Unified Compliance Summit

I'm on the scene of IT Compliance Institute's Unified Compliance Summit in Las Vegas. Overall, it is an impressive gathering of industry IT, audit, and compliance professionals sharing stories, better practices, and practical guidance. The instructors are practitioners, so the content has been relatively fresh.

Aside from the instructional tracks, I've been especially intrigued with ITCi's Unified Compliance Project. The project is an ambitious attempt to assess myriad compliance requirements various industries face to support a strategic approach to IT compliance. Tools produced by the project help crystallize the overwhelming need to gain an understanding of the overlapping requirements. Check it out.

The project inspires a broader vision of compliance management that non-IT managers may wish to collaborate. In my opinion, IT will be more successful with a unified compliance program if they can engage business units to invest the time to think similarly.