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Sondra Schneider is CEO and Founder of Security University, a Reston VA based Qualified Computer Security and Information Assurance Training Company. For the past 18 years Sondra has been traveling around the world training network professionals to be network and security professionals. In 2004 she was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year at the First Annual Woman of Innovation Awards from the Connecticut Technology Council. She sits on the advisory board for 3 computer security technology companies and is a frequent speaker at computer security and wireless industry events. She is a founding member of the NYC HTCIA and IETF, and works closely with ISC2, ISSA & ISACA chapters and the vendor community to provide qualified computer security training and feedback. Sondra holds the CISSP, CEH/ QEH, ECSA/ QSA, QPTL, and CHFI/ QFE credentials. She is the creator of the Qualified Information Security Credential that has been approved by the NSA/ CNSS (Committee of Security Services) 2007 begins the new Qualified Information Security Professional QISP Exam, the Qualified Information Assurance Professional Exam, and the Qualified Software Security Expert Exam. From finding to fixing exploits and vulnerabilities to mitigating security risks, the QISP, QIAP, QSSE will become the most valuable security performance qualification standard going forward. SU continues working closely with the CWNP Wireless Certifications. Recognizing the need for wireless security training, in 2001 SU partnered with the CWNP Wireless Certification Program as their first Educational partner, as of 2007 SU has trained over 1500 companies/ government agencies and over 700 professionals for the CWNA, CWSP and CWAP Certifications. 2007 brings a new QWAP Qualified Wireless Analyst Professional to SU's Security Qualification Testing Center. In 2004 SU was among the first to deliver the EC-Council CEH, ECSA, LPT, and CHFI Certifications. The EC-Council materials are taught to a higher educational level at SU. In 2004, Security University was among the first to partner with EC-Council to deliver the (CEH) Certified Ethical Hacker certification. In 2007 SU still integrates the SU Qualified Security Analyst and Penetration Tester Methods with EC-Councils ECSA (double certification) to deliver the ECSA (Security Analyst Certification) combined with the EC- council LTP License Penetration Tester Certificate. And in 2006, SU integrated EC-Councils' CHFI Certification with SU's QFE class with the CHFI Computer Forensic Investigator class to build a complete hands-on" QFE credential. Sondra has been teaching, consulting and advising on Intrusion Detection and PKI for the past 11 years. An 18 year industry veteran, Sondra wanted to bring the first performance based, hands-on security education and training to her network and security peers. Her quest to build informed, knowledgeable security professionals has taken her around the world. Sondra has established SU International partnerships 6 countries in multiple languages. Ms. Schneider has created corporate security awareness and compliance education workshops for many Fortune 100 companies. Security University teaches how to plan, implement, build & maintain a complete computer security strategy. Prior to founding Security University, Sondra co-founded IFSEC (1997-1999), the first boutique Information Security Consulting firm, located in New York City. As co-founder and partner, Ms Schneider was responsible for Computer Security Business Strategies and New Business Development. She created and led a team responsible for the introduction and implementation of Intrusion Detection and Public Key Infrastructure solutions for customer networks like AT&T, AT&T managed services, IBM managed Services, New York Life, and many Insurance and Financial Companies in the NorthEast. Capitalizing on her earlier computer security product experience as NorthEast Director of Business Development for the WheelGroup (NetRanger IDS, acquired by CISCO), Ms. Schneider brought real-time intrusion detection systems and tools to telecommunication, healthcare, financial institutions and Fortune 500 customers. In 1994, Ms. Schneider became the first Internet Specialist for ATT and introduced the Internet to large ATT clients. In 1991-1992, Ms. Schneider worked for MFS DataNet to create the downstream provider market which sold Internet bandwidth to buildings for the Internet. | 