New Security Innovation e-learning course reduces potentially devastating data breaches by enabling a 'security conscious' organization
Wilmington, Mass. (PRWEB) March 11, 2009 -- Since the human factor is the weakest link in information security, Security Innovation has launched a new e-learning course to help organizations make every employee enlightened and vigilant.
"Six Fundamentals of Information Security" is a 60-minute self-paced course that dramatically illustrates the breadth of corporate and information security risks, the stakes involved and the best practices for minimizing those risks. It is a brand new addition to the TeamProfessor e-learning catalog. The course was launched last week with TeamMentor, a just-in-time security guidance product, as part of Security Innovation's new eKnowledge offering.
Intrusions are more common than many employees think, and uninformed employees, not technology, are often the root cause: Organizations in the US and UK have reported an average of 484 data breaches per year between 2006 and 2008 inclusively, according to the Open Security Foundation. Approximately 210,000 Internet crime complaints have been filed every year since 2006 by organizations and individuals throughout the US, according to the Internet Crime Report.
"Six Fundamentals of Information Security" addresses these organizational risks head on by exploring these six topics:
1. Managing user accounts securely
2. Handling your organization's information securely
3. Protecting mobile devices and storage media
4. Preventing intrusions into corporate facilities
5. Defending against malware
6. Working safely away from the office
The course presents users with engaging content like an animated "social engineering" scenario in which manipulative intruders leverage bits of easily obtainable information to gain access to restricted areas and steal valuable intellectual property.
Games and self-tests provide real-time feedback through an interactive interface that caters to diverse learning styles. Browser-based, the course requires no plug-in software to install, manage, troubleshoot or update. It has a glossary, course map, transcript and full start/stop/rewind/forward functionality and complies with the AICC and SCORM
e-learning standards.
In addition, the course allows organizations to provide their own content to complement the concepts being taught, including:
- Examples of information assets that customers want their employees to pay extra attention to;
- Historical data documenting attacks (successful or not) against the customer or their competition;
- Password renewal period as required in the customer's password policy; and
- Information for contacting security personnel.
Additionally, references can be added at the end of the course, such as the location of internal policy documents, security-related links, emergency numbers and any other resources related to the company's information security effort.
"Organizations are increasingly discovering that security threats are real, imminent and potentially devastating," said Security Innovation Vice President of Marketing Nick Allen.
" 'Six Fundamentals of Information Security' is a great investment to help corporations protect their brands, reputations and revenues. The course allows organizations to achieve a necessary security consciousness at employees' convenience, at their own pace and according to the way they learn."
"Six Fundamentals of Information Security" and Security Innovation's other eKnowledge offerings draw on expertise acquired through decades of research, 10 years of security-specific consulting, development of software security products and instructor-led training delivery. Security Innovation's vulnerability assessment teams encounter and correct security problems every day, and build this expertise into courses and products.
Pricing and Availability
"Six Fundamentals of Information Security" and other TeamProfessor courses are available now and include unlimited use by a single user. Pricing starts at US $195 per seat and discounts are available for corporate-wide deployments. For more information on Security Innovation's e-learning and other courseware see http://www.securityinnovation.com/products/elearning/index.shtml
or call 978.694.1008 x2.
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation is a leading independent provider of secure software lifecycle management solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Global technology vendors and enterprise IT organizations such as Microsoft, IBM, FedEx, ING, Symantec, Visa, Coca-Cola and GE rely on our security expertise, tools and training to understand and mitigate the security risks in their software. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Seattle, Wash. For more information about Security Innovation, please visit www.securityinnovation.com or call +1.978.694.1008 (USA) +31 (0) 20 301 9150 (non-U.S).
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