ISACA, leading global IT professional association and learning organization with presence in 188 countries and 220 chapters worldwide, today announced plans to increase focus and expand its current offerings and programmes in India. ISACA, that has 12 chapters across India at present, with more than 8,500 members, many of them senior and experienced IT professionals from across domains and leading IT majors, will also strengthen its programmes and certifications for early stage, new professionals, young IT graduates and those looking to shift to IT industry or reskill for faster growth in career.

As a first step towards this initiative, ISACA today announced in India and globally, the launch of the new Information Technology Certified Associate (ITCA) certification. A dynamic addition to ISACA’s globally recognized credentials, ITCA offers students, recent graduates, those new to the IT profession or professionals seeking a career change, with a flexible, hybrid format consisting of both knowledge-based learning and performance-based learning, through live labs in a virtual environment. The certification can be achieved at one’s own pace, by completing five modular certificates that focus on different domain areas in IT—which can also be earned separately or stacked in different ways:  

• Computing Fundamentals
• Networks and Infrastructure Fundamentals
• Cybersecurity Fundamentals
• Software Development Fundamentals
• Data Science Fundamentals

With the ITCA certification, upcoming IT professionals can prepare themselves for in-demand jobs like computer systems administrator, technical support specialist, database administrator, systems engineer, applications developer, front-end web developer, and quality assurance analyst— in a flexible format that can fit into existing college and work schedules. The certification can also serve more experienced audit, security or governance professionals looking to enhance their understanding of foundational IT concepts.

Explaining the rationale for the certification, David Samuelson, CEO, ISACA, says, “A key part of ISACA’s commitment to providing tools for lifelong learning is supporting professionals at every stage of their career journey, including in that critical period at the very beginning—whether they are new graduates or professionals seeking to make a career change to IT. We are proud to be able to serve a new generation of IT professionals and thought leaders, including those transitioning their careers due to the pandemic, by helping them differentiate and elevate themselves as they enter the job market and start their careers.”

According to NASSCOM, the Indian IT industry is expected to close FY21 with over 1,38,000 net hires, taking the employee base to 4.47 million. The Indian IT sector continued to gain traction despite the pandemic, growing at 2.3 percent year-on-year on the back of rapid acceleration in digital transformation and tech adoption.

The new ITCA certification joins an established set of ISACA credentials that have been part of the professional community’s learning journey for years, including Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), CSX Cybersecurity Practitioner Certification (CSX-P) and Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE).

For more information about ITCA, visit www.isaca.org/credentialing/itca. More detail about ISACA’s other credentials can be found at www.isaca.org/credentialing.

About ISACA

For more than 50 years, ISACA® (www.isaca.org) has advanced the best talent, expertise and learning in technology. ISACA equips individuals with knowledge, credentials, education and community to progress their careers and transform their organizations, and enables enterprises to train and build quality teams. ISACA is a global professional association and learning organization that leverages the expertise of its more than 150,000 members who work in information security, governance, assurance, risk and privacy to drive innovation through technology. It has a presence in 188 countries, including more than 220 chapters worldwide. In 2020, ISACA launched One In Tech, a philanthropic foundation that supports IT education and career pathways for under-resourced, under-represented populations.

Chaplain Paul has been serving in nursing home ministry for almost 12 years now and he has seen firsthand the need for change in American healthcare. Chaplain Paul has also been a health care activist for over 25 years now fighting for a better healthcare system in America.

Chaplain Paul was quoted saying, “Healthcare an American Heartache is the story about what happened to my family in having to deal with a broken healthcare system in America. I wrote this book to serve as both a warning and a guide for people who enter into American healthcare. The fact is if we do not know how to affectively navigate through American healthcare, we run the real risk of being led like sheep to the slaughter for profit and greed. The pain and hardship that my family had to endure was inexcusable, no family should have to go through what my family went through when placing their faith and trust into our health care system.”

Chaplain Paul was also quoted saying, “After my mother and father died back in the 90s I decided to fight back with love, I began bringing homemade cheesecakes into nursing homes, care centers, medical rehabs, and hospitals to show appreciation to doctors, nurses, and staff members in the hopes that the power of love would transcendence into the quality of care for the patients.

I also added, How To Protect Our Loved Ones in American Healthcare to this book which is a very easy down to earth guide on how to protect ourselves when entering into American healthcare. It is my hope that all those who read this book will learn from it and apply its teachings to their lives.”

Chaplain Paul’s newest e-book “Healthcare an American Heartache is Free on Amazon from March 17 until March 21 and is Free to Amazon Prime members and it is also Free as a PDF file on the Miracles of Kingman website along with many other of his books.
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Framework Solutions is pleased to be a sponsor of the DGE Promotional Review Committee Performance Optimization Event. The event, being held March 22^nd -24^th, will bring together leading industry professionals to drive discussion examining PRC team skills, speed, and emerging challenges brought on by new technologies and platforms such as artificial intelligence and digital asset libraries.

“As a leader in promotional content review and approval, Framework Solutions is proud to be a sponsor of the DGE Promotional Review Committee Performance Optimization Event” said Director, Account Solutions, Marc Ioli. “With virtual congresses seemingly here to stay, a rising emphasis on social media tactics, and AI no longer a tool of the future, events like the this are essential to establish how we, as an industry, want to move forward. We are excited to engage in these important conversations and bring what we learn back to our clients.”

About Framework Solutions: Since 2009, Framework Solutions has been supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and other life science companies in the area of medical and promotional content review, approval, and management. Frameworks’ unique, on-demand, business model has provided insight, analysis, and logistical support to over 150 brand teams across the country. In 2020, Framework Solutions was named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list for the fourth consecutive year. Visit https://framesol.com/to learn more about Framework Solutions.

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Award-winning songwriter, author and spiritual mentor, Jennifer Ruth Russell, announced the release of her new book, Empowered Prayer, available now along with her other titles on Amazon Kindle. In the book, Russell teaches a system of prayer to help readers discover how to tap into the power of their Divine Authority and the calling of the Ascended Masters and the Archangels.

Russell described the book as an introduction into how to pray and the divine power of prayer. She notes that her system can help readers on a spiritual path to change their lives, resurrect their finances, and heal relationships—freeing them to help others in their progress.

"Teaching others how to use prayer to connect with the beauty and energy of the Creative Power of the Universe is my passion," said Russell. "There was a time when my life spun out of control and I experienced deep financial pain. Since I started working with the Ascended Masters, Archangels, and the entire Company of Heaven, and put into practice a whole new simple system of prayer, everything in my life went to another level of co-creation. I'm proud to introduce Empowered Prayer to guide others on their path to command their Light through the power of their word."

Empowered Prayer offers prayer that Russell describes as super effective and powerful. As a spiritual mentor and Lightworker, or one who feels an enormous pull to help others expand their consciousness, Russell believes that prayer can change lives quickly and easily.

"Prayer calls the Angels to you instantly and lifts you up to a higher frequency so that you can thrive," she said.

Readers who received advanced copies of the book had many positive reviews to share, including Maggie, who shared that "As I learned Empowered Prayer, I began to see that my word is powerful. I learned how to connect to my heart's desire and bring that into my life. It has brought me hope and a spark of what is possible and how to work with the physical world and the spiritual world in ways that support me."

The reader went on to note that she considered Empowered Prayer a key part of her healing from cancer in addition to conventional and alternative medicine and supportive therapies.

Empowered Prayer is another step towards Russell's life vision to uplift and empower Lightworkers to live abundantly and transform the world with songs and prayers that open the heart.

In addition to this newly released book, Jennifer Ruth Russell's Mother Mary Series, published by Remba Publishing, includes the titles 21 Days to Abundance through the Immaculate Heart of Mother Mary and How to Create with Mother Mary and Friends.

Shop the entire series on Amazon and visit AngelsofAbundanceAscensionAcademy.com and JenniferRuthRusselll.com to learn more about the author and her work to support Lightworkers on their journeys.

For over 18 years, Jennifer Ruth Russell has been a spiritual mentor. Jennifer trained at Agape International Spiritual Center under Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith.

Since then, she has mentored thousands of clients and students. Jennifer helps them, along with the Heavenly Realms, to heal their hearts and lives by connecting to the Light of their own Divinity.

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Several countries in the European Union (EU) have announced bans on the importation of food contact products made from bamboo-melamine. In some cases, these countries also require the removal of these products from the market.

Country responses include:

• Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux countries) – requires operators to withdraw food contact ‘bamboo-melamine’ plastics immediately (enforcement from Q2 2021)
• Finland – ban on the importation of food contact plastic materials containing bamboo fiber or unauthorized vegetable fibers + withdrawal from sale
• Ireland – ban on food contact plastics containing unauthorized additives derived from bamboo
• Spain – has reminded operatives that food contact plastics containing bamboo fibers, etc. are not authorized under the Food Contact Plastics Regulation and are therefore not permitted on EU markets + recommendation to remove articles from sale

Stakeholders should also be aware that Austria has rejected cups and tableware made from a mix of bamboo fibers, melamine and maize on several occasions and issued notifications via the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed portal (RASFF portal).

These announcements follow a 2020 note by the Expert Working Group on Food Contact Materials (FCM) covering food contact plastic materials and articles containing ground bamboo (‘bamboo-melamine’) or other similar constituents. This concluded that ground bamboo, bamboo flour, and many similar substances, such as corn, are not in the Union List of Authorized Substances (Union List) in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 10/2011 (Food Contact Plastics Regulation). Products containing these additives are therefore not in compliance with regulatory compositional requirements.

Stakeholders should be aware that authorization has been given for:

• Wood flour and fibers, untreated
• Sunflower seed hulls 

Additionally, the specific migration values for melamine and formaldehyde in products made with bamboo additives have often been found to be substantially higher than those permitted under the Food Contact Plastics Regulation. 

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