Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – November 13, 2013

With the help of DIDASKO and Cornerstone Education Co-Ops, EC-Council Foundation’s Live.Learn.Secure. program will be made available to home school students for the first time.

EC-Council Foundation is a non-profit initiative created by the founding members of EC-Council. The foundation’s goal is to help remediate cyber security safety issues for youth and adults alike through training and education. To accomplish this goal, EC-Council Foundation created the Live.Learn.Secure. program that donates cyber security course-ware to training and education facilities. To date, EC-Council Foundation has partnered with over 40 schools in the United States, as well as schools and training centers in the Philippines and Peru. By partnering with numerous education and training facilities, EC-Council Foundation hopes to get as many students as possible trained in cyber security.

The DIDASKO and Cornerstone Co-Ops will help EC-Council Foundation accomplish its goal by teaching the Certified Secure Computer User (CSCU) certification to middle and high school aged, home school students in the Ohio area. This is a first for the Foundation, as all of the Live.Learn.Secure. partners that currently teach the CSCU certification program are schools or training centers. Working with the DIDASKO and Cornerstone Co-Ops, EC-Council Foundation will create two case studies that will track the students starting knowledge on information security, train the students then assess the student’s knowledge of cyber security after completing the CSCU program. The Certified Secure Computer User (CSCU) program will train the students on basic information security topics such as: definitions of phishing attacks, virus, email hoaxes and how to stay safe while online.

In creating a case study of the two home school co-ops, EC-Council Foundation will lead the way for other home school programs to adopt the Certified Secure Computer User course-ware and training. EC-Council Foundation will use the case studies as examples on how other home school programs should teach the certification.

Jay Bavisi a Security Evangelist and the Co-Founder of EC-Council Foundation stated, “As technology continues to advance, it is important to equip our children with the knowledge they need to stay safe online, while teaching them a skill set that can be used towards job placement in the future.”

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – September 17, 2013

The EC-Council Foundation is taking steps to secure the global community’s digital assets by teaching children how to be safe online through the Live.Learn.Secure. program. The Live.Learn.Secure. education program consists of EC-Council’s Certified Secure Computer User certification. The certification covers the fundamental understanding of what it takes for children to protect themselves online by immersing students in an interactive environment where they learn various computer and network security threats such as: identity theft, credit card fraud, online banking, phishing scams, virus attacks and email hoaxes. In addition keeping children safe online, EC-Council Foundation hopes that the Live.Learn.Secure. education program will help create a body of knowledge that students can use to peruse a career in the cyber security field.

To help EC-Council Foundation achieve its goals of child online safety and securing the global community’s digital assets; the Foundation has partnered with Information Security Summit of Ohio to teach local children the Live.Learn.Secure. program at their training facility. The Information Security Summit Training Center will be the first training facility to partner with the Live.Learn.Secure. program, as all partners thus far have been high schools. The Information Security Summit of Ohio has already gathered 7 volunteers, to teach the program. Their names are listed below:

• Chris Voller
• John Dolinar
• Bob Colombo
• Chris Robinson
• Gary Sheehan
• Richard Ullom
• Lisa Peterson

Gary Sheehan the Executive Director of Information Security Summit stated, “We are excited to begin this partnership as both organizations share a passion for education, especially when it comes educating our future cyber security professionals.”

For more information about the Information Security Summit visit InformationSecuritySummit.org. For more information about the Live.Learn.Secure. program and how to become a partner organization contact Janelle McLean Program Manager of EC-Council Foundation.

About the Information Security Summit:
Information Security Summit is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization registered in the state of Ohio. The Summit works in partnership with various security, compliance and privacy related organizations. Information Security Summit’s purpose and primary objectives are to provide quality, cost-effective training, conferencing and networking events to security, IT and audit professionals; while promoting information security education and awareness to people and organizations in the areas of cyber security, audit, governance, risk management and compliance. For more information about the Information Security Summit visit InformationSecuritySummit.org.

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Clearwater, Florida, USA – August 26, 3013

(ISC)²® (“ISC-squared”), the world’s largest information security professional body and administrators of the CISSP®, today announced the official charter approval of its 100th Chapter. The milestone was reached when the San Diego Chapter petition was signed this month. Launched in 2011, the (ISC)² Chapter Program aims to strengthen the global information security professional community through collaboration, education, networking and mentoring. With an emphasis on information security education for professionals and vulnerable publics, the (ISC)2 Chapter program is helping to overcome the information security skills gap and workforce shortage occurring around the world.

Since the Chapter program began, nearly 9,000 aspiring and established cyber security professionals around the globe have broadened their knowledge and their professional and personal networks through (ISC)² Chapters. Chapter achievements from the past year include:

• The Colombo Sri Lanka Chapter sent representatives to join the Sri Lankan team that participated in the global CyberLympics finals. The Global CyberLympics is a not-for-profit initiative of the EC-Council Foundation supported by the Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Its goal is to raise awareness toward increased education and ethics in information security through a series of cyber competitions that encompass forensics, ethical hacking and defense.

• The Korea Chapter has engaged local universities in an effort to promote information security career and studies. They recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dongguk University, whereby Chapter members will recommend five CISSPs per semester to pursue information security and technology graduate schools and receive a 20 percent discount off their tuition. Korea Chapter executives are also giving lectures to the students at Dongguk University and Korea Cyber University. They also collaborated with Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology and Kangwon University to conduct joint research on information security.

• The Ethiopia Chapter has embarked on an active public awareness campaign about social issues related to information security. This includes featuring talks on local radio stations about cyber threats and ways to protect the community at large, and participation in the Cyber Security Panel at the recent Innovation Africa Digital Summit 2013.

• The London Chapter started a Women in Security (WiS) special interest group in 2012, and in 2013, the development of a mentoring program to help women discover the opportunities that the profession offers and encourage more to join the field. The group has raised awareness of the gender imbalance of women working in information security in the United Kingdom and the particular strengths women bring to the profession. They are focused on helping women develop skills, confidence and their careers and encouraging women to get involved in broader industry initiatives.

• The Manitoba/Saskatchewan Chapter collaborated with CIPS Manitoba, Skull Space, and ISACA to implement a cyber security educational program called the Canadian Cyber Defense Challenge (CDC). The CDC is part of a pilot study that will develop students’ awareness and understanding of cyber security fundamentals.

• The New Jersey Chapter has established a “Junior Chapter” membership category, which allows local high school students interested in volunteering for information security community outreach efforts to join the Chapter. The Junior Chapter is currently focused on educating senior citizens on how to safeguard their information and prevent identity theft. The first Junior Chapter member is a 15-year-old high school student who was inspired to help prevent senior citizens from becoming victims of identity theft after an incident occurred with an elderly member of her family. The student developed a step-by-step guide called ‘Not in My Name’ to educate senior citizens on how to prevent identity theft.

• The Sacramento Chapter has made great strides in attracting young people to the information security field. Through its members’ participation in the Young Professionals Program, emerging professionals are given a platform to connect with mentors, peers, and job opportunities, and to find their place in the security community. The Chapter also furthered its engagement in the community by helping to expand the (ISC)² Foundation’s Safe and Secure Online Program, teaching 600 children and 25 parents learn how to protect themselves online and become responsible digital citizens.

“The explosive growth of our Chapters is a testament to the passion (ISC)² members have for strengthening and giving back to both their local civic and professional communities,” said W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, executive director, (ISC)². “They are the backbone of (ISC)² and a focal point for the global information security community.”

About (ISC)²
(ISC)² is the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information and software security professionals worldwide, with over 90,00 0 members in more than 135 countries. Globally recognized as the Gold Standard, (ISC)² issues the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSPÒ) and related concentrations, as well as the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLPÒ), the Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFPSM), Certified Authorization Professional (CAPÒ), and Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCPÒ) credentials to qualifying candidates. (ISC)²’s certifications are among the first information technology credentials to meet the stringent requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a global benchmark for assessing and certifying personnel. (ISC)² also offers education programs and services based on its CBK®, a compendium of information and software security topics. More information is available at ISC2.org.

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India – June 24, 2013

Top officials and thought leaders in Academia, Government and Industry Honor Jay Bavisi, Global President, EC-Council for outstanding leadership in the Cyber Security Industry and Information Assurance Education.

William Maconachy, PhD former deputy senior computer science authority at the National Security Agency (NSA) on behalf of National Security Agency’s Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education Honored Mr. Bavisi with the 2013 Industry Leadership Award.

Every year, the Colloquium Awards honor one outstanding individual from Academia, Industry and Government respectively. This year, Mr. Jay Bavisi was the recipient of the 2013 Colloquium Industry Award that recognizes outstanding leadership in industry relations with information assurance education. Jay humbly accepted the award at the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Award Ceremony during the 17th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) Conference, held June 10th – 12th, 2007, on the campus of University of South Alabama, Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA – June 18, 2013

President of EC-Council Jay Bavisi warned thought leaders from across the world, namely, from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the finest academic minds of the NSA’s centers of academic excellence of the worsening Cyber Plague at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE Colloquium). The event was hosted by the University of South Alabama in Mobile Bay on June 10, 2013.

The Colloquium, one of the largest gatherings of academics, government, and industry, had a keynote address, entitled “The Cyber Security Quagmire: Finding the Panacea”, aimed to elucidate the information security industry’s successes, failures, and future out-of-the-box solutions that can be implemented, using the pharmaceutical industry’s fight against diseases as a model.

Throwing more light on this Jay Bavisi said, “We have unknowingly followed on the same path as the pharma industry. We quarantined our networks from attacks via firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and intrusion prevention systems. When this was insufficient, we introduced cyber hygiene by introducing security awareness programs, which introduced policies, processes, and controls; the next step should be a cyber-vaccine in order to propel the world’s organizations into a more secure future.

He adds, “Findings from the Code Uncode competition conducted in India with 5000 participants decisively prove there is a serious lack of knowledge in secure coding practices that could be a causative source of security breaches around the world.”

The Colloquium is active throughout the year and holds an annual conference in June.

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Mobile, Alabama, USA – June 12, 2013

Jay Bavisi, president of EC-Council, warns academic minds to introduce cyber vaccination programs via secure code education in his opening keynote address of the US National Security Agency’s CISSE Colloquium 2013. Bavisi pointed out that while the medical industry has been able to nearly eradicate diseases such as polio and small pox through medical vaccinations, the information security industry hasn’t yet been able to achieve similar success against the scourges of cyberspace because of the lack of implementation of its vaccine equivalent: secure coding.

Jay Bavisi, warned thought-leaders from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the finest academic minds of the NSA’s centers of academic excellence of the worsening Cyber Plague at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE Colloquium). The event was hosted by the University of South Alabama in Mobile Bay on June 10, 2013. The CISSE Colloquium was created in 1997 to provide a forum for dialogue among leading figures in government, industry, and academia.

The Colloquium, one of the largest gatherings of academics, government, and industry, is led by Dr. William Maconachy, a former Director of the NSA and the current Director of Academic Affairs of Capitol College. Bavisi’s keynote address, entitled “The Cyber Security Quagmire: Finding the Panacea”, aimed to elucidate the information security industry’s successes, failures, and future out-of-the-box solutions that can be implemented, using the pharmaceutical industry’s fight against diseases as a model. As the co-founder and President of one of the largest IT Security certification bodies in the world, EC-Council, and the co-creator of the groundbreaking Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification that launched ethical hacking as a mainstream career, Bavisi lent an interesting perspective to the event.

Bavisi said, “We have unknowingly followed on the same path as the pharma industry. We quarantined our networks from attacks via firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and intrusion prevention systems. When this was insufficient, we introduced cyber hygiene by introducing security awareness programs, which introduced policies, processes, and controls.” Bavisi went on to say that the next step should be a cyber-vaccine in order to propel the world’s organizations into a more secure future. Bavisi continued by linking the results of a recent secure coding competition conducted in India with nearly five thousand participants, Code Uncode, to the continuing plague of insecurity. Findings from the Code Uncode competition decisively prove there is a serious lack of knowledge in secure coding practices that could be a causative source of security breaches around the world.

The Colloquium is active throughout the year and holds an annual conference in June. Conference information is available on the Colloquium website at https://www.cisse.info. The Colloquium board consists of members such as Brenda Oldfield, formerly the Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; William Maconachy, PhD and former deputy senior computer science authority at the National Security Agency (NSA); as well as Daniel P Shoemaker, PhD, and Principal Investigator and Senior Research Scientist at UDM’s Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies.

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India – June 12, 2013

Thapar University supports Code Uncode- India’s First Ever Nationwide Secure Programming Competition. EC-Council, the world’s leading provider of certifications and training in the information security domain, recently launched Code Uncode, India’s first ever nationwide hunt to recognize the top secure programmers in India. Code Uncode set to kick start on May 19th is a 3 level online competition where individuals can test and showcase their talent in secure programming.

Bangalore, India – March 19, 2013

EC-Council, the world’s leading provider of certifications and training in the information security domain, has launched Code Uncode, India’s first ever nationwide hunt for the best secure programmer. Kick starting on May 19th, Code Uncode will be a 3 level online competition.

Code Uncode is a nationwide competition for students, professionals, colleges and corporate organizations. The event will bring together existing and aspiring security enthusiasts from all fields of the infosec world from the Corporate and government bodies to academic institutions.

“EC-Council is dedicated to strengthening cyber security across the world and Code Uncode ’13 is an initiative to draw attention to a very key component of the information technology domain- Secure Coding. We wish to provide a platform for students, professionals, existing and aspiring programmers to come together and test their domain knowledge and showcase their talent while competing for the title of India’s Most Secure Coder,” said Jay Bavisi, President, EC-Council.

According to a report by Gartner in 2011, the IT security market of India is expected to have a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 16.4 percent from 2011-2016.

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Geneva, Switzerland – May 16, 2012

Jay Bavisi, the President of EC-Council Foundation, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, announced a new online competition open to every country in the world with the goal of raising awareness of information security and online safety among teenagers and adults. The announcement of the competition, dubbed the “High School Challenge”, came today while Mr. Bavisi spoke on a high-level executive panel at the World Summit of Information Security 2012, organized by the International Telecommunication Union in cooperation with UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNDP in Geneva.

Speaking alongside Mr. Bavisi, the high-level panel consisted of the Secretary General of ITU, Dr. Hamadoun Toure; Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of the Management Board of IMPACT; H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, Director of General Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of U.A.E.; Honorable M. Gilbert Noel Ouedraogo, Minister of Transport of Burkina Faso; H.E. Valery Borissov, Deputy Minister of Transport and Information Technologies; and Dr. Salim Alruzaiqi, Information Technology Authority, Communications CEO of Oman.

The new online competition format was created with the intent of incorporating teens and young adults into EC-Council Foundation’s existing and groundbreaking ethical hacking competition, The Global CyberLympics.

CyberLympics has been endorsed by the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), which is the cyber security executing arm of the United Nations’ specialized agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Dr. Hamadoun I. Toure, the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has officially been appointed as the Patron of the Global CyberLympics. With that appointment, Dr. Toure became the Chair of the Global CyberLympics Advisory Council (GCAC).

The Global CyberLympics is a not-for-profit initiative lead and organized by EC-Council Foundation with the goal of increasing education and ethics in information security through a series of cyber competitions that encompass forensics, ethical hacking, and defense. The “High School Challenge” is a key initiative for Global CyberLympics with the goal of fostering an environment that creates child online protection through education. The mission statement of the Global CyberLympics is “Unifying Global Cyber Defense through the Games” and last year, over 1,500 people applied to participate in the competition. The regional qualifying competitions were held at Cyber security conferences across the globe and the top two teams from each region were invited to participate in the World Finals. As travelling to the competition can prove costly and logistically complicated for children, the online “High School Challenge” will allow for great participation. As a Technology Sponsor of the games, the competitions will be powered by SAIC’s (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) CyberNEXS(TM), a live, realistic game environment that has been used for well over 150 training and competition events globally, enabling users to develop the skills to recognize and defend against cyber attacks..

The CyberLympics World Finals is scheduled on the 29 -31 October, 2012 at the Hacker Halted Conference in Miami. For more information about CyberLympics or to register, please visit: https://www.cyberlympics.org

The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in various e-business and information security skills. It is the owner and creator of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)/License Penetration Tester (LPT) programs, and as well as many others programs, that are offered in over 87 countries through a training network of more than 450 training partners globally and has trained over 90,000 individuals and certified more than 40,000 security professionals.

The Foundation was set up as a not for profit initiative by the founders of EC-Council to raise awareness, build capacity across nations, and ultimately promote global peace while ensuring that the global community raises its awareness for the immediate need for child online protection. One of the key initiatives of the foundation is the Global CyberLympics; a unifying body for Global Cyber Defense. Global CyberLympics is a series of cybersecurity related competitions including: Forensics, Penetration Testing, Computer Network Defense, and Capture the Flag.

The Foundation also supports select regional, national, and international high school, collegiate and professional education programs and cyber competitions. The EC-Council Foundation mission is to foster collaboration and participation by Global Digital Citizens to become advocates for safe and secure on-line activities and child online protection.