Latest Certified Information Systems Security Professional Stories

ARLINGTON, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber security company, Lunarline, Inc., has recently been awarded multiple contracts to provide ISO 27001 implementation services. The ISO 27001 certification affirms that the company's information security management system meets the criteria from the globally accepted International Organization for Standardization. The ISO 27001 standard establishes an overall management and control framework for an organization to protect its assets and manage...

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- David J. Kennedy recently joined Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD), as director, regional security in the company's enterprise security organization. He is responsible for developing and maturing Diebold's enterprise security program and ensuring that the company's enterprise is protected against attack. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080725/DIEBOLDLOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080725/DIEBOLDLOGO )...

PALM HARBOR, Fla., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2® ("(ISC)2-squared"), the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide, with over 70,000 members in more than 135 countries, today announced the judges for its 2010 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLAs), which for the first time, will include both judges that serve on (ISC)2's U.S. Government Advisory Board (GAB) for Cyber Security and judges drawn from the...

PALM HARBOR, Fla., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2(®) ("(ISC)2-squared"), the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide, with nearly 70,000 members in more than 135 countries, today announced that Devon Bryan, CISSP, deputy associate chief information officer for cybersecurity for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has been selected as the new co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Board (GAB) for Cyber Security. Bryan,...

PALM HARBOR, Fla., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2® ("(ISC)2-squared"), the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide with nearly 70,000 members in more than 135 countries, today announced that it has updated both the name and structure of its Certification and Accreditation Professional (CAP®) credential to reflect the new nomenclature contained in the latest draft of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's SP800-37...

PALM HARBOR, Fla., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2® ("ISC-squared"), the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide with over 68,000 members in more than 135 countries, today announced the opening of nominations for the 2010 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLA). The program has been broadened this year to include award categories beyond information security workforce improvement. The GISLA program,...

LAS VEGAS, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the leading provider of IBM mainframe security training, today announced they will offer up to 50 3-day training scholarships for unemployed cybersecurity professionals. The Vanguard Scholarship program is part of Vanguard's commitment to ease our nation's unemployment crisis while focusing on the country's critical computing infrastructure. The Scholarship program will cover the cost of the 3-day Vanguard Security...

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Lunarline's dedication to continuous improvement, the Cyber Security Company went from an already impressive ISO 9001:2000 Certification to the most current edition, ISO 9001:2008. The certification affirms that the company's quality management system meets the criteria for the globally accepted International Organization for Standardization (http://www.iso.org). The ISO 9001 standard establishes a framework for an organization to meet...

DENVER, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuvant, a leading provider of information security, risk and compliance management consulting services, announced today that Michael Farnum, senior solutions engineer for Accuvant, and Jim Broome, a director with Accuvant Labs, the security assessment and research division of Accuvant, were recently nominated for hosting the "Best Security Podcast" as part of the 2010 Social Security Bloggers Awards. Since 2008, Broome and Farnum have recorded insightful...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website risk management solutions, today announced that Erik Pace Birkholz, CISSP, has joined the sales team as director of sales for the Western region. With expertise in enterprise risk management, host and network security, website and database vulnerability assessment and penetration testing spaces, Birkholz has the experience to drive growth and increase revenue in the Western region for WhiteHat....