{"id":4086,"date":"2026-03-17T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:13:52","slug":"lessons-learned-from-career-defining-events-incidents-working-in-it-auditing-and-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/2026\/03\/17\/lessons-learned-from-career-defining-events-incidents-working-in-it-auditing-and-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLessons Learned from Career-Defining Events &amp; Incidents Working in IT Auditing and Cybersecurity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: \u201c<\/strong>Lessons Learned from Career-Defining Events &amp; Incidents Working in IT Auditing and Cybersecurity\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, February 2, 2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3:00pm \u2013 4:00pm: Panel Discussion with ITACS Industry Advisory Council Members<\/li>\n<li>4:00pm \u2013 5:00pm: Professional Networking and Social Mixer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Room 520 in 1810 Liacouras Walk on Temple University\u2019s Main Campus &amp; Online via Zoom (Panel Discussion)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong>This NCAE-CD\/ITACS event featured a panel discussion with members of the ITACS Industry Advisory Council. Panelists shared lessons learned from career-defining events and incidents experienced while working in IT auditing and cybersecurity. The discussion was moderated by Jason Lindsley and included time for audience questions and interactive dialogue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"53101881-f1f7-4759-a4c0-9ee475c7b980\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"673\">Following the panel discussion, attendees had the opportunity to network directly with industry leaders, ask questions, and engage in meaningful conversations about career pathways in IT auditing, cybersecurity governance, and executive security leadership. Refreshments were served during the networking session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Moderator:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Lindsley<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Assistant Vice President &amp; Director of U.S. CISO Programs and Oversight, TD Bank<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Larry Brandolph<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Vice President for Information Technology (CIO) and University Privacy, Temple University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sudhanshu Kairab<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, &amp; Compliance, Comcast<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aayush Mittal<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Assistant Vice President &amp; Senior Audit Associate, JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leonard Nelson<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Information Security Officer, Villanova University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thu Nguyen<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Assistant Vice President &amp; Executive Director of Audit, Wells Fargo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This event provided a unique opportunity for students and other attendees to gain real-world insights, build professional connections, and deepen their understanding of leadership and career progression within the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: \u201cLessons Learned from Career-Defining Events &amp; Incidents Working in IT Auditing and Cybersecurity\u201d Date and Time: Tuesday, February 2, 2026 3:00pm \u2013 4:00pm: Panel Discussion with ITACS Industry Advisory Council Members 4:00pm \u2013 5:00pm: Professional Networking and Social Mixer Location: Room 520 in 1810 Liacouras Walk on Temple University\u2019s Main Campus &amp; Online via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2CTMC-13U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4087,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions\/4087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ncae-c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}