World-renowned Security and Privacy Expert, The Privacy Professor, Develops One-of-a-Kind Tool to Help All Businesses Prevent Privacy Breaches

Des Moines, IA, June 12, 2009 --(PR.com)-- For over two decades, Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor®, has been leading the field in combating information security and privacy risks. Since President Obama’s February 2009 signing of the HITECH Act (dramatically expanding the reach of HIPAA), and the far-reaching requirements of the Red Flags Rule, the services Herold provides have become even more crucial for thousands of organizations.

So Herold has just launched the first-of-its-kind in a series of training tools – called Security Search #1: At the Office – to facilitate businesses in meeting legal, regulatory and contractual training requirements. The program educates employees at all levels (not just information technology staff) about how to reduce risks and safeguard the personal and company information they're responsible for handling.

“Security Search is interactive training that not only meets compliance requirements, but also provides a fun and effective way for employees to work as a team to identify their own day-to-day risks on an ongoing basis,” Herold says. “Smaller companies, especially, can’t always afford expensive online training – which is generally not as effective as the interactive experience this new program delivers. This program gives them an efficient solution to manage the security concerns all organizations face.”

You can find complete Security Search package information, a video and case study at www.privacyprofessor.com/security_search. Pricing is based on the number of employees within the organization, so it’s affordable for all businesses and business units. For a short time, Herold is reducing all packages by 25 percent.

Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor, is an esteemed information security, privacy and compliance expert and practitioner. In addition to being an indispensable partner to countless Forbes and Fortune 500 Companies, Herold assists organizations of all sizes though her industry appearances, keynotes, books, newsletters, courses and tools. Positioning and validating Herold as the go-to expert in this arena is her impressive list of distinctions:
· One of “Eight Privacy Firms to Watch,” Computerworld, April 2007
· One of the “Best Privacy Advisers,” Computerworld, 2007 and 2008
· One of the “Top 50 Internet Security Blogs,” Daily Netizen, 2008
· One of the "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security,” IT Security magazine, 2007
· Professional certifications: CIPP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, FLMI
· Adjunct professor for the NSA-certified Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance program

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