ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 24 -- The Information Systems Audit and Control Association issued the following news release:

IT professionals face many steep challenges, from auditing the cloud to thwarting cybercrime and ensuring mobile device security. ISACA's European Computer Audit, Control and Security (EuroCACS) / Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) conference in Munich, Germany, on 10-12 September 2012, will bring together global experts to examine advances in mobile computing, consumerization of IT, cloud computing and cyber threats, and will provide the tools needed to navigate the changing IT environment.

Keynote speaker Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, will examine the issues that make the IT security industry tick. His presentation will cover Europe's most daunting IT security threats and how to effectively mitigate them.

Hosted by ISACA--a global association serving more than 100,000 IT governance, assurance and security professionals--the 2012 EuroCACS / ISRM conference will be held at the Hilton Munich Park Hotel. IT audit, security, risk and governance professionals will share expertise on hot-button topics, the latest challenges and solutions for critical industry issues, including risk management, cloud computing security and cybercrime.

The conference features lectures, panels and facilitated discussions, divided into five tracks, led by speakers from Courion, Deloitte Australia, De Nederlandsche Bank, ENISA, Ernst & Young, KPMG, KuppingerCole, Lloyds, Qualys and more. Tracks are:

Thwarting Cyberthreats

Improving Audit Performance

Audit Practices That Make an Impact

Solving IT and Business Issues

IT Risk and Exposure Management

The event concludes with trendspotter Roman Weishaupl, who examines the future of IT and how innovation can help.

Pre- and post-conference workshops offer hands-on training in critical areas such as cloud security, mitigating cyberthreats, mobile device security, COBIT 5 and risk management.

Registration for EuroCACS / ISRM is US $1,795 (plus VAT) for ISACA members and US $1,995 (plus VAT) for nonmembers. A US $200 discount is applied to registrations received before Friday, 27 July. Attendees can earn up to 41 continuing professional education (CPE) hours. View additional details.

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