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Global CyberLympics an online Ethical Hacking game announces its newly formed Advisory Board, including but not limited to: Curtis Levinson United States NATO Cyber Defense Advisor, Sali Osman Cyber Security Advisor for GE Capital, and Balaji Venketeshwar the Vice President of Information Security at BA Continuum.

Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) April 22, 2013

Global CyberLympics, an international ethical hacking, cyber security online game is proud to announce its newly formed advisory board. The Advisory Board is made up of the following members:

Sharvind Appiah, Chief Information Officer of GEODIS Group

Dr. Abu Hasan Ismail, CEO and Founder of Prestariang Berhad

Curtis Levinson, United States NATO Cyber Defense Advisor

Sali Osman, Cyber Security Advisor for GE Capital

Todd Salmon, Director of Security Assessments at FishNet

Marc Atayi, President and CEO of Techworld International

Balaji Venketeshwar, Vice President of Information Security at BA Continuum (A wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America in Asia pacific and Latin America)

Roberto Puyó Vallardes, Chief Information Security Officer at ONP (Ministry of Economy of the Government of Peru)

Jay Bavisi, President of the Global CyberLympics Organization Committee stated “The Advisory Board is as diverse as our players, and are representative of different areas around the globe. With their feedback, we can improve the games.” The Advisory Board will counsel the Global CyberLympics Organization committee on the following topics: development of the games, proficiency of the games, sponsorships, game continuity, and promotion of the games.

For more information contact Janelle McLean -Program Coordinator of Global CyberLympics at Janelle.mclean(at)eccouncil(dot)org.

About the 2012 Global CyberLympics Games

The 2012 Global CyberLympics grew by over 200%, and increased the number of Countries that participated from 27 to 52. Last year’s world finals competition was an action packed 6 hours with hacker teams changing positions several times as they jockeyed for top honors. These final games drew a consistent crowd as Hacker Halted conference goers gathered to see which flags (servers) teams were capturing. In the end team Hack.ERS from the Netherlands were able to defend their World Championship title, as they reclaimed 1st place for the second year in a row. The 2nd place team was the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Cyber Padawans of the USA and the 3rd place spot went to team gula.sh of Hungry.

About the EC-Council Foundation

EC-Council Foundation is a charitable and educational organization dedicated to educating and training individuals in security skills; it is the founding company for Global CyberLympics an international computer defense, and ethical hacking competition. EC-Council Foundation’s application for recognition of its exemption from federal income tax under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code is pending with the Internal Revenue Service.

EC-Council Foundation was established in 2012 by the founders of the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council). The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) a member-based organization that certifies individuals in e-business and information security skills. It is the owner and creator of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI), EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), License Penetration Tester (LPT), and numerous others that are offered in over 87 countries through more than 450 training partners globally. EC-Council has trained over 90,000 individuals and certified more than 40,000 security professionals.

For more information about Global CyberLympics and EC-Council Foundation, please visit http://www.cyberlympics.org

Janelle McLean
EC-Council Foundation
505-922-2885
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McCann Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Division Releases White Paper on Digital Intellectual Property Theft

McCann Investigations releases white paper which explores the complexities of digital intellectual property theft and methods by which a business can protect its data.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) April 11, 2013

McCann Investigations, a Texas-based computer forensics firm released a white paper titled Digital Intellectual Property Theft: Protecting your Organization. This paper explores the complexities of digital intellectual property. The sophistication of cyber assaults has increased at alarming rate allowing hackers to steal intellectual property from individuals and small companies, to large companies with a significant global presence.

In many cases, intellectual property theft occurs during a data breach which can often come from external sources such as hackers. But many times, intellectual property theft occurs when present for former employees (sometimes in collusion with one another) download or export proprietary company information such as engineering drawings, client lists or trade secrets. This is often done when those employees are seeking to create a competing company. In many intellectual property theft cases facilitated by employees, there is a component of non compete violations. Many companies have solid non compete agreements in place to prevent intellectual property theft and infringement issues.

“Intellectual property theft has become a big business for foreign countries looking to gain an edge in the global market.” Says Daniel Weiss, Managing Partner of McCann Investigations. “Smaller companies are more at risk given that they often do not have the resources as a larger company to secure their networks against such attacks.” Continued Weiss

McCann Investigations Houston Division specializes in several case types including fraud, embezzlement, theft, non compete enforcement, digital debugging, data breach incident response and complex family, civil and criminal.

About McCann Investigations

McCann Investigations is a Texas-based private investigations practice focused on comprehensive investigations incorporating digital forensics, surveillance, undercover work and backgrounds for clients in various case types. Case types include intellectual property theft, non compete enforcement, fraud, embezzlement and family law. McCann Investigators are experts in the latest computer forensics tools and are licensed with the state of Texas. McCann computer forensics examiners have provided expert testimony and reporting in hundreds of cases across the state.

Through digital investigations, McCann also delivers digital debugging and data breach and incident response services.    In cases where there is suspected external or internal hacking with the installation of malware of spyware or when data and privacy loss has occurred due to network breach, McCann investigations computer forensics and IT security experts use cutting-edge tools to document, evaluate and respond to the incident. McCann works with clients to analyze their IT networks and put protocols in place to secure the network.

McCann Investigations utilizes multiple tools in their comprehensive investigations including digital investigations, digital debugging, corporate investigations, litigation support, IT security audit and oversight, complex family, civil and criminal.

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Malisa Vincenti
McCann Investigations
800-713-7670
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