13.1 Mile Race… on Thanksgiving Day 2006

Half a marathon… That is the new goal for the next 12 weeks. Jill and I are training for a half-marathon that we will run on Thanksgiving Day. While 13 miles + a few yards is tough as it is, the training we are following has us running nearly everyday with weekly miles starting at 15 and working their way up pretty quickly. Needless to say, we will have run 100+ miles over the next 12 weeks, as we train for the event.

We are following the Halhigdon training program. If anyone is running this event in Atlanta or has any tips on running these distances, please post!

Speaking today (Tuesday)!!

Today I will be presenting from an auditor’s perspective on Sarbanes Oxley (SOX, SarBox, S-OX) and databases. Specifically I will cover the primary controls auditors consider crucial and means of employing these controls. This is being presented with a database monitoring solution provider that has helped many organizations meet their SOX and other regulatory concerns (PCI DSS). Below is the communication that went out with the links for anyone interested:

Subject: Webcast Today: Database Auditing for SOX Compliance

This Webcast examines Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) database auditing problems and solutions from two unique perspectives: A SOX auditor and a CTO. The SOX auditor sets requirements that need to be met to ensure SOX database compliance while the CTO is experienced in developing and implementing enterprise activity auditing and monitoring technologies to help meet SOX compliance requirements. Attend this Webcast to gain insight into these two unique perspectives which will help you:

** Establish a best-practices approach to ensure security and
develop SOX metrics for database auditing
** Easily meet SOX requirements without diminishing productivity
** Develop strategies for meeting database activity auditing
requirements
** And more

To attend this Webcast click here:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/550088/3165679

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
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James DeLuccia IV provides audit and consulting services for corporations and audit
firms. He oversees and provides support in AICPA attestation services and
risk management advisory services and has conducted audits under the AICPA
(SAS 70s, WebTrust), Payment Industry (PCI DSS), the credit agencies, and
the PCAOB. As a featured speaker for the ISSA, ISACA, ACFE, IIA, and
regional chapters, James provides transparency into the mandates and
interpretations of assurance services.

As Founder and CTO, Prat Moghe drives the product vision, technology and
market strategy at Tizor. Prat has over 15 years experience inventing
next-generation technologies. His background in security, networking and
systems management started at Bell Labs Research and Prat has to his credit
several firsts in the areas of security, network and systems management. He
holds a PhD from UCLA and was an Adjunct Professor at Polytechnic
University. Prat has several patents pending or granted.

B.A.D. Team Finishes Strong!

B.A.D. Team completed the MS 150 event this week and with the help from friends and family raised nearly $10,000!  Thank you to everyone for helping with this most important cause.  The event was a cycling course around the Callaway Gardens area.  The first day was around 86 miles and the second was approximately 64.  The small towns, residents, roads, and everyone involved were all wonderful.  Next year we hope to grow our team, and add some wild jerseys for the whole group.