| No matter what business you are in, | | | | information systems staff members. |
| information is a critical resource and a key | | | | |
| to the business's success. However, | | | | Having a knowledgeable, certified IS staff is |
| information systems are under constant, | | | | a company's first line of attack against |
| relentless attacks from malware and hackers. | | | | security breaches. While technology offers |
| A security breach can destroy your | | | | many security solutions, nothing can compare |
| information or put it in the wrong hands | | | | to the intuition and technical aptitude of a |
| damaging your reputation and putting your | | | | highly-trained security professional. |
| customers at risk. The need for qualified | | | | |
| information security professionals has never | | | | Requiring these security credentials and |
| been greater. | | | | providing your IT team members with the tools |
| | | | to earn them is an important undertaking. An |
| The Security+ certification from CompTIA is a | | | | excellent way to deliver the training is by |
| credential that many organizations are | | | | using a computer based training (CBT) |
| requiring of all of their IT team members. It | | | | program. |
| addresses and validates knowledge of general | | | | |
| security concepts, operational security, | | | | Courses arrive on either a Security+ training |
| communication security, infrastructure | | | | CD or a CISSP training CD that installs |
| security, and cryptography. Smart businesses | | | | directly on the computer for self-directed, |
| insist on Security+ training. | | | | interactive studies. Security experts lead |
| | | | recorded video sessions of classroom lectures |
| The CISSP (Certified Information Systems | | | | and demonstrations. Simulations, graphics, |
| Security Professional) certification from | | | | hands-on components, assessments, and other |
| ISC2 is a premier credential based on the | | | | learning tools complement the instruction |
| industry's best practices found in the ISC2 | | | | delivering a comprehensive training program |
| Common Book of Knowledge, a worldwide | | | | directly to the desktop. |
| information security resource. The high | | | | |
| security standards that CISSP certified | | | | The time for taking a proactive approach to |
| professionals offer serve to protect and | | | | computer security has arrived. Start by |
| secure information. Many enterprise | | | | training and certifying your existing team. |
| organizations require CISSP training of their | | | | |