In this webinar we will look at the Lead Architect role, where it starts, what it entails and how important it is to deliver projects not only on time but also aligned to both business needs and IT strategy.

Presented by Fiona Delaney, CEO of Origin Chain Networks, this webinar will cover agri-trust and the future food supply: sustainability, measurability, transparency and innovation.

The event will explore the ways in which IT professionalism can contribute to Europe’s Covid-19 recovery as well as provide an in-depth look at the e-Competence Framework (e-CF) and how it is applied by relevant stakeholders.

In this webinar, Mark Smalley former lead editor of ITIL®4 High Velocity IT will  explores what IT service management looks like in digitally-enabled organizations. 

In this presentation, he shares 'the making of' story and his thoughts on key topics such as ethics, unpredictability, safety culture, service agility, and value streams (which is where the action happens). 

Mark will also touch on his current work in the Experience Level Agreement (XLA) area. 

After this presentation, IT practitioners should:

- Realize that they are morally responsible for the unintended consequences of their actions

- Use explorative approaches to ‘manage’ complex systems

- Be more human and have more fun in IT

Members are hereby given notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on 11 November at 5.00pm.

The IT Architects Conference is set to take place on the 14th of December 2020 at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin 8. 

With the rapid growth in data storage solutions, many organisations no longer see data retention as a high-cost item. The temptation to retain all things data is so strong and with greater access to technology due to reduced costs, perpetual retention of both manual and electronic data may be perceived as convenient and not necessarily expedient as it involves “a lot work”. But with this comes increased exposure to the risk of data loss, unauthorised access, and ultimately, reputational damage. Retaining data indefinitely without a legal basis or justification can constitute an infringement under GDPR can attract fines.

This Course will commence online (to run over 4 mornings)

This introductory course to SQL using SQL Server 2012 and MySQL 5.0 is aimed at those who are expected to develop and support the databases behind web services or internal business processes. At the end of the course, learners will have acquired the essential skills required to create and query databases.

Please note: This course will be delivered online.

Gain valuable insight into the EU General Data Protection Regulations from multiple perspectives with our comprehensive Advanced Data Protection suite leading to full certification through the ICS European Certified Data Protection Officer Programme (ECDPO).

Prepare your organisation for the changes under the new EU General Data Protection Regulation with this advanced data protection training course. Learn how to facilitate, accommodate and implement the new requirements before their enforcement in 2018.

Individuals have been conferred with specific rights under GDPR. Known as rights of the data subject, these rights include an individual’s ability to establish the existence of all personal information held about him or her by an organisation as well as the right to make a copy of such information available on request. This is known as a Subject Access Request (SAR) procedure. GDPR introduces new SAR requirements which can prove costly for organizations if ignored.

Please note: this course will be delivered online

Commencing 13th Oct - 3rd Dec 2020 - Running every Tuesday & Thursday 

Iasa's Architect Core training provides an introduction to the tools, information, skills and terminology required to succeed as a professional architect.

This course is designed to give you and your team all of the tools you need to lift architecture from a ‘documentation’process to a true business capability. All IT architects will benefit from the concepts presented in this course.

Learn how to implement better business strategies for cost control, risk reduction and improved business value in the IT asset lifecycle with this comprehensive IT Asset Management certification.

This course will be delivered online.

This introductory-level programme will help you ensure your organisation is compliant with current legislation and identify the steps you need to take to prepare for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

GDPR comes with a requirement for organizations to take a risk based approach when processing personal data. This is particularly relevant where data processing can pose a high risk to the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. A risk based approach is defined as a process that facilitates the identification of privacy related risks and subsequently allows for development of strategies to mitigate the impact of such risks.

This Course will commence online.

The role of the business analyst is to identify the core business objectives of an organisation and its constituent parts and to ensure that the processes, procedures, systems and structures that are in place are the most effective and efficient to enable it to achieve its core objectives.

This professional course offers academic accreditation for business analysts and for those who play a leading role in improving business performance, either in their own company, or in a consultancy role to others, through the use of proven business analysis techniques.

Data Breaches are an increasingly common occurrence in today’s technologically driven world. News of enterprise level data breaches continues to grace news headlines daily. GDPR imposes notification obligation on organizations, failure of which can incur sanctions as well as effective, proportionate and dissuasive fines. An organization may get over and eventually forget a data breach occurrence, those who have been affected by the breach do not.

This Course will commence online.

The role of the business analyst is to identify the core business objectives of an organisation and its constituent parts and to ensure that the processes, procedures, systems and structures that are in place are the most effective and efficient to enable it to achieve its core objectives.

This professional course offers academic accreditation for business analysts and for those who play a leading role in improving business performance, either in their own company, or in a consultancy role to others, through the use of proven business analysis techniques.

Audits are used to identify any issues of concern about the way the organisation deals with personal data and to recommend solutions. Under GDPR, organizations now have an obligation to audit their data processing activities. A data controller or processor’s ability to conduct its own data protection audit is an invaluable skill to have when ensuring compliance obligation under GDPR.

GDPR comes packaged with requirements that encourage accountability and governance for the protection of personal data for organizations involved in the processing of such. Accountability is now an important and explicit requirement under GDPR. Simply put, accountability requires that organisations process personal data lawfully and accurately in a transparent manner. There must be one or more legitimate reasons why personal data is effectively processed and where appropriate, minimally retained. 

Data Protection by Design is an approach to system design which takes privacy into account throughout the whole service, product or systems design process. Protection of personal data should not be retrofitted or seen as an afterthought but instead be seen as integral to systems development. Before the first line of code is written, as a data controller you should ask the following question should be asked;

1. What does the use of personal data mean for the customer?

2. What risks will the use of personal data pose to the fundamental rights of individuals?

3. Are the necessary technological measures in place to safeguard processing of personal data?

With the rapid growth in data storage solutions, many organisations no longer see data retention as a high-cost item. The temptation to retain all things data is so strong and with greater access to technology due to reduced costs, perpetual retention of both manual and electronic data may be perceived as convenient and not necessarily expedient as it involves “a lot work”. But with this comes increased exposure to the risk of data loss, unauthorised access, and ultimately, reputational damage. Retaining data indefinitely without a legal basis or justification can constitute an infringement under GDPR can attract fines.