Advancing Your Career: Secret Management Skills Your Successful Colleagues Won’t Teach You

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May 14-15 (Baltimore, MD) — Register

July 10-11 (Denver, CO) — Register

September (Boston, MA) [details to come]

November (San Jose, CA) [details to come]

Sponsors

Business Continuity Institute

CCCure.org

ISSA Baltimore

University of Fairfax

Overview

Litchko & ThetaYou’ll just have to find out for yourself! Produced in conjunction with Litchko & Associates, Inc. and Theta Solutions, LLC., these 2-day events are designed to enhance the professional management skills of high-technology professionals who play roles in securing their organization's information assets – including, security professionals; IT supervisors; business and project managers; and other senior managers. Don’t be the only one who doesn’t understand these techniques!

Host

Jim Litchko, President of Litchko & Associates and Al Payne, CISSP, Managing Director of Theta Solutions.

Fees

Pre-Registration: $695 USD
On-site Registration: $795 USD

riskit coversCourse Fee Includes:

  • Continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon break with refreshments.
  • Attendee Bonus: Every attendee receives a FREE autographed copy of industry luminary Jim Litchko’s “KNOW IT Security” and Jim Litchko and Al Payne’s “KNOW Cyber Risk” books.

Discounts:

  • 5-10 people from the same organization, registering at the same time = 10% off the registration fees.
  • To receive your discount code, please email our Event Coordinator.

Cancellation Policy:

No Cancellation or Refunds will be accepted 14 days prior to the start of the event. All cancellations are subject to a $100 processing fee. Registrants may allow another individual person to take their place at any time by email notification to our Event Coordinator.

Continuing Professional Education Hours:

16 hours of professional education

 

Locations

May 14-15Register

MAP & DIRECTIONS
To make a hotel reservation
Sheraton Inner Harbor
300 South Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 410. 962.8300
Fax: 410.962.8211


July 10-11 Register

MAP & DIRECTIONS
To make a hotel reservation
The Westin Tabor Center
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303.572.9100


Future Events [details to come] :
September (Boston, MA)
November (San Jose, CA)

Contact Information

Questions? Please email our Events Coordinator or call us at 703-637-4425. 

Schedule

Day 1 (8:00-5:00)

Knowing Your Business Risks

  • Establishing and evaluating the value of information
  • Risk Assessment from a corporate prospective not just security
  • Identifying justifiable business impacts
  • Consequences of non compliance to government regulations

Building a Strong Strategic Plan

  • Setting realistic goals and completion timescess
  • Basing your plan around the business and mission
  • Establishing schedule of actions to gain success
  • Simplifying your plan to gain awareness and support

Managing People to Meet Your Goals

  • Setting expectations for all key players
  • Identifying individual roles and responsibilities
  • Facilitating group to develop and support your program
  • Tracking efforts and maintaining schedules

Being an Effective Leader

  • Building consensus
  • Gaining team ownership on solutions
  • Giving credit to motivate and reward
  • Resolving team issues and resolving conflict

Day 2 (8:00-5:00)

Succeeding at Program Management

  • Understanding the ISSEP model (programmers versus security engineers roles)
  • Knowing the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Implementing an effective and practical SDLC
  • Creating the steps and products to support a successful C&A

Influencing the Budget

  • Appreciating the basic budgeting cycle and objectives
  • Knowing the process and how to influence them
  • Creating a successful one-page budget justification
  • Identifying your enemies and allies

Selling Your Ideas and Solutions to Your Boss

  • Building your case, option and justification
  • Identifying management’s decision processes
  • Understanding their needs and goals
  • Creating a strategy to gaining support from key players

Interacting Effortlessly with Your Executives

  • Viewing the solution through their ‘frame of reference’
  • Timing your interaction for to meet your objectives
  • Presenting needs and solutions in 5 minutes and 4 slides
  • Understanding why questions gains support