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	ISACA EDUCATIONAL SESSION PRESENTATION Information Governance, Privacy and My Dog Presentation given by Austin Hill, CEO and Patrick F. Sullivan, EVP of Advisory Services, Synomos Inc, at the recent ISACA North American Conference. This session focuses on the issue of responsible data governance and gives the real-life example of the data trail created by owning a dog.
	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE TESTIMONY Austin Hill, President and CEO of Synomos Inc, appears before the inaugural meeting of the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Integrity and Privacy Advisory Committee
	WHITE PAPER Introduction to Data Governance: An Information Assurance Framework Authored by Patrick Sullivan PhD, Senior Vice President of Policy Advisory Services, this paper examines the challenges of data governance, information policies and compliance. The paper presents the fundamental characteristics of data governance and argues that effective information use and management should meet specific challenges in order to ensure that data use does not compromise attainment of business objectives and shareholder value in the organization.
	WHITE PAPER Automating Privacy in the Enterprise This paper focuses on the demands placed on companies to comply with new regulations while meeting consumer expectations. It reviews the key features of Align as an automated tool designed specifically to address these issues by effectively identifying, analyzing, managing and reporting on the location and handling of customer information throughout the enterprise.