Security Mentor News & Events

What is happening with Security Mentor? Where can you see us? Read about our current news, tradeshows, and speaking engagements. Stop by and share your ideas about security awareness, or ask for a demo and see for yourself why Security Mentor's training is so uniquely engaging and effective.


2/27/2012 - 3/02/2012	Security Mentor to exhibit at RSA® Conference 2012
	Security Mentor is exhibiting in booth #328 at the RSA Conference® 2012, Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. For a free RSA Conference Expo pass, contact Security Mentor. Go to the real-time RSA Conference 2012 Expo Interactive Floorplan and search for Security Mentor to see our location on the show floor.

02/29/2012, 9:30 AM - 10:30AM	Dr. White facilitating "Security Awareness: Exploring the Science and the Art" P2P Session at the RSA 2012 Conference
	Dr. Marie White, Security Mentor's CEO & President, will be facilitating a Peer2Peer session at the RSA Conference 2012 titled "Security Awareness: Exploring the Science and the Art. Join a lively conversation on how to secure your organization's most vulnerable asset - its people.

12/20/2011	Info Security's 2012 Global Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
	Security Mentor is proud to be named a finalist in the Security Training and Education Program category of the Global Excellence Awards by the Info Security Product Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of technology.

3/15/2011	Security Mentor's CEO and COO spoke at ISSA Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting
	Dr. Marie White and Mr. Craig Kunitani were presenters on the "How Education Providers and Academia are Addressing the New Realities of Corporate Security Education" panel at the ISSA Silicon Valley Chapter, March 2011 meeting. Mr. Kunitani and Dr. White respectively spoke on the keys to good security awareness training and the questions to ask when evaluating security awareness vendors. The panel was led by Jim Carr, retiring Education Director of Silicon Valley ISSA and a part-time instructor at UC Santa Cruz Extension. Mr. Ravi Char, Global Information Security at NetApp, also was a presenter, speaking on the business perspective.

2/14/2011 - 2/17/2011	Security Mentor to exhibit at RSA® Conference 2011
	Security Mentor will exhibit in booth #551 at the RSA Conference® 2011, Feb. 14-17, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Go to the real-time RSA Conference 2011 Expo Floorplan and search for Security Mentor to see our location on the show floor.

3/1/2010 - 3/4/2010	Security Mentor exhibited at RSA Conference 2010
	Security Mentor exhibited in booth #2639 at the RSA Conference 2010, March 1-4, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. To see the RSA Expo floor map and Security Mentor's booth location, click here

10/14/2009	Security Mentor exhibited at Cornerstones of Trust 2009
	Security Mentor exhibited at the Cornerstones of Trust 2009 conference, which was held on October 14, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City, CA. "The Cornerstones of Trust conference helps security leaders and security practitioners evaluate trends and develop responses to the challenges like increasing cost pressures, rising compliance complexity, changing threat landscape and emerging technology disruptors."

4/13/2009	Security Mentor released core security awareness curriculum at RSA Conference 2009
	Security Mentor released core security awareness curriculum at RSA Conference 2009. Security Mentor Core is designed to train employees in the most critical security awareness skills quickly, economically and effectively. Like the full Security Mentor curriculum of 48 lessons (Security Mentor Comprehensive), Core follows Security Mentor's innovative training model of brief, frequent, and focused online lessons.

4/20/2009- 4/24/2009	*Security Mentor exhibited at the RSA Conference 2009* in San Francisco, California**
	Security Mentor exhibited at the RSA Conference 2009, which was held Apr. 20-24, 2009 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California.

9/10/2008	*Security Mentor exhibited at the Bay Area SecureWorld Expo* in Santa Clara, California**
	Security Mentor exhibited at the Bay Area SecureWorld Expo, which was held Sep. 10-11, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

9/10/2008	*Security Mentor CEO spoke on security awareness panel at the Bay Area SecureWorld Expo* in Santa Clara, California**
	Security Mentor CEO Marie White spoke on the "Today's Trends in Security Awareness" panel at Bay Area SecureWorld Expo, which was held Sep. 10-11, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. SecureWorld Expo is the first Regional Conference formed to promote the ideals of fostering communication between security professionals and technology leaders, to discuss best practices and to bind that body of thought in a public/private partnership with Government. Dr. White participated in the Today's Trends in Security Awareness panel, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sep. 10 and discussed what works, why, and what may be on the horizon for security awareness programs.

8/4/2008	SandHill.com picks up Marketing Memo blog post on Security Mentor
	The "Breaking Security" blog piece by marketing consultant Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies Marketing was picked up in the "Best Practices: Software Marketing" opinion column by Sandhill.com, a strategic management, investment and marketing services consultancy. See the item below for a recap of the original posting, or read the entire posting at http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/daily_blog.php?id=29

7/29/2008	*Security Mentor is "prepared to disrupt the status quo" says Marketing Memos* blog**
	The "Marketing Memos" blog by Silicon Strategies Marketing describes Security Mentor's training as a disruptive technology in the security awareness training market. "Security Mentor has analyzed a market, itemized the weaknesses therein, built a product that eliminates all those weaknesses and adds some new value as well. This is a structured approach to breaking into a market and one that greatly enhances their probability for success. From a marketing strategy standpoint, their product design process is superb." Read the entire posting titled "Breaking Security" at http://www.siliconstrat.com/blog/2008/07/29/breaking-a-market-status

4/7/2008 - 4/10/2008	Security Mentor at RSA Conference 2008 expo
	Security Mentor's team demonstrated Security Mentor's innovative security awareness training that is brief, frequent, and focused.

3/24/2008	Start-up Security Mentor™, Inc. introduces an innovative approach to security awareness training, training that matches the way people learn and work.
	Start-up Security Mentor™, Inc. introduces an innovative approach to security awareness training, training that matches the way people learn and work. Pacific Grove, CA - March 21, 2008 - Seventy-nine percent of information security officers think human error is the root cause of information security failures, according to a 2007 Deloitte & Touche survey. No wonder security training and awareness was one of their top three information security initiatives for 2007. The problem is training may not be effective. Busy schedules, information overload, and long gaps between trainings can make it hard for employees to learn the security information they need. And even when they do, over time, the impact of training fades. Security Awareness in Your Inbox Every Week Now Security Mentor has a solution: brief, frequent and focused Security Awareness training. A series of engaging, interactive, rich media lessons are delivered through Security Mentor's website. Employees no longer have to remember to take training; they receive a weekly email linking them to their latest lesson. Because lessons are short and frequent, "Security Mentor Security Awareness Training keeps security at the forefront of your mind." said Marie White, Ph.D., a Security Mentor founder and defense industry security veteran. "Over time, it creates a culture of security in the company." Each lesson focuses on one specific subject, which allows employees to master the material in less than 7 minutes. The interactive multimedia content is engaging and supports different learning styles. A learning management system tracks and measures each person's progress through the lesson, enabling managers to know that employees received the information - and learned it. Key attributes of Security Mentor Training: Frequent. Frequent exposure keeps security at the top of mind and increases retention. Brief. The adult human attention span is 12 to 15 minutes. On average, employees get interrupted every 11 minutes and switch to a new task every 3 minutes. Security Mentor Security Awareness Training lessons last about 7 minutes, fitting in with busy work schedules. Focused. Only one topic is presented per lesson. Employees can more easily remember and apply security topics. Engaging. Rich, interactive media captures employees' attention and supports different learning styles. In Depth. Each topic is covered in greater depth, enabling employees to better understand the issues. Flexible. Web-based training can be accessed when and where it is most convenient for employees and employers, increasing participation and reducing costs. The impact of employee turnover on security is reduced; new hires can begin the training at any time. Relevant. Content developed by Certified Information Security professionals focuses on security relevant to the workplace. Memorable. Instructionally designed lessons increase retention through the use of real-world situations, stories, problem-solving, and serious games. Measurable. The learning management system keeps track of each employee's progress through the training and generates reports both for the employee and for management. Complementary. Security Mentor training reinforces internal and commercial security awareness training programs by reinforcing key security messages. Security Mentor, Inc. at RSA® Conference 2008 Security Mentor, Inc. demonstrated Security Mentor Security Awareness Training at the RSA® Conference Expo. The RSA Expo ran from April 7 - 10, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. About Security Mentor, Inc. Security Mentor, Inc. is a provider of online security awareness training. Security Mentor's innovative approach of brief, frequent, focused training reduces security risks by helping employees become Aware, Alert, Secure™. Aware - know the security risks. Alert - think before acting. Secure - make the right choice. Security Mentor, Inc. was founded in 2007 by veteran security professionals and Department of Defense contractors. For more information, please visit http://www.securitymentor.com.