبح اكثر تعقيدا. وقال هناك الان 33 حائزا على شهادة CISA موزعون على عدد من المؤسسات من بنوك، وشركات تأمين وتدقيق ومعلوماتية، وجامعات ودوائر رسمية.
وقالت مديرة برنامج الدراسة المستمرة ماريا مروة، <<ان هدف برنامج الدراسة المستمرة في الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية هو تأمين الوسائل والاساليب التعليمية المتطورة والحديثة تلبية لحاجات الراغبين بتحسين ادائهم المهني في الحقلين الاكاديمي والتقني وليس بمقدورهم الانتساب الى البرامج الجامعية المعتمدة. وبرنامج الدراسة المستمرة في الجامعة يشكّل احدى اهم القنوات بين الجامعة ومحيطها ويتميز بادارة مختصة بتقديم برامج تقنية خاصة، لذلك وحّدنا جهودنا مع جمعية تدقيق ومراقبة الانظمة المعلوماتية في لبنان (ISACA) لاطلاق برنامج تحضيري للشهادة الدولية في تدقيق الأنظمة المعلوماتية "CISA.

28 January 2005

The Education Committee is pleased to invite you to attend a discussion forum on the role and responsibilities of the IT Security Officer in banks, scheduled on Friday 28 January, 2005 at the auditorium of Banque de La Mediterrannee (Mediterrannee Group Building Clemenceau) at 5:30 pm.

For more information on the discussion forum click here.

24 February 2005

The Continuing Education Program (CEP) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Lebanon Chapter cordially invite you to a Q & A session aiming at providing you with the necessary information regarding the benefits of attaining the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA®) The two guest speakers for the Q & A session will be Mr. Adel Moubarak CISA, president of ISACA Lebanon Chapter, and Mr. Ramzi Tarabishi CISA, CIA, CCSA, vice president and chairman of the education committee of ISACA Lebanon Chapter.

For more information on the Q&A Session click here.

14 March 2005

The Continuing Education Program (CEP) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Lebanon Chapter are pleased to conduct the CISA Preparation Course. The course will be a 10 week duration, held every Monday & Wednesday from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Deadline for registration is March 4, 2005.

For more information on the CISA preparation course click here.

29 June 2004

ISACA in collaboration with Ernst & Young is pleased to deliver a presentation on Ernst & Young's 2003 Global Information Security Survey. The presentation will be held at OMSAR, STARCO Bldg.- Georges Picot Str.- Block A - Fifth Floor - Room 520, on Tuesday 29 June 2004 at 6:00 PM. The presentation will be delivered by Srikant Ranganathan, Ernst & Young's Executive Manager for the Technology and Security Risk Services. Kinldy note that laces are limited, for reservations, contact Said Ramadan (said.ramadan@isaca-lebanon.org).

The results of Ernst & Young’s 2003 Global Information Security Survey were gleaned from the assistance of more than 1,400 organizations whose executives ompleted the questionnaire over a two-month period early in 2003. This was the sixth year in which we conducted the survey—to take a snapshot of information security and explore its implications for a broad spectrum of business and industry. The respondents, from 66 countries, were in a variety of senior management positions, but the majority (60%) were chief information officers, chief information security officers, and other information technology executives. We found that the response profiles of the individual countries were remarkably similar to one another. The survey asked 40 questions on all aspects of information security. Question topics dealt with how information security is situated and directed within the organization.

The 2003 Global Information Security Survey can be dowloaded here.

13-14 December 2004

20 February 2004

In a series of planned presentations, the ISACA Lebanon Chapter has organised a presentation on IT Governance, which was attended by more than 50 professionals from different backgrounds. The presentation was successfully delivered by the chapter's president, Adel Moubarak. For those CISAs who attended the presentation, they were able to benefit from 2 free CPE hours to add to their credit.

22 January 2004

A CISA Q&A session will be held in the Fransabank Auditorium in Hamra on 22 January 2004, at 5:30 PM. The session is aimed at providing individuals who are interested in CISA with information about the certification. The session will be presented by Danny Karam, the CISA country coordinator.

22 December 2003

The ISACA Lebanon Chapter invited all its members to a gathering session in the Gefinor Rotana Hotel, where the chapter president presented the latest in the chapter news, and the attendents were able to mingle with other colleagues in the profession to discuss the latest trends in information security and audit.


 

3 October 2003

The first General Gathering of all ISACA Lebanon Chapter members will take place on 3 October 2003, in the Fransabank auditorium, in Hamra. All members are invited to participate in this event, which will highlight the chapter's objectives and future plans.

16 September 2003

The ISACA Lebanon Chapter is participating in Termium/Gitex 2003. The Administrative Commission is looking forward to welcoming you at the Chapter's stand.

22 July 2003

The ISACA Lebanon Chapter founding members, with the help of ISACA's International Membership Board worked hard to establish the ISACA Lebanon chapter which was formally approved on 22 July 2003 and accorded Chapter Number 181.

19 November 2002

The ISACA Lebanon chapter is currently in formation. For this purpose, a group of individuals interested in promoting the Information Technology assurance and raising awareness about the importance of IT security in today's organization, has joined forces to create a chapter in Lebanon for the association. Click here to view the names of the founding members.

The officers/founding members have submitted the necessary documents to ISACA to become a formally recognized chapter. They are currently awaiting ISACA's response and acceptance of their request.