Rolling Meadows, Illinois, USA (19 December 2012)—ISACA, a non-profit association of 100,000 IT professionals in 180 countries, today outlined what it believes will be the key trends organisations will face in 2013. With the financial climate set to remain in ‘crisis mode’ for the foreseeable future, greater collaboration, cheaper infrastructure, information overload and BYOD will remain on the corporate agenda as trends to be addressed if the organisation is to benefit. But it won’t be ‘business as usual’ as EaaS (everything as a service) is set to make an entrance, bringing with it the ‘Internet of Things’.

 Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (27 December 2012)—Natural disasters and other catastrophic events are increasingly disrupting business around the world. The hurricanes, fires and superstorms of 2012 illustrate the importance of including robust business continuity management (BCM) with strategic planning. To help enterprises identify impacts that emerging technology trends can have on BCM, global IT association ISACA released a new white paper titled “Business Continuity: Emerging Trends.”

The complimentary white paper provides an overview of the impacts, benefits and opportunities of four emerging technologies as they relate to BCM: virtualization, cloud computing, mobile devices and social networks. It identifies challenges, and governance, assurance and risk management practices.

 Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (20 December 2012)—Due to increasing demand for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certifications, global IT association ISACA is adding a third CISA and CISM exam administration in 2013 Previously offered twice each year—in June and December—the CISA and CISM exams will also be administered in September in 2013. The September administration will be held in 52 locations worldwide. A full list of sites is available at www.isaca.org/sept2013sites.

43% switch off with virtual coffee break

  London, UK, 11th December 2012 – Research conducted by Varonis, the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software, found that surging numbers of emails cause workers to spend countless hours sorting, filing, flagging and tagging instead of focusing on action items. In fact, 43% of those surveyed routinely abandon their inboxes altogether in favour of a virtual coffee break. The study, questioning employees about their digital habits and vices, found that nearly a quarter receive between 100 to 1,000 emails and one in ten workers now faces more than 10,000 emails in their inbox.