Cisco Curriculum Meets Government Security Training Standards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2003 Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) Cisco Information Systems Security Professional Only Vendor-Specific Curriculum that Meets Rigorous Standards of the National Security Agency and Committee on National Security Systems Cisco Systems, Inc.(R) today announced the addition of a government-specific security curriculum for network professionals. The new Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professional validates the knowledge and skills specified by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS CNSS Committee on National Security Systems (formerly NSTISSC) CNSS Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (Morocco) CNSS Center for National Security Studies CNSS Council of the National Seismic System ) for federal systems engineers. The INFOSEC Professional is the only vendor-specific curriculum that meets the rigorous standards of the National Security Agency (NSA NSA abbr. National Security Agency Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign ) and the CNSS. The INFOSEC curriculum recognizes the knowledge and skills required for managing national critical information infrastructures and networks as specified by the CNSS in the NSTISSI NSTISSI National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction 4011 standard. The CNSS represents a broad cross-section of federal departments and agencies and sets the training standards for information assurance professionals in government and industry. The CNSS is responsible for establishing the NSTISSI No. 4011 standard and for authorizing curriculum that maps to those standards. "Cisco continues to set the bar for businesses and governments worldwide and we are pleased to provide the networking validation recognized by NSA and CNSS," said Greg Akers, senior vice president, Cisco Systems. "Cisco is at the forefront of security training, being the only industry vendor to provide security training that meets the federal 4011 standard. INFOSEC enhances our ability to provide end-to-end solutions to government partners with comprehensive security products, services and training scaled to meet their needs." A recent report issued by the White House titled, "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace In the United States government, the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, is a component of the larger National Strategy for Homeland Security. The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace was drafted by the Department of Homeland Security in reaction to the September 11, 2001 " stated that one of the major barriers to improving cyber security was "an inability to find sufficient numbers of adequately trained and/or appropriately certified personnel to create and manage secure systems." To meet that need, Cisco will continue to develop certification and training programs designed to improve the skills and knowledge level of federal information assurance professionals. New Training and Availability Candidates for the INFOSEC Professional certification must hold a valid CCNA See Cisco certification. (R) and pass the corresponding exams. The recommended training for the CCNA certification is available from a global network of Cisco Learning Partners and the Partner E-Learning Connection. Training may be purchased via Cisco Learning Credits and are redeemable at Cisco Learning Partner locations worldwide. VUE See HP-VUE. VUE - Visual User Environment: a desktop manager for Unix from Hewlett-Packard. and Prometric offer Cisco certification exams at locations worldwide. For training and certification information, visit www.cisco.com/go/training. For Cisco Learning Credits information, visit www.cisco.com/go/learningcredits. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. |
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