Since its founding in 1999, the Virginia-based Security University has trained thousands of professionals in classes soon to be offered in major cities across the United States. Sondra Schneider, CEO of Security University, explains the popularity of the Security University curriculum: "We create a real-life environment with scenarios that reflect the conditions that test the skills of security professionals. We fill a void in the training market. This is our first appearance at Black Hat and the classes sold out in a matter of days."

Schneider brings energy to training that could be dull and tedious: "The four-day EDGE class emphasizes the importance of knowing the architecture to better understand the potential for vulnerabilities. We cover routers, firewalls, network access control, network behavior, content filtering and trojans; and bring it all together on the fourth day while looking at the value of centralized consoles like Intellitactics Security Manager." She goes on to explain, "Most companies and federal agencies start with the EDGE class and move on to Qualified Security Analyst, Qualified Forensic Expert and Qualified Security Hacker and Defender. These four classes and exams lead to accreditation as a 'QISP Qualified Information Security Professional'."

Tom Wallace, Vice President of Customer Service for Intellitactics, explained their participation in the class. "At Intellitactics, we like to surround our customers with the services, support and training they need to derive more value from their software solution. This type of training helps companies arm their employees with the skills they need to achieve compliance objectives and defend the enterprise from internal and external attacks. In the face of escalating threats, highly competent professionals is one weapon in the arsenal you can't do without."

About Intellitactics, Inc.
Headquartered in Reston, VA, Intellitactics provides the world's leading enterprise security management solutions used by security analysts, operations, and risk officers to achieve cost-effective regulatory compliance; mitigate risk by automating security operations, and accelerate incident resolution to ensure the availability of critical business services. Intellitactics' products empower organizations to simplify security and compliance. The flagship product, Security Manager, combines event, alert, and incident management to mitigate exposure to cybercrime, with extensive automated analysis and reporting. A strong complement to Security Manager is Intellitactics™ SAM, which measures security value and features security assurance metrics™ on a configurable dashboard. Other products include Intellitactics for Compliance and Intellitactics for Enterprise Defense. Intellitactics was awarded Common Criteria Certification in December 2004, making it the first software provider to earn this certification as a security information and event management solution. Founded in 1996, Intellitactics is backed by JMI Equity Fund LP and Lazard Technology Partners and is ranked by well-known industry analysts as a market leader known for innovative solutions, low total cost of ownership, and a commitment to customer success. Visit us at www.intellitactics.com.

About Security University
Security University provides the highest level of Qualified Information Security Professional Training and Information Assurance classes in the industry. Our mission is to show you how protect electronic assets. SU "helps raise the level of computer security and information assurance in your company" by providing hands-on computer security training for executives, network professionals, system administrators, security administrators, consultants and your staff. Security University is the leading provider of Hands-On Computer Security and Information Assurance Training and Certifications for IT professionals in the world. Since 1999, Security University is the first and only computer security training company to provide IT professionals a complete hands-on computer security curriculum for the creation of secure infrastructures. And in 2007 is the first to provide Qualified Information Security Professional training, education and testing. Each class provides SU escalating security workshops and hands-on technical labs that teach how to plan, implement, build and maintain security and compliance to reduce risk. For additional information, visit http://www.securityuniversity.net/