*April 2012 Update*

The response for the Leadership Journey has been wonderfully overwhelming.  An additional informational call date has been added on May 2nd.  If you are interested in the program and have yet to sign  up for an informational call, please don't delay!  Sign up for the informational call can be located towards the bottom of this article.

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The Executive Women's Forum granted two academic scholarships this year to two amazing women:

Join Joyce Brocaglia, Founder of the Executive Women's Forum at the 2012 IAPP Global Privacy Summit.

Building "You Inc."

January 28th is Data Privacy Day. Created in 2007, Data Privacy Day is an annual campaign to raise awareness and promote education and best practices about privacy. This year saw a change in leadership from The Privacy Projects to The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). This strategic transition was done to bring NCSA's public awareness campaign expertise to Data Privacy Day. Out reach to membership organizations, like the Executive Women's Forum (EWF), helped increase scale and participation in this international campaign.

For the past 10 years, the most prominent women in the Information Security, Privacy and Risk Management industries have gathered at the EWF National Conference to grow their professional skills, build important networks and share industry business intelligence.  This year's theme...

Capitalizing on the Secrets of Our Success -
A Forward Thinking Approach to Information Security, Risk Management, Privacy & Leadership

Palm Harbor, Fla., - October 24, 2011 – As National Cyber Security Awareness Month comes to a close, (ISC)2 (“ISC-squared”), the world’s largest not-for-profit information security professional body and administrators of the CISSP®, today applauded its certified member, Gary Alu, CISSP, for winning the first annual Executive Women’s Forum’s Cyber Security School Challenge in the individual category.
 

NEW JERSEY, October 4, 2011 -- The Executive Women's Forum (EWF) on Information Security, Risk Management & Privacy announces the introduction of the EWF LIFT Program after a successful six-month trial of the peer partner and mentoring program.

As we approach the 9th Annual EWF National Conference, October 19-21, 2011 and the end of the first Cyber Security School Challenge, we'd like to take a minute to highlight one of our awesome Cyber Security School Challenge teams!
 

"More people with IT skills are needed to keep up with the technology that is fundamentally changing the way we live our lives. " – Dr Gopal Gupta, University of Texas at Dallas

Use social media like LinkedIn and Facebook in a professional manner to connect with recruiters, says Chuck Mischley at Nationwide Mutual.

Original article written by Pamela Ryckman of The New York Times, published April 2, 2011.
 
ON the site of a 17th-century monastery in Cartagena, Colombia, a sort of Illuminati of the business and political worlds  gathered in February for their annual winter rites.