UHY Advisors’ David Barton Speaks at Cloud Security Alliance Congress 2012

Nov. 20, 2012 - PRLog -- UHY Advisors (http://www.uhyadvisors-us.com/uhy/)’ Principal David Barton recently spoke on the topic of Compliance Convergence for Cloud Providers at the 3rd annual Cloud Security Alliance Congress (http://www.misti.com/cloud) held November 7-8, 2012 in Orlando.  Barton shared current cloud compliance standards and talked about how best to educate customers.

His presentation offered expertise on:
·       Trends toward convergence and normalizing controls
·       Reducing costs associated with compliance efforts
·       Finding additional value by answering questions before they get asked

Frank Fenello, UHY Advisors Managing Director for the Southeast, said, “With cloud security changing every day, it’s imperative that businesses continually educate themselves with the latest threats and leading practices. Barton’s session shares how to stay ahead of regulations and trends related to the cloud, mitigate risk, and leverage the cloud in ways that will most benefit companies.”

The Cloud Security Alliance Congress 2012 (http://www.misti.com/cloud) is presented by Cloud Security Alliance (https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/) and organized by MIS Training Institute (http://www.misti.com). In its third year, the event gathered IT security and cloud professionals to share knowledge and learn about the rapidly evolving subject of cloud security. In addition to best practices, this year’s attendees learned practical solutions for remaining secure in the cloud, emerging areas of growth and concern in cloud security, and gained exposure to industry-specific case studies that leverage best practices in real-world applications.

About David Barton

Barton leads the southeast practice of Enterprise Risk Advisory Services with UHY Advisors.  With more than 25 years of practical experience, he is an expert in risk identification, assessment and evaluation; risk response; risk monitoring; IS control design and implementation; and IS control monitoring and maintenance.

With his intellectual capital of IT security and risk, Barton often is asked to speak at conferences and events, most recently at ITAC 2012, the 32nd annual IT Audit & Controls Conference. He has presented at SecureWorld Detroit, the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) Professional Development Seminar in Orlando, SecureWorld Expo in Atlanta, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Security by Design conference and the Atlanta Technology Summit, addressing the topics of cloud computing, information technology risk and internal auditing.

About UHY Advisors

UHY Advisors, Inc. (http://www.uhy-us.com) delivers professional financial, tax and business consulting services to companies ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 1000 in size and complexity.  The firm’s innovative Management Consulting practice maximizes clients’ financial and operational functions to transform their performance and profitability.  UHY’s Tax practice provides clients with comprehensive tax preparation and planning services.  The firm’s Enterprise Risk Advisory Services practice protects and manages clients’ information technology security and risk.

Accounting Today ranks the firm as one of the Top 25 professional services firms in the nation and in 2011 the firm was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Atlanta” by Atlanta Business Chronicle.

The firm provides these services through wholly owned subsidiary entities that operate under the name of “UHY Advisors” from offices across the United States.  UHY Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

UHY LLP is a full service national accounting firm with international resources and a broad range of services that include: SEC audits, internal audit and Sarbanes Oxley reporting as well as turnaround and transaction services. These additional services have been part of the growth of UHY and its commitment to meet the demands of its many clients.  UHY LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that performs attest services.

UHY Advisors, Inc. and UHY LLP are U.S. members of Urbach Hacker Young International Limited, a UK company, and form part of the international UHY network of legally independent accounting and consulting firms. “UHY” is the brand name for the UHY international network. For additional information please visit us on the Web at www.uhy-us.com.

About MIS Training Institute

Founded in 1978, MIS Training Institute (http://www.misti.com) is the international leader in audit and information security training, with offices in the USA, UK, and Asia. MIS’ expertise draws on experience gained in training more than 200,000 delegates across five continents.

Contact: Mitch Leff, Leff & Associates, (404) 861-4769, mitch@leffassociates.com