ISACA @ India
(A quarterly newsletter from ISACA India Growth Task force (IGTF) and all ISACA chapters in India)
1st April 2014
Ta b l e O f C o n t e n t s
Foreword ...................................................................................................... 1
IGTF Activities From April 2013 to March 2014 ..................................... 2
Bangalore Chapter ...................................................................................... 5
Chennai Chapter.......................................................................................... 7
Cochin Chapter ............................................................................................ 8
Coimbatore Chapter ................................................................................... 9
Hyderabad Chapter ................................................................................... 10
Kolkata Chapter......................................................................................... 11
Mumbai Chapter ........................................................................................ 12
New Delhi Chapter.................................................................................... 14
Pune Chapter ............................................................................................. 15
Vijayawada Chapter .................................................................................. 17
IGTF Members’ Contact List ................................................................... 17
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Foreword
S. V. Sunder Krishnan
Chairman– ISACA India
Growth Task Force
The ISACA® India
Growth Task Force is a
body of persons that was
formed essentially with an
objective to form an apex
-level single body to
represent ISACA
members across India
with the government,
regulators, industry and
other like-minded
professional
organisations, in the space
of IS audit, IT governance,
IT risk management and
IT security. It is practically
difficult for an ISACA
chapter to represent
ISACA professionals
spread across the
country, with the above
bodies such as
government, regulators
(including RBI, SEBI,
IRDA, Company Law
Board) and the like.
While the task force
provides the thought
leadership and a thinking
head for various ISACA
professionals, the real
hands and legs are the
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grass root chapters. To
be effective, the chapters
and the task force need to
work in unison towards
the betterment of the
ISACA professionals—
both in terms of quantum
leap and qualitative
enrichment. ISACA@India
is a news digest that
precisely embodies the
spirit of cooperation and
contribution of the
various chapters and the
task force.
The news digest
henceforth would
highlight not only various
activities and projects
undertaken by the task
force—in the form of
mapping of RBI Guidelines
to COBIT® 5, mapping of
Company Law 2013 to
COBIT 5, projects
undertaken with the
knowledge partner
IDRBT, joint initiatives
with CSI, joint initiatives
with other professional
organisations such as ICAI
and articles written by
task force members—but
also activities of various
chapters, including COBIT
5 training, workshops,
conferences and chapter/
program committee
meetings, for example.
This initiative is just a
beginning to taking the
ISACA community in India
to the next level. The
excellent work completed
by various chapters and
the task force members is
highly commendable and I
am sure it will greatly
benefit the ISACA
community worldwide and
the industry.
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India Growth Task Force Report For
April 2013 to March 2014
The India Growth Task Force (IGTF) has made significant progress in fulfilling various objectives that
were identified for the year 2013-2014. Following is a brief summary.
Promote and increase awareness of ISACA in India, in order to develop growth
opportunities within the country by developing local guidance and newsworthy
webcasts that attract the interest of the local professionals.
Avinash W. Kadam
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Advisor, ISACA IGTF
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had published guidelines ‗Information Security, Electronic
Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds‘ in 2011. Implementation of these
guidelines is mandatory for all banks in India. IGTF published ‗RBI Guidelines Mapping With
COBIT® 5‘ and an accompanying toolkit to facilitate identifying appropriate COBIT 5
processes for implementing the RBI Guidelines. This activity has been appreciated by RBI,
and IGTF was invited for a series of meetings to identify further areas of collaboration.
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Four webinars were conducted for the Indian audiences:
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‗Virtualization and Security—VMware‘ on 3 April 2013
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‗Next Generation Authentication at No Upfront Investment—Is This Too Good to
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Be True?‘ by Safenet on 16 July 2013
‗RBI Guideline Mapping With COBIT 5‘ by Arcon Techsolutions on 20 November
2013
‗Big Data Security and Privacy‘ by LexisNexis on 19 March 2014. You can view the
Q & A section here under the Documents and Publications tab. You may also
view the entire webinar here.
A case study ‗Information Security Management at HDFC Bank: Contribution of SevenEnablers‘ was developed and published in COBIT® Focus, volume 1, 2014.
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A team is currently working on creating ‗Guidance Note on Using COBIT® 5 to Achieve
Compliance With Requirements Under Clause 49 of SEBI‘s Listing Agreement‘. This is
expected to publish by June 2014.
Identify, establish and manage relationships with top influencers and employers in the
country to raise awareness of ISACA and our offerings.
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Jointly conducted a number of activities as a result of ISACA‘s MOU with Institute for
Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT):
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Sponsored the ISACA IDRBT Award for Managing IT Risk. This was presented on
2 August 2013 by the RBI governor at a function attended by banking chiefs.
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Conducted ‗Introduction to COBIT®5‘in six major cities. These were initiated by
IDRBT and hosted by major banks in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata
and Pune. Local ISACA chapters were the co-hosts for these programs. The goal
was to raise awareness about COBIT5 among the banking community.
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A number of programs were also conducted at IDRBT, Hyderabad, for senior
officials from bank, the last one titled ‗How to Implement RBI Guidelines Using
COBIT®5‘.
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IDRBT has initiated the process for adopting the ‗ISACA® Model Curriculum for IS
Audit and Information Security Management‘ for the JAIIB and CAIIB examinations
being offered by Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF).
Signed an MOU with Computer Society of India (CSI). Participated in CSI annual seminars
and presented COBIT 5 to the members of the IT community who are the major
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constituents of CSI.
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Published a number of articles on COBIT and ISACA in CSI Journal, which has a circulation
of more than 90,000.
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Presented ISACA to various top government organizations:
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National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)
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National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Center (NCIIPC)
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CERT—In
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Reserve Bank of India
Signed MOU with Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) on 14 November 2013 to
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strengthen the relationship between the two organizations. Work has already commenced
at ICAI to adopt ‗ISACA Model Curriculum for IS Audit and Information Security
Management‘ and offer courses to ICAI members. This will pave the way to create
awareness about ISACA with ICAI members and encourage them to take ISACA
certifications.
Work with regional agencies and academics to recognize market specific knowledge.
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Conducted seminars for students and faculty at various colleges
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Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
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Symbiosis Institute of Telecommunication Management, Pune
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Walchand Engineering College (WCE), Sangli
A Professor from Walchand Engg. has become an academic advocate.
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SCIT (Symbiosis College of Information Technology) Pune, started a student chapter.
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Enhance support for local chapters, identify possible cities for additional chapters and
help reduce membership churn.
 IGTF members have been given the responsibility of chapter support liaisons. Each member
is responsible for one or two chapters. They will act as a bridge between the chapters and
IGTF and help the chapters to achieve their growth goals through various activities and also
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help IGTF to get cooperation from the chapters to promote ISACA on a national scale.
One new chapter at Ahmedabad has almost completed the paperwork. Two more cities,
Jaipur and Aurangabad are likely to establish chapters.
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Conducted ‗Introduction to COBIT 5‘workshops at various chapters as well as at major
organisations.
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Also conducted COBIT® 5 Foundation courses and examinations at five chapters:
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Mumbai—September 2013
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Pune—October 2013
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Kolkata—January 2014
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Bangalore—February 2014
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Chennai—March 2014
Four of these chapters now have their own trainers. The Mumbai Chapter trainer has
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recently conducted the COBIT 5 Foundation training. Other chapters are also planning to
conduct COBIT 5 Foundation programs on their own.
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The Chennai Chapter conducted an all-India event ‗ISACA® India Conference 2013‘ jointly
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with all the ISACA chapters from India. This was a very successful event attended by 230+
delegates. A similar all-India event, ‗ISACA® India Conference 2014‘, is planned for Mumbai
later this year.
Media exposure
A number of interviews and articles were published by media giving good exposure to ISACA® in
India, including:
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‗Use of COBIT® 5 Business Framework for Risk Management‘ by Sunder Krishnan published in
The Management Accountant, January 2014
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‗Getting the Right Confidence With ―Go Cloud‖ Strategy‘, by Vittal Raj published inCXO
Today’,http://www.cxotoday.com/story/getting-the-right-confidence-with-your-go-cloud-strategy/
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‗Ramp Up Your IT Governance Model for IoT‘, article from interview with Avinash Kadam on
privacy and security risks posed by the ‗Internet of Things‘, CXO Today (India)
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‗Need for Robust Cyber Security Measures‘, article from interview with Sandeep Godbole,
references ‗RBI Guidelines Mapping With COBIT5‘ and gives an overview of ISACA and its
certifications, Enterprise Channel (India)
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‗IT Champs Badly Needed in Business‘, article from interview with Avinash Kadam on the dearth
of IT champions in the business world and its impact on business agility, CIO & Leaders (India)
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‗ISACA Concludes Pune Chapter Conference‘, article recap of the Pune Chapter‘s 2014 two-day
annual conference based on ‗Enabling the Digital‘, DQ Week (India)
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‗Growing Demand for CISA Certified Professionals in India‘, article from interview with Avinash
Kadam on the domains of CISA, along with overviews of ISACA, COBIT5, CISM, CGEIT and
CRISC.
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‗IT Governance and Its Impact on National Healthcare Service‘,by Madhav Chablani, Dataquest
Magazine, November, 2013, http://www.dqindia.com/dataquest/feature/201550/it-governanceimpact-national-healthcare-service
How can ISACA members help IGTF?
 Identify opportunities to present ISACA, its activities, certifications, frameworks to major
organisations in India.
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Establish contacts with the IT community in India and expose them to the activities of ISACA.
Contact colleges and universities offering management courses in information technology.
COBIT 5 is a business framework and is indispensable for governance and management of
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enterprise IT (GEIT) for every organisation.
Help IGTF contact the right persons in state or central government to present ISACA. India is
on fast track for e-governance, and ISACA has tremendous opportunity to contribute towards
this national cause.
Contribute India-specific case studies on COBIT5 implementations. These can be published in
COBIT Focus and also on ISACA‘s India-specific webpage www.isaca.org/topic-india. Learn more
at http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/cobit/cobit-focus/Pages/COBIT-Case-StudiesSubmission-Guidelines.aspx.
Write articles highlighting the applications of COBIT5. ISACA‘s PR agency is constantly looking
for such articles and will ensure that these articles are published in media.
Volunteer to join IGTF. Email awkadam@isaca.org.
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ISACA Bangalore Chapter
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Bangalore Chapter, No.
138
1996
1171
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Natarajan
Ramasastry
Mr. R.V. Raghu
Mr. Ramachandra
S,Upadhya
Mr. Rajaraman
Chakkaraj
http://
www.isacabangalore.org/
Highlights from the first quarter—January to Mar 2014
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18 January2014—Intro Seminar, attended by 37 participants. Some of the past participants
who had taken review courses from the chapter and successfully passed the exams were
also called to explain to the interested participants the various certifications offered by
ISACA.
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18 January 2014—CPE Meet: Using Analytics for Security and Fraud Monitoring, by Rajat
Mohanty, CEO, Paladion Networks, attended by 54 participants
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25 January 2014—CPE Meet: Privacy Protection and Its Relevance for Corporate
Management, by Mr. Na. Vijayashankar attended by 12 participants
CPE Meet 18.01.2014
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15 February 2014—CPE Meet: Emerging Trends in Cybercrimes and Building Career in
Digital Forensics, by Mr.K Venkatesh Murthy, senior manager, cyber forensics, Data Security
Council of India, attended by 27 participants
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20 February 2014—Meeting organised at CSI Bangalore Chapter with Mr. Avinash Kadam of
the ISACA India Growth Task Force and Mr. Chander P. Mannar of CSI for taking forward
the MOU signed between CSI and ISACA International Headquarters. Events are planned
for July 2014.
CPE Meet 25.01.2014
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21-23 February 2014—COBIT 5 Foundation course, conducted by Mr. Avinash Kadam and
attended by 18 participants—16 of whom took the exam with14 successful on the initial
attempt
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8 March 2014—CPE Meet: Building Strong Defences, by Mr. Chandrashekhar B, the CEO
and founder of SecPod Technologies, attended by 28 participants
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Beginning 9 March 2014 on 5 consecutive Sundays—CISA exam review classes, conducted
in the chapter
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13 March 2014—One Day Summit on Business Excellence Through Process Improvement,
organised by M/s UNICOM and supported by the ISACA Bangalore Chapter
CPE Meet 15.02.2014
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22 March 2014—CPE meet: Key Privacy Issues to consider when negotiating with Cloud
Computing service providers, by Mr. Rajesh Kumar Corporate Counsel, Cognizant
Technology Solutions, attended by 27 participants
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Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
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Beginning 13 April 2014 on 5 consecutive Sundays—CISM exam review classes planned
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Planning for an Intro Seminar in the fourth week of April 2014
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14 April 2014—ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter‘s Annual Conference, for which the
ISACA Bangalore Chapter has extended its support
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Planning to conduct CRISC and CGEIT weekend refresher courses for the benefit of
candidates planning to appear for June 2014 examinations in the month of April and May,
dates to be determined
Special events/newsworthy items
http://
www.isacabangalore.org/
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CPE session on COBIT® Process Assessment Model at Papua New Guinea Chapter was
addressed by Mr. Satish Kini, Bangalore Chapter CGEIT Coordinator, in January 2014.
Incidentally, he is the first trained COBIT®5 Assessor in the chapter
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As of 31 January 2014, the Bangalore Chapter had become the second biggest chapter with
1171 members—after the Mumbai Chapter with 1471 members and closely followed by the
Chennai Chapter with a strength of 1112 members
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The Bangalore Chapter finalized the dates (18-19 July 2014) for its 17th Annual Conference
themed around ―Data Privacy – GRC Challenges‖ and to be held at the Taj West End
Hotel, and commenced related activities, such as inviting sponsors, short-listing the
COBIT Foundation
course 21.02.2014 to
23.02.2014
COBIT 5 Foundation
Exam. 23.02.2014
CPE Meet 08.03.2014
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speakers, etc.
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Bangalore Chapter is honoured to have five of its members on ISACA boards/committees at
the international level:
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Mr.Srinivasan SK—CGEIT Certification Committee
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Mr.Raghavendra Rao H—India Growth Initiative Task Force
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Mr.Sarat C Chegu—Assurance Task Force
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Mr. Kumar Mr.kanteswaran—Academic Program Subcommittee
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Mr.Rajeev Gupta—Student and Academic Subcommittee
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ISACA Chennai Chapter
http://www.isacachennai.org/isaca/index.jsp
ISACA President's speech
ISACA India Conference IIC 2013, 28,29 Nov. 2013
Participants for the IIC-2013
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Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January. 2014
Chennai Chapter, No.
99
1986
1112
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mrs. Chitra Murali
Mr. Jambunathan Mettur
Ramani
Mrs. Geetha
Jayaraman
Mr.
Dakshinamurthy
Namasivayam
Highlights from the first quarter—January to March 2014
 COBIT® 5 Foundation Workshop, held from 20-22 March 2014. This two-day workshop,
organized through APMG International and with Mr. Avinash Kadam as the lead trainer,
included an optional examination on the third day. Seventeen persons appeared for the
examination. Those who successfully pass the exam will be awarded the COBIT 5
Foundation Certificate.
 Founders‘ Day, conducted on 28 February 2014, celebrates the founding this first chapter to
be established in India. The Chennai Chapter takes this day to honour its founders and past
presidents. This year, three of the founding members—Dr. Revathy Sriram, Mr. P.R.
Loganathan and Mr. Lakshmi Ratan—attended and shared their thoughts. Ms. Jamuna Swamy
went down the memory lane, recalling the initial period of the chapter. Past presidents—
Mr. M.C. Shanthi and Mr. N.S.N. Pillai were also present and added to the grandeur of the
day. The evening included a brilliant presentation by two musicians—Dr. Radha Bhaskar and
Dr. Salem Gayathri—who enlightened the audience on ‗Music—A Way of Life‘.
 Special Interest Group Meeting on COBIT 5, held on 8 March and facilitated by Mr R.Vittal
Raj, advisor to ISACA® Chennai Chapter
 CISA Review Course for the June/September 2014 exam administrations—a 12-week
course that began on 25 January 2014. Highlights of the course include two practice tests
and one mock examination, with the lectures being delivered by senior professionals with
significant work experience. This review course has consistently attracted working
executives, including some from outside of the chapter and even India, pursuing CISA® as
part of their professional advancement. The current course has nine participants from
Tanzania, for example.
 ISACA-LIBA Certificate Course in Information Security began its latest instalment on 19
February 2014. This is a short program that has been regularly conducted jointly with
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) over the last 7 years. Popular among the
working executives from various organizations in and around Chennai, it is actively pursued
as a stepping stone for the various ISACA certifications.
 Monthly meetings:
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18 January 2014, Calibrated Approach to Cloud Adoption, presented by Mr.
Madhavan Srinivasan, founder and CEO, GQuotient
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15 February 15 2014, Alice in Cyberworld—Protecting Secrets in a Connected
World, presented by Mr. K.S. Sridharan, director—IT, Zoho Corporation
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15 March 2014,Protecting Stakeholders‘ Interests in Outsourced Business through
Effective Risk Management, presented by Mr. Sridhar Narayanan, Sutherland Global
Services
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http://www.isacachennai.org/isaca/index.jsp
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
 Monthly professional development meetings, conducted on the third Saturday of each month
 Fast-track certification review courses are conducted regularly by the chapter. Upcoming fast
-track courses include:
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CISM® : 1-5 May 2014
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CISM® : 16-18 May 2014
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CGEIT® : 24-25 May 2014
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CRISC® : 10-11 May 2014
 Discussions are in progress for scheduling and conducting seminars and other programs at
Chennai either by the ISACA® Chennai Chapter or jointly with other organizations.
Special events/newsworthy items
The ISACA® India Conference (IIC 2013) was conducted in Chennai from 28-29 November 2013 with
unparalleled participation by members from the business, IT governance and risk management
communities. The conference included very apt talks on the various aspects of IT GRC programs and
was conducted with two pre-conference workshops. One of the workshops was on COBIT® 5
implementation and the other on web application and mobile phone security.
Feedback from participants showed that the IIC 2013 was well organized and conducted towards
ISACA Chennai team behind
the IIC-2013
helping participants in networking and achieving greater value from information technology.
While the Chennai Chapter took the initiative to host and conduct the conference, the ISACA India
Growth Task Force was fully behind the conference at every stage and IDRBT (Institute for
Development and Research in Banking Technology) provided support as the knowledge partner.
ISACA Cochin Chapter
http://
www.isacacochin.org/
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Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Cochin Chapter, No.
176
2001
161
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Thrivikrama
Vasudeva Shenoy
Mr. Shibu S
Mr. BR Nath
Mr. Georgie Kurien
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ISACA Coimbatore Chapter
http://www.isaca.org/
chapters7/Coimbatore/
Pages/default.aspx
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Coimbatore Chapter,
No. 155
1997
66
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mrs. Gayathri
Purushothamam
Mrs. Manjula Narasimhan
Mr. Bharath Kumar
Mr. Bharath Kumar
Highlights from the first quarter—January to March 2014
 Promotional event—Ms. Meena Swaminathan, FCA, CISA, CISM, academic relations
coordinator, ISACA Coimbatore Chapter, conducted awareness sessions on information
security, ISACA and ISACA certifications for college students Hindusthan College of Arts
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and Science, Coimbatore, and Ramakrishna College of Engineering.
CISA Review Courses—The chapter has been conducting review courses for CISA for
more than a decade. Classes for the June 2014 CISA exams commenced in February 2014
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and will include a series of mock exams.
The CPE event for the month of March covered ‗Better DR Through Virtualization and
Cloud‘.
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 14
A 15th anniversary celebration is planned for the chapter.
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ISACA Hyderabad Chapter
http://isaca.org.in/
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Hyderabad Chapter,
No. 164
President
2000
666
Mr. Sivaram Aluri
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Alaram Vijaya
Bhaskar
Mr. V. V. Leeladhar
Mr. Anant Rao
Vijapurapu
Highlights for the current quarter—January to March 2014
 A Study Circle Meet was conducted on 23 January 2014 on ‗ISO 27001—An Overview and
Transition‘ by Syed Zaidi, head (operations), Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV), Hyderabad.
The meeting was attended by 40 members, even though the speaker‘s schedule required it
be conducted on a working day.
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
 A Curtain Raiser event is planned for 6 April 2014 to predominantly reach the general
public and non-members as a membership growth effort. The chapter board will make a
presentation highlighting the important aspects of all ISACA certifications, explain to
prospective examinees about related nuances and take questions. A gathering of 60-70 is
projected.
 A Study Circle Meet is scheduled for 5 April 2014 on Security & Privacy challenges in Life
Sciences & Health Care (LSHC) industry.
 Three Study Circle Meets are planned for the ensuing quarter. Finer details are work in
progress and would soon be updated on the chapter website.
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CISA Review classes are also planned to be held during this quarter.
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ISACA Kolkata Chapter
www.isacakolkata.org
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Kolkata Chapter
2000
173
No. 165
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Subrata Kumar Roy
Mr. Nirmalya K. Ghosh
Mr. Gautam Basu
Mr. Pankaj
Karkarania
Highlights of the first quarter—January to March 2014
 A COBIT®5 Course was offered from17-18 January 2014. There were 11 candidates who
took the course. The course was conducted by Mr. Avinash Kadam. All the students took
Participants of COBIT 5
Foundation course from 17th
to 19th Jan. 2014
and passed the exam.
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The Chapter Annual Seminar was carried out at Hotel Senator in Kolkata on 22 February
2014. There were about 140 participants, who participated in presentations on Forensic
Audit, by Mr. Chetan Dalal, and Use of ACL Software for Audit, by Ms. Smriti
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Chandrasekhar.
The chapter issued a newsletter in this quarter.
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
 The chapter is planning a CISA Review Course for those taking the June 2014 exam.
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Audience at the Chapter
Annual Seminar on 22nd Feb.
2014.
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A full-day workshop is being planned on Advanced Excel.
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ISACA Mumbai Chapter
http://
www.isacamumbai.org/
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as o 31 January 2014
145
1996
1471
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Vaibhav Patkar
Mr. Chandrakant K.
Shanbhag
Ms. Geetha
Murugesan
Mr. Pranay Kochar
Highlights of the first quarter—January to March 2014
 COBIT 5 Foundation Course—The chapter held its second three-day COBIT 5 Foundation
workshop on 31 January – 2 February 2014 at a suburban hotel. This is the first workshop
conducted by the chapter‘s resident COBIT trainer, Mr. Nanda Mohan Shenoy, an
entrepreneur and past President of Mumbai Chapter. Mr. Avinash Kadam gave a keynote
address on the opening day and emphasised the importance of COBIT in today‘s world. The
workshop was attended by 17 participants, all of whom took and passed the exam. The
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Mr. Kadam on his Key
note address at the COBIT
5 Foundation course
chapter is planning to conduct additional COBIT 5 workshops in the future.
CPE events:
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25 January 2014, Data Pseudonymisation and Anonymisation Techniques,
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presented by Mr. Ramachandran Mr. Sundareswaran, Mastek
22 February 2014, Social Media and Big Data, presented by Mr. Sanjeev Samala
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15 March 2014, ISO 27001: 2013-How it differs from that of 2005- An Assurance
Perspective, presented by Mr. Ravikumar Ramachandra, HP
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
 The felicitation ceremony for all passers of the June and December 2013 CISA, CISM,
CGEIT and CRISC examinations will take place in the first week of April 2014 and be
followed by dinner.
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COBIT 5 Foundation Course will be conducted.
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ISACA Task force and ISACA Mumbai Chapter will host the IT Awards during the month of
May 2014.
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The chapter is supporting the ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter‘s Annual Conference 2014,
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which is scheduled for 14 April 2014.
The chapter is supporting the 2nd Business and IT Resilience Summit, conducted by
Continuity and Resilience in Mumbai on 19-20 May 2014.
Participants of COBIT 5
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The chapter plans to inaugurate its office premises during the second quarter.
Foundation course
Special events/newsworthy items
 7th Banking Systems Audit Seminar—The chapter organized the event, which originated as
the brainchild of Mr. Nanda Mohan Shenoy, an entrepreneur and past president of the
Mumbai Chapter. This year the seminar, held 14-16 February 2014 at a suburban hotel, was
attended by 53 participants from the banking, consulting and audit professions. The seminar
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covered information about devices, systems and applications used in the banking
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environment and its assurance and audit mechanism. Mr. Ganga Charan Gopishetty, audit
director for a leading multinational bank, gave a keynote address on the opening day. Mr. A
K Hirwe, chief general manger of the Reserve Bank of India attended and Mr. Shenoy was
the lead faculty for the seminar.
Special event planned—ISACA® India Conference (IIC)2014
 The chapter will be hosting the ISACA® India Conference (IIC) 2014 in August 2014. Few
speakers for this conference are from outside India who have extensive depth and have
http://
www.isacamumbai.org/
Keynote Address by Mr.
Ganga Charan at the 7th
Banking Systems Audit
Seminar
Mr. Shenoy in action at the
7th Banking Systems Audit
Seminar
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more than a decade experience in information security, assurance and risk management.
This event will be hosted in one of the premier hotels in Mumbai.
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ISACA New Delhi Chapter
http://www.isaca.org/
chapters2/new-Delhi/Pages/
default.aspx
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
New Delhi Chapter
1997
806
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr Rajendra Kathal
Mr Jagmohan Singh
Mr Sandeep Mondal
Mr. Arvinder Pal
Singh Arora, CA
Highlights of the first quarter—January to March 2014
 The 11 January 2014 event, offered attendees 3 CPE hours. The first topic, ‗Business
Continuity Trends‘, presented by Ms. Neeti Malik, offered discussion on defining business
continuity strategy for the organization, involving arriving at an apt methodology to suit the
lifecycle of business continuity frameworks. The presentation included defining key activities
in projects, including business impact analysis, plan development, training and testing stages
for business continuity projects. The second topic, ‗Cybercrimes & Information Technology
Act, 2000‘,presented by Mr. Neeraj Aarora, a practicing lawyer who handles cases of
cybercrime. Mr. Aarora discussed the nuances of the IT Act 2000 as applicable in India. The
interactive Q&A session clarified a number of queries from participants.
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CPE Event 11th January 2014
The 1 March 2014, offered attendees 3 CPE hours. The first topic, ‗Privacy Challenges‘,
presented by Mr. Anubhav Bathla, the issue of privacy and the challenges to protect and
handle privacy in a service sector organisation. How privacy information can be disclosed
without an intention to do so, how such basic social information can be used to obtain
other information from social networking websites or ‗government e-enabled websites‘, and
how all such obtained information can be correlated by a third party and become a ‗privacy
issue‖ were discussed in terms of practical situations.The second topic, ‗Admissibility of
Electronic Evidence‘, presented by Mr. Neeraj Aarora, covered the various types of
‗electronic evidence‘ and their admissibility in a court of law in India, especially under the IT
Act 2000and The Indian Evidence Act 1872,as applicable in India. Various formats of
electronic evidence and salient provisions of laws relating to them were explained in detail.
CPE Event 1st March 2014
Provisions of Indian laws were explained so that members are more aware of legal issues
and the necessity to protect ‗evidence‘.
CPE Event 1st March 2014
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Plans for the second quarter –April to June 2014
The chapter has been regularly holding CPE seminars and plans to hold at least 1 event every month
beginning this month. The details of the same will be available on New Delhi Chapter website.
 The chapter is in discussions with the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM)
regarding the possibility of organising CISA review courses for the Officers of Government
of India, PSUs and other organisations.
 The chapter plans to hold at least 3 CISA review courses in 2014.

The chapter plans to hold 3 COBIT 5 workshops in the remainder of 2014.
Special events/newsworthy items
 An ISACA Student Group (ISG) has been formed at IIM, Lucknow. The Delhi Chapter
received a ‗thank you‘ note from Mr. Bob Birdsell, Senior Membership Coordinator, ISACA/
ITGI, for these efforts.
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ISACA Pune Chapter
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Pune Chapter, No. 159
1999
628
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Sandeep Godbole
Mr. Hemant Joshi
Ms. Varsha Bhide
Mr. Ashwin
Gangakhedkar
http://isacapune.org/
Highlights of the first quarter—January to March 2014
 Certification Marketing Event—Chapter celebrated its new year with a free seminar on
ISACA‘s certifications (CISA, CISM, CRISC and CGEIT) on 4 January 2014.

CISA Study Circle launched—A CISA Study Circle was launched on 5 January 2014 for June
2014 CISA exam candidates. The Study Circle activities include lectures every Sunday, mock
tests and complimentary registration to the chapter‘s 3-day crash course for the CISA
exam.
Ms. Neha Chandra, CISA
Asia Topper

The 11 January 2014 lecture, presented by Mr. Sunil Bakshi, covered ISO27001:2013
changes, compared to ISO27001:2005. The lecture provided an overview of the standard,
the modification in the new release and the changes that organisations need to make when

upgrading to the new release.
The Felicitation Function took place on 8 March 2014 at Sumant Moolgaonkar Auditorium,
MCCIA, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune. The event was attended by about 95 people, including
successful certification exam candidates, their families and chapter members. The Chief
Guest for the event was Adv. (Dr.) Sunil Gokhale. The high point of the event was the
Felicitation of Ms. Neha CISA, Asia-Pacific topper who took the exam from Pune.

Monthly lecture meeting held on 22 March 2014, ‗Mobile Security—What Auditors Should
Know‘, presented by Sandeep Godbole
Plans for the second quarter—April to June 2014
 CISA 3-day crash review course on 10-12 May 2014
Dr Vijay Kelkar delivering
the Key-Note

Workshop on Security Testing Techniques, dates to be determined
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
Workshop on SAP Audit, dates to be determined
Monthly Lecture Meeting, dates to be determined

3-day CISM® Review Course, dates to be determined

COBIT program, dates to be determined
Special events/newsworthy items
 National Conference of ISACA Pune Chapter, ITS-2014, Enabling the Digital World—The
chapter‘s annual conference, held on 7-8 February2014 at Hotel Sun-N-Sand, Pune, included
two tracks: Audit Assurance & Risk Management and Security & Security Governance. The
conference was attended by more than 200 delegates and guests from across India.
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ITS-2014 was inaugurated by Dr. Vjay Kelkar, former chairman, Finance Commission. Mr. G.
Gopalakrishna, executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, delivered his special address
through video conferencing. Other eminent speakers included Dr. Sadanand Date, Joint
Commissioner of Police, Mumbai (via a recorded interview), Mr. Nandkumar Sarvade, Mr.
Siddharth Sikdar, Mr. Kapil Kasetwar, Mr. Venkat Raman Sriniwasan, Mr. Rajesh Deo, Mr.
Amit Pradhan, Mr. Parashuram Date, Mr. Chandrashekhar Joshi, Mr. Neeraj Kurulkar and
Mr. Sunder Ramaswamy
You can view videos of the ITS-2014 on the ISACA Pune Channel on Youtube at https://
http://isacapune.org/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoHwwxOmIQX6zfIdJn7ucQ.
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The chapter has been awarded a Communication Commendation by ISACA International
Headquarters for 2013. The commendation is given to chapters who have an outstanding
communication plan. The chapter will be honoured at the upcoming Leadership Conference
in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Dr G Gopalakrishna ED,
RBI delivered the Special
Address over Video
Conference.
Section of the audience
The ISACA Pune Chapter
Team
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ISACA Vijayawada Chapter
http://
www.isacavijayawada.
org/
Chapter Name
Year of Formation
Strength as of 31 January 2014
Vijaywada Chapter,
No. 200
2008
19
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Mr. Janardhan
Polavarapu
Mr. Venkata
Ramanamurthy
Veeramachaneni
Mr. Rama Narayana
Kunda
Mr. Raghava Gupta
Garre
IGTF Members’ Contact Details
Following is the list of India Growth Task Force members. They also have the additional
responsibility of ‗Chapter Support Liaison‘ for the chapters mentioned against their names. Please
feel free to contact them to seek any support from IGTF for the chapter.
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IGTF Member
Chapter liaison
Email address
Sunder Krishnan, Chairman,
IGTF
Kolkata
sunder.krishnan@relianceada.com
Raghavendra Rao Hulgeri
Bangalore
raghavendra.rr.rao@oracle.com
Vittal Raj
Chennai,
Coimbatore
rvittalraj@gmail.com
Sunil Bakshi
Cochin
bakshies@gmail.com
Anil Bhandari
New Delhi
anil.bhandari@anbglobal.com
Niraj Kapasi
Hyderabad,
Vijayawada
nkkapasi@gmail.com
Vaibhav Patkar
Mumbai
vpat31@yahoo.com
Sandeep Godbole
Pune
sandeep_godbole@yahoo.com
Madhav Chablani
madhav.chablani@gmail.com
Avinash W. Kadam
Advisor, IGTF
awkadam@isaca.org