Annual Conference of ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association), Mumbai Chapter was held at ITC Grand Maratha on 4th-6th September 2009. The theme for this year was “Success in the Challenging Times: Securing the Unsecured – Assurance beyond Audit.”
The conference featured executives from several leading public and private organizations for panel discussions and presentations. Sameer Shelke, co-founder & COO, represented Aujas and delivered a presentation on “Our Psychology & Security: The Way We Think" at the annual conference.
In his talk Sameer stressed on the thought process of people in dealing with IT risks.He drew an analogy with various reactions to the H1N1 epidemic, specifically of people and media to this “risk”.
The presentation highlighted the top 6 security weaknesses the companies have and the reasons for the same. His examples sent a clear message that people should correct and change their behavioral aspect to improve the IT risk and security posture of the respective organizations they work for.
The industry patrons applauded Sameer for his remarkable and meaningful presentation. “Sameer’s presentation was practically related with out of the box approach”, said Richard DeSouza, Head Operational Risk of Reliance Life Insurance Limited