Des Moines, Iowa – Wednesday, June 14, 2006
ecfirst.com received approval as a registered sponsor on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. As a registered sponsor, ecfirst.com Academy adheres to standards for the delivery of high quality continuing professional education for CPAs.
“Compliance is a requirement for organizations, not an option,” said CEO Uday Ali Pabrai. “Budgets are increasingly tied in to meeting compliance requirements. Skilled professionals who understand regulatory compliance requirements and information security are highly valued. Attendees of the CHA™, CHP, CSCS™ and CHSS™ programs have included many Fortune 1000 organizations and U.S. government agencies. The focus of all our programs is on compliance and information security.”
Organizations are fast moving to a digital ecosystem that is governed by strict regulatory compliance requirements. ecfirst.com Academy and their course offerings are laser-beam focused on thoroughly examining compliance requirements and establishing best practices that can be applied in securing today’s business information infrastructure.
Continuing Professional Education Credits for ecfirst.com Academy’s four instructor-led programs are as follows:
- 16 CPE: Certified Security Compliance Specialist™ (CSCS™)
- 16 CPE: Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)
- 16 CPE: Certified HIPAA Security Specialist™ (CHSS™)
- 8 CPE: Certified HIPAA Administrator™ (CHA™)
In addition to CPAs, the programs are of value to compliance professionals, security officers, privacy officers, IT professionals, health care executives, senior clinicians, Chief Information Officers, lawyers, quality assurance and risk managers, insurance executives, physicians, office managers, pharmaceutical company executives, and clinical trial organization professionals. Classes are held nation-wide monthly and delivered on-site.
ecfirst.com Academy’s Certified Security Compliance Specialist™ (CSCS™) is a unique program of its type in the compliance and information security industries - indeed the first of its type in the world. Covered topics include Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ISO’s 17799:2005, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), California legislations, Canada’s PIPEDA, Japan’s PIP, as well as federal security certification and accreditation requirements. Emphasis is also placed on the “availability” principal with learning objectives established for business continuity planning and disaster recovery. This is a job-role based program that is ideal for practitioners looking to acquire specialized knowledge in the area of regulatory compliance and information security.
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 or www.nasba.org.
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