From the CEO
Hello TPRA Members,
I hope this message finds you and your families well and you are continuing to stay healthy and safe. It's hard to believe that half of our 2020 year is over! While I was optimistically hoping COVID-19 would be dissipating by now, it does not feel we have had such luck. While we are wading through the unfamiliar territory that is this year, I find hope in seeing how so many people have come together for the greater good. My grandmother always told me that for every hard story/news broadcast heard, try to see what people are doing behind the scenes to help those affected by the hardship. It's a great reminder we should continue to see the good in humanity.
In quarter 2, the TPRA continued to focus on helping organizations navigate through the effects COVID-19 has had on our vendors. The law firm Nyemaster presented on "Managing Third-Party Contractual Disruptions Caused by COVID-19" as well as "Responding to a Data Breach Involving Data Hosted by a Third Party" at our May meeting. We also diverged from pandemic aftermath and focused on GDPR & CCPA from a third party risk perspective at our June meeting. If you weren't able to attend those meetings, they are available for playback in our "Previous Meetings" site. I'm also excited to share that our August meeting will provide a look into assessing cloud controls from a security perspective. To register for this and any upcoming meetings, please visit our "Practitioner Member Events" page.
We are also excited to share that registration is now open for our Fall Virtual Conference "Tightening Your Belt - Doing More With Less". This event will take place on Wednesday, August 5th from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. To review our full agenda and register, please visit our Virtual Conference homepage. Registration is free for members and only $25 for non-members. You will also be entered into a $25 raffle for registering. If you opt-in to providing your information to our speakers, you will be entered into several other raffles.
Last, if you have an interest in volunteering for one of TPRA's programs, please contact me at Julie@tprassociation.org. For more information on our volunteer program, please visit the "Previous Events" page and watch playback from our Volunteer Interest meeting.
As always, please let me know if there is anything you need and stay safe.
~ Julie Gaiaschi, CEO & Founder
