Des Moines, Iowa – Friday, July 7, 2006
ecfirst.com announced today that it has partnered with high-end training services provider, CertFirst to offer and promote their new security compliance certification program. The Certified Security Compliance Specialist™ (CSCS™) is designed to focus on thoroughly examining compliance requirements and establishing best practices that can be applied in securing today’s digital business information infrastructure. With it’s over 12 training locations nation-wide, CertFirst will start offering ecfirst.com’s CSCS™ this Summer.
Compliance is big business. Legislations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, PIPEDA, FFIEC, HIPAA and standards such as the ISO 17799:2005 are a requirement for organizations to comply with. A key objective for organizations worldwide is to integrate security best practices and be in compliance.
“Partnering with CertFirst is extremely advantageous for those seeking security training,” said ecfirst.com President, Allen Nguyen. “A leading Security & Certification training provider, Certfirst delivers programs with passion and excellence.”
The Certified Security Compliance Specialist™ (CSCS™) credential is a job-role based designation. This program is designed to enable professionals to understand, prioritize and ultimately assist organizations achieve compliance with information security-based regulations.
“We are very excited to partner with ecfirst.com as the Certified Security Compliance Specialist™ (CSCS™) is a unique program of its type in the compliance and security industries,” said, CertFirst President, Sonia Soni. “We look forward to adding this new certification program at all our locations.”
As students participate in this two-day instructor-led program and pass the online exam, they are eligible for 16 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) units.
Training program information and schedules can be located at www.ecfirst.com or www.CertFirst.com.
About ecfirst.com
ecfirst.com is a fast growing privately held organization based in Des Moines, Iowa. It was recognized as an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Business in the USA in 2004 – in its first year of eligibility. Further, ecfirst.com programs are exclusively endorsed for its training solutions by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
ecfirst.com has a well established consulting, training and certification practice focused on enabling organizations to address information security requirements related to regulatory compliance. ecfirst.com clients include U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army. U.S. Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Deloitte & Touche, IBM, HP and hundreds of other organizations that include state agencies, hospitals, and consulting companies. For more information, please visit www.ecfirst.com.
About CertFirst
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CertFirst®, A division of SaiFirst®, Inc. is one of the global leading independent provider of cutting edge integrated knowledge solutions in the areas of IT, Management, healthcare compliance & Open Source Technology and high end training solutions for professional certification programs from major vendors such as PMI, Novell, Biocertification, Microsoft, CompTIA, HIPAA Academy, and many other important certification training vendors. Companies have instant access to leading skills & knowledge development related solutions across the globe. CertFirst major strength is to be able to customized training programs according to their customer needs.
We have successfully provided advance technology training solutions & services to hundreds of prestigious and Fortune 500 organizations including Intel, Unisys, Lucent, Time Warner, Computer Science Corp, Fujitsu, Motorola, Harvard University, EMC, City of Los Angeles , Blue Cross Blue Shield, University of Georgia , UCLA, Grainger , Hanover , & US Govt. For more Information, please visit www.CertFirst.com
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