Press Release
Information Shield Partners with MediaPro to Deliver Integrated E-Learning and Security Policy Delivery
Strategic Partnership to Leverage Leading Security Policy and E-Learning Content
HOUSTON, Texas – October 1, 2009 - Information Shield (www.informationshied.com), a leading publisher of information security leading practices, and MediaPro, a leading provider of security and privacy e-Learning solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver compliance-focused security awareness and training solutions. The partnership will enable a unique integration between Media Pro's award-winning training courses and Information Shield's leading security policy libraries.
“Security and privacy awareness training are key components of any people-focused compliance program. ” said David Lineman, president of Information Shield. “We have chosen MediaPro as a strategic training and awareness partner because of their quality courseware and proven success with customers. The combination of MediaPro's training solutions our PolicyShield Security Policy Subscription provides a very cost-effective way for organizations to address data protection requirements with leading content from established security and privacy experts”
MediaPro's award-winning OnGuard ™ training series provides a complete system for the delivery of training content to help address requirements of PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GLBA, and the Red Flag's provisions of FACTA. The partnership will enable clients to directly link training material with the written security policies, helping reduce the risk of incidents due to human error.
“This new strategic partnership offers an exciting future for our customers who will benefit from the combined expertise of leaders in the field,” said Pamela Block, MediaPro's Director of Data Protection Solutions. “We clearly see customer demand to integrate policies and training expertise to help heighten employee awareness and achieve compliance. This partnership will enable our customers to directly link MediaPro's security and privacy awareness courseware to Information Shield's policy library.”
MediaPro, Inc. is nationally recognized for producing award-winning Web-based Security and Privacy training that reduces risk and improves employee performance. In addition to marketing the onGuard line of training for general security and privacy awareness, MediaPro also develops custom security and privacy e-learning courseware. MediaPro has won over 100 prestigious awards for instructional excellence and has produced courseware used by many leading national organizations. For more information about MediaPro or any of our e-Learning solutions please visit www.mediapro.com/onGuard or email us at onGuard@MediaPro.com.
Information Shield is a global provider of information security, data privacy and security awareness products, including Information Security Policies Made Easy. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Information Shield's library of security publications allow organizations to effectively build policy-based security programs that focus on compliance with international data protection regulations. Information Shield's has over 9000 customers in 60 countries, including many of the Fortune 100 and leading military and government agencies. For more information, please visit www.informationshield.com or email us at sales@informationshield.com.
