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Security Convergence: The Human Factor

Three of the most prominent user groups for security professionals have recently begun working together to address convergence.

In February 2005, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and the Information Systems Security Association formed an alliance with Alexandria, Va.-based ASIS International, an association of physical security specialists. The alliance will address risk management and emerging regulations through a more thorough, collaborative, enterprisewide approach to security.

As part of this collective effort, each of the three groups has opened up its user conference to the others' members, says Marios Damianides, past president of the ISACA and a partner at Ernst & Young LLP in New York. In addition, the three groups have agreed to add a convergence track to each of their conferences, he says.