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Information Assurance Training
Why Would You Benefit From Information Assurance Training?
All military IT personnel are now required to become certified according to the DoD 8570 guidelines. As of December 31, 2010 all military IT personnel must be compliant. However, since that deadline has passed many are awaiting updated information on possible extensions or acceptations.
Additionally, the DOD has not relaxed its high standards for personnel training across all Information Assurance levels and functions: all training providers must still be ANSI certified.
IT professionals looking to expand their information security knowledge to qualify for more lucrative government jobs handling IA would benefit from specialized training as well.
Over the next decade, certified information systems managers will experience more job opportunities, greater job security and higher earnings, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read the rest of this entry »
What Is Information Assurance and How Does It Relate to Information Security?
We live and conduct business in an active asymmetric threat environment. An individual, business or organization must adapt and protect its vital information assets and critical digital infrastructure. Failure to do so is reckless and may be considered as an obvious lack of due diligence for people who have fiduciary and custodial responsibilities.
Any event that causes damage to information resources, whether it is a computer virus, natural disaster or system failure could be devastating to an individual (i.e. identity theft), company, its customers, suppliers and shareholders. Failing to do so may threaten the survival of the company itself.
An information system security breach could result in serious financial losses, the disclosure of protected private information, loss of research and development data or fines by regulatory agencies. Losses due to intrusions into an information system could negatively affect the general public (i.e. power failures). This might result in costly class action lawsuits that could exceed an organization’s ability to pay and result in its dissolution. Even an individual might be sued for negligence and be financially ruined. Read the rest of this entry »