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SCIPP International to Focus on Educating Users on Security Best Practices to Protect Information Assets

(Aug 21, 2007)-- With the support of leading information security professionals around the world, a non-profit organization called SCIPP International has been formed to provide security awareness training and certificate programs for corporate, government and academic end-users, including both employees and customers.

Founded by Winn Schwartau, a pioneer and visionary in understanding the critical role of end-user awareness in securing infrastructure, SCIPP International was formed to develop and maintain the SCIPP Generally Accepted Practices (SCIPP GAP), a common body of knowledge of security awareness best practices, and expand the role and influence of security awareness training and certificate programs for end-users.

“Studies have shown that up to 60 percent of all computer security breaches stem from basic user errors, more than any other single factor,” said Schwartau. “We formed SCIPP to gather security awareness best practices in a single repository and incorporate them into educational and certificate services for end users and their organizations.”

Vetted by respected security industry veterans and subject matter experts, the SCIPP International training and certificate programs are offered annually with differing levels of achievement that can be tailored to fit an individual organization’s unique policy requirements.

SCIPP certificate of security awareness programs include those customized for corporate employees (SCIPP-CE), corporate customers (SCIPP-CC), government employees (SCIPP-GE), government citizenry (SCIPP-GC), those who are self-employed (SCIPP-SE), and educators (SCIPP-ED).

Based in Vienna, Virginia with offices in Old Hickory, Tennessee, Hong Kong, and London, SCIPP is able to effectively tailor training and certificate programs by region and make them suitable for any entity that wants to improve its security awareness or comply with regulatory or compliance mandates such as HIPAA, SOX, FISMA, GLBA, Basel II, and ISO 17799 or its equivalent national standard in various countries around the globe.

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