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QAAM - Quality Assurance Association of Maryland

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Q A A M

QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND


 

Quality Assurance Association of Maryland (QAAM)

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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 Location: Snyder’s Willow Grove Restaurant
841 North Hammonds Ferry Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090   (near BWI Airport)
|410-789-1149

 Topic: Information Technology - Supply Chain Challenges and Risk
Presenter: Dr. Thresa Lang, Ph.D., CRISC, CISSP, CISM, CISA

Registration:           8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks:        9:00 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Presentation:           9:05 a.m. to 12 noon.
Lunch:          Noon   to   1:00 p.m.
Q & A:           1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

ABSTRACT:

 

 This presentation will discuss:

  • The supply chain is the foundation of quality for every aspect of the Information and Communications Technology arena. Today nearly every task we perform in the workplace uses ICT in one form or another, whether it is data storage, R&D, presentations, or personal communications.
  • Our intellectual property, the life-blood of every organization, is resident on our information systems. The quality of the components, the integration of those components into mission critical systems and the use and maintenance of those systems is fundamentally a question of quality.
  • The quality of the overarching policies, of the integrity components themselves and of the output from those systems that is the basis for strategy and corporate decisions.
  • All of it come down to the supply chain, and how it is handled and how the quality and integrity of the processes and components are measured.

 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Lang has over 15 years experience in cyber assurance, information assurance for national security systems, technical program management, business process engineering, integrated risk management, requirements analysis, strategic business assurance planning, data assurance, training, operational security and systems analysis.

She has 10 years experience in computer and video forensic analysis, and as a federal consultant within the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. She also has over 7 years in supply chain risk management and organizational restructuring, including transformation of private organizations entering into the federal business arena.

Currently a Security Director with Dell, a $60+B multi-national Information Technology (IT) corporation, she is responsible for development of strategic plans and programs to ensure competitive advantage for the company in the areas of Security, Compliance, Supply Chain Risk Management, Data Assurance, Policy and Standards development in the organization’s Federal business. Dr. Lang created the intellectual property including the framework and processes for the Supply Chain Integrity and Assurance model currently being implemented globally by the company and was instrumental in development of the company’s federal data assurance programs.

As a Thought Leader, experienced in communicating with all organizational levels Dr. Lang acts as a liaison between industry and government in a variety of forums. She is considered a subject matter expert (SME) and has contributed to development of a number of emerging industry and international standards. She contributes as Co-Chair in the DHS, DoD Software Assurance Acquisition and Outsourcing Committee, DoD/DHS/NIST ITSCC Ad-Hoc Committee member, as an SME in the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (ITSCC). She also participates in the Security Executive Council, High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Community Automated Information Systems Security Working Group (CAISSWG), Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), National Classification Management Society (NCMS), and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2). As an SME, Dr. Lang created and developed the redesign of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel IT architecture, developed the Risk, Response and Recovery material for the ISC2 sponsored SSCP international certification, and was an ISC2 CISSP boot camp instructor.

She developed and taught the initial Computer Crime and Forensics curricula for GWU and served as the lead Technical instructor for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. This experience and her development of the computer and video forensic training for the DoD Computer Forensics Laboratory, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the NATO alliance made her one of a small team called upon by NYPD to forensically examine materials recovered from the World Trade Towers after the attacks of 9/11. Dr. Lang received her Ph.D. in Information Systems and Cyber Assurance Policy from the University of Fairfax, a new institution focused solely on Information Assurance, which was founded to meet the government’s call for IA specialists after 9/11. She also holds a Post Master’s Ed.S in Technology in Education from Nova Southeastern University, an MS Information Systems from Bowie State University, a Certificate in Systems Analysis from Bowie State, a BA in Education from the University of Wyoming, a BA in French from the University of Wyoming and a 4th Degree in French from l”Institute de Touraine in Tours France. She has earned and currently holds the Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certifications.

 Directions:

 Snyder’s Willow Grove Restaurant

 From outer loop of beltway (I-695) heading east:  Take I-695 east to exit 8 (Hammonds Ferry/Nursery Roads).  Snyder’s Restaurant is visible as you exit.  Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.  Take the first right into Snyder’s parking lot.

 From inner loop of beltway (I-695) heading west:  Take I –695 west to exit 8 (Nursery Road).  Stay to the right and turn right at the traffic light for Nursery Road.  At second traffic light, turn right onto Hammonds Ferry Road. 

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