Author Archives: Carmelo

October 2018

October 6th: Raquel’s 50th birthday!             View this post on Instagram                     Happy birthday Raquel!!! A post shared by Carmelo (@instacarmelo) on Oct 6, 2018 at … Continue reading

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15th National CyberSecurity Awareness Month

National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) – observed every October – was created as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. Week 1: Oct. … Continue reading

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End State of All Security Programs

The goal of all security programs is to consistently show how risk is getting lowered… or not! But what should get reported to the leadership teams, to the executive management, and to the board? Risk Metrics on the Top 20 … Continue reading

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September 2018

September 2: Damien is 22! We went to Ah-So Sushi for Teppanyaki and Sushi We then left for our annual Lake Powell trip. More photos on Google Photos here. September 16th. Rob would be 52 today :( We took him to … Continue reading

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Lake Powell 2018

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August 2018

August 7th: Spent the weekend doing yard work that is much needed. August 10th: Thanks Aron for your help, hope you enjoyed being an intern here   My intern’s last day. He said I was #thebestmentorever but he may have … Continue reading

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Nashville GRC Conference and RSA Archer Summit

IIA ISACA GRC I was stationed in Millington, TN back in 1992 for Ordnance school and never made it over to Nashville. My buddies and I back in those days, were city boys and thought very little about Country music … Continue reading

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Nashville

Should be an exciting week! I’m looking forward with meeting my peers and leaders in this industry and having some awesome discussion on integrated risk management! 

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Hawaii 2018

On July 13th, we flew to Hawaii :)This trip, instead of the usual Oahu, we flew to Kona, stayed at Sunshine’s place in Hilo for a week, then at a Condo in Kona before flying back after two weeks.   … Continue reading

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An Infographic to Implement an IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Framework and a Risk Management Framework

I built an Infographic to Implement an IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance Framework and a Risk Management Framework. I do hope everyone finds it useful. A good solid framework is a critical foundation to lay for managing risk in businesses … Continue reading

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