RedSiren Institute Debuts

RedSiren(R), the world's most trusted provider of IT security management solutions, today announced the debut of RedSiren Institute(TM) to help organizations meet growing compliance
requirements and build an effective security minded workforce resulting in fewer incidents of less severity within their information infrastructures. The move focuses the full range of RedSiren's security education resources, research efforts, and skills assessment services and features the industry's richest collection of eLearning courseware for information security education and awareness.

The need for a comprehensive source of IT security information that can be easily delivered to the people who need it grows every day. Numerous government laws and industry guidelines require user security education. International risk management standards clearly specify that organizations train their information handlers, custodians, and owners. In addition, both
network administrators and end-users face frequent social engineering attacks, like "phishing," that seek to gain unauthorized access to information and systems.

"Organizations need a unified security program that addresses the wide range of security subject matter in coherent and interactive ways," said Doug Goodall, President and CEO of RedSiren. "RedSiren Institute builds on the success of its Information Security University (InfoSecU) and is uniquely positioned to accelerate the delivery of high-quality materials to all
organizations helping them affordably meet Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLB, VISA(R) CISP, and MasterCard(R) SDP Program requirements."

The inception of RedSiren Institute also marks the move to deliver the works of leading authors and researchers in eLearning formats. By directly engaging subject matter experts, the institute delivers fresh content to in-house experts and fellow security professionals, using easy-to-understand concepts that are in tune with an employee's or customer's use of existing and emergent technology.

"RedSiren Institute allows information security professionals, like myself, to distribute, update and maintain IT security content timely and accurately," said Mike Chapple, author and editor of several RedSiren Institute courses, as well as books like Information Security Illuminated, The CISSP Study Guide, and SANS GSEC Prep Guide. "Its format ensures the content
I develop is accessible to a large audience, addressing people at all ranges of security awareness. This helps users understand the importance of information security and the role they need to play in securing their information infrastructure."

As part of its mission to help all organizations meet their compliance and learning needs, RedSiren Institute now offers scalable pricing along with incentives for government and not-for-profit organizations as well as trade associations. Furthermore, RedSiren's ability to develop new security education and training content, matched to organizational goals and requirements, are also being extended for use on in-house learning management systems (LMS) and hosted learning providers. All content is Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM), Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) and American Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 508 compliant to ensure interoperability and participation across the organization.

More information about RedSiren Institute is available from the company's website or by contacting RedSiren's partners, GeoLearning(R) and Qwest(R).

For more information, contact:
Nick Brigman
RedSiren
412.281.4427
nbrigman@redsiren.com

Steve Friedberg
MMI Communications
610.518.7474
steve@mmicommunications.net

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