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Chris Smith from Schellman & Company, LLC Selected to Attend AICPA’s 2021 Leadership Academy Tampa, FL – August 3, 2021 – Schellman & Company, LLC, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services, is proud to announce that Chris Smith, CPA, CISSP, CISA, CIPP/US, ISO 27001 LA is one of only 30 CPAs to be honored by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) with a place as part of the Leadership Academy’s 13th graduating class. Chris was selected based on his exceptional leadership skills and professional experience for the four-day Leadership Academy program, which will take place virtually October 25-28, 2021.

What is ISO 27001? At a basic level, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (ISO 27001) is a management system framework for an information security management system (ISMS) that a company can be certified against by conforming to the ISO 27001 standard. Structured primarily around how a company manages information security and its related risk, this standard is a powerful one, as almost every company in the modern age now “manages information security” of some sort.

During a penetration test, the Schellman team often works with development teams, administrators, risk and compliance professionals and information security personnel; however, the initial point of contact for a penetration test may be an individual that isn’t any of those. More and more, someone from the product or procurement team may have the responsibility—or shared responsibility—of having a penetration test performed. While these individuals may understand a timeline for a specific task, they likely do not have full visibility into the entire project. Such circumstances, among others, can trigger one of the biggest challenges frequently seen in planning pen tests—timing.

Every time I look at a calendar, there seems to be a new day of celebration, observance, memorial, or holiday. Timeanddate.com includes 246 holidays and observances in the United States alone, but the third Saturday in May represents one of particular, personal significance to me—someone who joined the United States Army nearly ten years ago and continues to serve as a commissioned Officer in the Army National Guard.

We are proud to announce that the HITRUST Alliance has appointed Schellman & Co. Principal Doug Kanney to the HITRUST CSF Assessor Council and Quality Subcommittee.