Professional Organizations

Professional associations/organizations can help advance your career, depending upon your job role. They provide opportunities for networking, learning, job posts, career advancements and other career related activities. Here are some popular associates and organizations that people in IT or cybersecurity often join. I belong to several organizations and have found them to be beneficial for my career. I have changed organizations over the years because other others meet different career needs at different times.

• ISACA Information System Audit and Control Assoc. https://www.isaca.org/

• CSA Cloud Security Alliance https://cloudsecurityalliance.org

• PMI Project Management Institute http://www.pmi.org

• ASIS Association of Security of Information Systems https://www.asisonline.org

• SANS Institute https://www.sans.org

• RMA The Risk Management Association http://www.rmahq.org

• (ISC)2 International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium https://www.isc2.org

• itSMF IT Service Management Forum http://www.itsmfusa.org

• CMMI Institute Capability Maturity Model Institute http://cmmiinstitute.com

• ISSA Information Systems Security Association http://www.issa.org

• IAPP International Association of Privacy Professionals https://iapp.org

• IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers https://www.ieee.org

• ACM Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org

• AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants http://www.aicpa.org

• ACFE Association of Certified Fraud Examiners http://www.acfe.com

• IIA Institute of Internal Auditors https://na.theiia.org

• HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society http://www.himss.org

• ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers https://www.asme.org

• RSA Conference https://www.rsaconference.com

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