The impact of increasingly collaborative and virtualized work environments on organizations' ability to establish appropriate risk-based governance and controls will be examined by the session, "Ensuring Proper Identity and Access Management Controls for Continuous Compliance".

Leaders in access management and compliance, Courion® Corporation, announced that director of business development, Courion, Dave O'Brien, will be presenting a session at the ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) Los Angeles Chapter's 2008 Spring Conference, taking place May 12-14. For achieving continuous compliance in increasingly collaborative and virtualized work environments, the session will focus on new identity-based risk management approaches, and Courion is a Premier Sponsor of the event.

Including governance, attestation, reporting, risk and compliance (GRC), and role management, attendees will benefit from an overview of the Identity and Access Management-based components necessary for effective risk management. To ensure proper controls are in place to balance the business benefits of new technologies with the goal of achieving continuous compliance, attendees will learn how to leverage these components. There will also be presented case studies and advice for preparing for new security and compliance threats.

Affordable quality training on fundamental information systems auditing concepts and emerging technology risks, and an opportunity to network with other auditing and security professionals are provided by the ISACA Los Angeles Chapter.