Press Release
Information Shield Addresses Recent Security Breaches with Privacy and Security Awareness Product
Protecting Information is Now Available for Quarterly Subscriptions
Information Shield today announced the release of Protecting Information - a next-generation, interactive employee newsletter devoted to security and privacy awareness. Protecting Information provides timely security and privacy awareness material to an entire organization for less than the cost of a typical laptop.
"High-profile data breaches and increased regulatory pressure are making employee security awareness a top priority at many organizations, " said David Lineman, president and CEO of Information Shield. "Research shows that people are consistently the weakest element of any security program. Protecting Information takes security awareness to the next level, and provides an extremely cost-effective solution for organizations that must keep their employees aware of the latest threats to sensitive information"
Protecting Information is a quarterly security and privacy awareness newsletter that you can easily customize and distribute to your entire organization. But Protecting Information goes well beyond traditional newsletters, providing audio files and interactive exercises to engage your personnel and help them truly understand security and privacy concepts.
"Protecting Information is designed so that all employees of an organization can understand privacy and security issues. Protecting Information is more than a newsletter, it is a multi-media resource developed using proven education methods and designed to speak to all workers" said editor and consultant Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI. "Protecting Information incorporates my experience in education, information security and privacy to create a truly unique educational product. Protecting Information is developed using proven education methods and designed to speak to all workers." Rebecca Herold is the author of eleven books including Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program.
Protecting Information is published four times a year and each issue includes:
- Featured Article - A featured article from security expert Rebecca Herold that addresses both security and privacy topics that not only impact your organization, but also impact your employees outside the workplace.
- Youth View - A special article written by a real teenager discussing security and privacy issues from their point of view, demonstrating to employees how the featured topic applies outside the workplace.
- Terms You Should Know - A set of information security and privacy terms related to the featured topic.
- Real-world Cases - Examples of data security or privacy breaches in real companies and what your organization can learn from them.
- Educational Review - Related educational activities that will engage the reader, reinforce the featured topic, and provide valuable metrics for use in information security and privacy program evaluation.
- Company View - A placeholder article with a customized message from company executives discussing the featured topic, encouraging employees to engage company personnel in the security and privacy dialog.
- Podcast - An MP3 audio file of the featured article that addresses audio learning styles and enables your employees to listen whenever they can on their iPod or other MP3 player. Listen to a sample Podcast from Protecting Information.
Each issue of Protecting Information features a topic addressing both information security and data privacy that not only impacts the business, but also impacts employees outside the workplace. Topics such as social- networking, social engineering, mobile computing, e-mail and safe data handling are covered using real-world examples from today's headlines. Protecting Information engages the reader using a variety of learning styles and interactive exercises, including featured articles in MP3 format. Each issue is published in MS-Word and PDF formats and can be customized easily with the organization's logo and content.
As an additional bonus, each issue includes a companion subscription to Awareness Advisor, a special newsletter containing practical, time-saving advice for security and privacy practitioners written by security, privacy and education expert Rebecca Herold. Organizations can receive a free evaluation version of Protecting Information at www.informationshield.com.
Information Shield is a global provider of information security and data privacy leading practices. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Information Shield's library of information security, data privacy and security awareness publications allow organizations to effectively build policy-based security programs that focus on compliance with international regulations. For more information, please visit www.informationshield.com or email us at sales@informationshield.com.
