Events for October 25, 2022 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry
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2022 IT Security & Risk Symposium

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"Agile Threat Actors - Agile Cyber-Defenses" October 24-25, 2022 About the Event The 2022 Symposium Committee of the Atlantic Provinces Chapter of ISACA is pleased to announce its fall event – IT Security & Risk Symposium is being held in-person this year on October 24-25, 2022. We are thrilled to be inviting speakers, attendees and sponsors to an amazing in-person event. A great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and friends in a educational setting. As a nonprofit, global membership association for IT and information systems professionals, ISACA is committed to providing its diverse constituency of more than 140,000 professionals worldwide with the tools they need to achieve individual and organizational success. The benefits offered through our globally accepted research, certifications and community collaboration result in greater trust in, and value from, information systems. Through more than 200 chapters established in more than 80 countries, ISACA provides its members with education, resource sharing, advocacy, professional networking, and a host of other benefits on a local level. Members rely on ISACA for resources that enhance their skills, expand their professional knowledge and connect them with a vibrant community of peers. As such, the Atlantic Provinces chapter is hosting this two-day event to […]

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Information is Useless without Action: How to rapidly impact workplace mental health

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There is growing information that workplace mental health is becoming a more significant challenge (e.g., YOY increases in STD/LTD & WCB claims due to mental illness). Knowing workers’ mental health is a growing concern is not enough. Assuming that simply introducing programs and policies will be enough to have an impact is a common mistake. To positively impact workplace mental health, employers must understand what psychosocial risk factors and hazards are creating considerable strain on workers and leaders. They must then discover what protective factors they can facilitate by using a Plan – Do – Check – Act approach to reducing mental harm and promoting mental health. Transformation and impactful workplace mental health initiatives drive worker engagement and productivity and lower sick time and disability costs, contributing to a secure and sustainable workforce. In 2020, companies with the highest workforce treatment scores in Just Capital’s rankings outperformed the Russell 1000 by 4.7 percent. Dr. Bill Howatt, an international expert in workplace mental health, will provide professionals tasked with facilitating workplace mental health a framework for putting your organization on the right track to transforming workplace mental health. All workers and leaders have mental health. How effectively employers and employees promote […]

Hiring Event for Women in Tech – October

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About The Event 🌎 VanHack is Canada’s leading tech recruitment company that’s helped employers with more than 1,700 hires. Named one of the Top 100 Tech Companies to Watch For by FoundersBeta, VanHack is on a mission to increase diversity and create a borderless world. Join more than 1,000 other companies like Neo Financial, Dapper Labs, Booking.com, and Brex who hired great software engineers from around the world. In this 3-day virtual hiring event, you’ll get to speed interview a curated group of female software engineers skilled in JavaScript, Java, Ruby, Mobile, Python and others. Join the speed interview session for the skill sets you’re hiring for. All qualified candidates are pre-vetted by VanHack, and have at least 4+ years of experience. Our diverse female developers are engaged and ready to meet you for remote or relocation opportunities. Why Work With Us Hire Fast Fill multiple roles from a single event and cut down your hiring lead times We’ll Do the Hard Work We pre-screen and pre-vet every candidate you talk to Meet Your Hiring Needs Every hiring event has a specialty focus - such as specific developer skills, women in tech, diversity What To Expect You get to interview […]

How Contextual AI is Reshaping WAAP

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About this talk Join our webinar to learn how CloudGuard AppSec pre-emptively prevented the most sophisticated zero-day attacks, such as log4J and Spring4Shell, and truly leverages the power of AI to automatically keep your web applications secure. The presentation will be followed by a fireside chat with Check Point’s Global CISO, Jony Fischbein, who will share his experience battling zero-day exploits. Learn about: The complexities of zero day attacks Next-gen approaches to AI-based precise prevention Best practices from Check Point’s CISO