Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hotel   |  September 30 - October 3, 2018

IT audit, cybersecurity & data analytics at the dawn of the Fifth Industrial Revolution

Day 1
01 Oct 2018

When Audit Calls in the Cavalry – The Pros and Cons of Using Red Team (Ethical Hacking) as Part of an IT Audit Program – Session delivered in French

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For more organizations Cyber risk is ranked first of their top risk. It is the primary concern for the Board of Director. It is also rated as a growing concern...
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Pascal Fortin
Fortin, Pascal
Kathleen Lize
Lizé, Kathleen

Governing Social Media & Digital Risk Management

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Social media is a dominant force in today’s world of connectedness. Its use is still growing in all parts of the world, and with that, the risk is growing exponentially....
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Nejolla Korris
Korris, Nejolla

Data Analytics – Internal Audit Success Stories in an Age of Constant Disruption

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Internal audit departments evolve from a low to high maturity with the ability to deliver value with data analytics. Internal auditors will have to evolve to reach a higher level...
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Nogiec, Derek
Grosset, Robin
Demidova, Natalia
Amyotte, Allen
Sabourin, Michel
Richard Arthurs
Arthurs, Richard
Day 2
02 Oct 2018

Why Blockchain should be on Internal Audit’s radar – Will you be ready?

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Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), is a new digital technology that represents a foundational shift in record keeping on a world-wide basis.  It is a question of “when”, not...
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Laurent Feral-Pierssens
Feral-Pierssens, Laurent

Strategies to Improve the Maturity of Data Analytic Capabilities – Case Study for a Medium Size (10) Audit Team – Session delivered in French

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Improving the maturity of data analytic capabilities is a top concern for many internal audit teams who want to improve their efficiency and keep pace with their organizations’ rapidly evolving...
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Jean-Francois Willis
Willis, Jean-François

Modern Government IT – Challenges and Keys to Reducing Cybersecurity Risks

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Government security teams today face a daunting task, protecting mission critical infrastructures that have a level of complexity never seen before while at the same time enabling government workers and...
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Dan Carayiannis
Carayiannis, Daniel

Cloud Service Providers – How to Assess Their Security Efficiently When There Are So Many? A Case Study

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This session aims at presenting the challenges of evaluating the security requirements of a multitude of cloud service providers (CSPs) in a mid-sized organization.Every organization has to deal with an increasing...
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Annie Lavoie
Lavoie, Annie
Milot, Bertrand
Day 3
03 Oct 2018

Creating an Enterprise-Wide View of Risks Through Deep Learning

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This session will address the theme of “The Agile Auditor in the Age of Disruption” by telling the story of Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) venture into adopting machine...
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Shivji, Dean
Kyriakatos, Sandy