RSVP Thursday, August 15th, We're hosting the next NYC IAM User Group

Time to Mark-your-calendars and don't forget to RSVP today for the next exciting New York IAM User Group which will be held on Thursday, August 15th 5:00 pm start time - Vanderbilt Suites 200 Park Ave (inside the MetLife Building) Seating is limited for our sessions which are growing.

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Build your identity-specific knowledge and network with IAM Professionals. This is a Free Event, we encourage you to bring a guest(s)...

Speakers & Topics:
Agenda:
5:00 - Registration and Pre-Networking Mixer of appetizers & drinks
5:30 - Dan Blum Security Architects
"Building Practical IGA in the Cloud Era"
6:30 - Networking Session
6:45- David (Tai Wai) Cheng - MUFG
7:30 - Q&A Session

BIO’s of Host and Speakers/Presenters

Host:
Shahryar Jahangir - Presenter & Moderator – Cloud and Security Transformation Architect
Shahryar has proven a success as the CISO for Tower Research Capital, Island ECN, NYC City Time Initiative, and Strike Technologies. Actualizing Risk Analysis and Mitigation Programs. Gartner and SAIC needed to perform Security Risk Analysis on $600M+ programs for the NYC ECTP and City Time programs; as a member of the PMO, Shahryar spearheaded teams comprising of employees and vendors to establish a Security Risk Mgmt. program and develop mitigation strategies based on PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and CoBIT standards, to produce attack surfaces and with risk and remediation measures.

Presenter(s) & Speaker(s):

Dan Blum - Security Architects Partners will be sharing views and experiences, leading a stimulating discussion on:
* Modern identity architecture and changing IGA solutions
* Light cloud provisioning vs complex on-premise or hybrid provisioning
* IGA and PAM - better together

Dan is an internationally-recognized expert in identity and access management (IAM), security, privacy, and cloud computing Dan Blum provides consulting research and education for Security Architects Partners. Formerly a Golden Quill award-winning VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner and Burton Group, Dan Blum leads and delivers consulting projects on identity management strategies and architectures; cloud security and privacy assessments; and risk management framework development for enterprise clients. Dan also consulted on technical security engagements in all domains of data protection including enterprise authorization, encryption/key management, privileged access management (PAM), and data leakage prevention (DLP).

David (Tai Wai) Cheng - MUFG

David – will share the experiences and views on being the First Line of Defense and Internal Audit for IAM space, especially on:

* What auditors focus on during an IAM audit, e.g. Certification, Leavers, Termination controls, SoD and PAM? And why they do so?
* What should you focus on for IAM control designs and implementation to be audit ready?
* Discuss your most difficult questions (and findings) experienced from auditors?

“David Cheng is a Director of Internal Audit at a large international bank from Japan - responsible for executing internal audit program for IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity area. Prior to joining the internal audit, he was a Control Officer and Audit Liaison officer for Identity and Access Management for two larger financial institutes for 6 years – defining access management policy, standard, and controls for IAM space. He was also a VP for Internal Audit of IT Infrastructure for Goldman Sachs for 10 years. He brings rich experience in IAM risk/control identifications, IAM control execution, RCSA, IAM policy/standard definitions, and extensive experience in IT and SOx audit interactions. He has a BS in Biotechnology, an MS in Computer Science from Univ South Florida, and an MBA from PACE University.”

Next event to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City NJ on November 7, 2019 starting at 5PM.