Premiere global event for Governance, Risk and Compliance Management to feature diverse line-up of keynotes including leading industry analysts; compliance, security and PCI experts; best-in-class user experiences

RIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business and IT GRC officials from around the world will convene August 15-17 to open the eighth edition of the annual GRC Meeting 2010, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With record attendance projected, the industry’s premier global event on GRC draws prominent CIOs, CISOs and industry luminaries to share and further advance the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance Management through keynote speeches, in-depth sessions and peer-to-to peer networking opportunities. The event is sponsored by the industry’s largest technology vendors including CA, IBM, Microsoft, Modulo, SAP and Symantec.

“For eight years the GRC Meeting has been the place for professionals around the world to gain global and practical insights and solutions for comprehensive GRC management.”

This year's conference features a notable and diverse line-up of keynotes:

•French Caldwell, Gartner Research VP, Governance, Risk and Compliance on Enterprise GRC and the New Normal
•Michael Rasmussen, President, Corporate Integrity J.D. and OCEG Fellow on The Need to Standardize on a GRC Platform
•Doug Powell, Manager, Corporate Security, BC Hydro on Electricity Infrastructure Protection During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
•Roberto Dinamite, President, Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama

“The event’s rapid growth reflects today’s need to streamline operations and protect critical infrastructure in the face of pressing standards, regulations and cyber security threats,” said event host Alberto Bastos, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Modulo. “For eight years the GRC Meeting has been the place for professionals around the world to gain global and practical insights and solutions for comprehensive GRC management.”

Other sessions of note include:

•Payment Data in 2011 and Beyond: Investigating Updates to the PCI Standards, Bob Russo, Manager, PCI Security Standards Council
•Cyber Security – Challenges and Opportunities in Public Administration, Raphael Mandarino Junior, Information Security’s Director Republic Presidency’s Institutional Cabinet
•Education through Sports for Human Development, Cléo Araujo, Ayrton Senna Institute
•Why Compliance is not enough: The need to Integrate risk and compliance management
◦Jeff Kushner, Director of Marketing, Modulo (moderator)
◦Marcelo Coimbra, Chairman of the Ethics and Social Responsability Committee of the British Commercial Chamber, Britcham in São Paulo
◦Scott Crawford, Managing Research Director of Security and Risk Management, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)
◦Steven Jones, Director Operational Risk, Synovus Financial
•GRC Board
◦Alberto Bastos co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Modulo (moderator)
◦Manuel Aceves, CIO, Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Público, México
◦José Roberto Opice Blum, Vice President São Paulo Futebol Club
A complete GRC Meeting 2010 agenda can be found at: http://www.grcmeeting.com/program.php

About the Event Organizer

Modulo Education is the Modulo unit specializing in professional training and development for information security, risk, governance and compliance managers. Its multidisciplinary team is committed to disseminating information security and GRC culture. Its scope includes client training, internal project and client support, online training, development and distribution of educational material, as well as development and management of dissemination and sensitization campaigns. In today’s highly competitive and demanding business scenario, organizations need to provide continuous quality service. Modulo Education prepares professionals to deal with unforeseen events and to plan measures for protecting organizations against enterprise and IT risk, improving their knowledge and skills in the field of governance, risk and compliance. This unit has supported 50,000 students from more than 1,000 organizations in the Americas, Europe and Portuguese Africa. It is now promoting the 8th edition of the GRC Meeting, in 2010.


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Jeff Kushner, +1 973-323-2464
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