SANS Partners with NRI SecureTechnologies to Help Japanese Businesses Manage their Human Cyber Security Risk

BETHESDA, Md., May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, today announced it has entered into a reseller agreement with NRI SecureTechnologies, ltd. (NRI Secure) that provides Japanese businesses localized access to SANS Security Awareness training program. The agreement addresses NRI Secure's clients' growing need for end user cyber security governance training in Japanese.

"As evidenced by results of NRI Secure's 2016 annual information security report (Cyber Security Trend Annual Review 2016), executives and employees throughout Japan continue to be susceptible to a variety of targeted attacks. This finding is not surprising given the lack of global end-user training content in Japanese," said Jun Odashima, President and CEO of NRI Secure. "Since 2000, NRI Secure has been committed to helping Japanese companies improve their abilities to protect themselves from cyber attacks. Extending access to SANS' world-class information security awareness training to NRI Secure's clients in Japanese enables us to build upon our dedication to helping Japanese businesses by filling a much-needed void for localized training. In doing so we hope to help organizations throughout Japan change employee behaviors to minimize risks."

SANS Security Awareness provides organizations with a comprehensive solution that enables them to easily and effectively manage their human cyber security risk. SANS Security Awareness offers industry leading classes, tools and resources so thatsecurity awareness officers can easily and effectively manage their human cyber security risk. SANS Security Awareness has worked with nearly 2,000 organizations and trained eight million people around the world. Training content is translated into over 20 languages and built by the world's most knowledgeable cyber security experts. 

For additional details regarding SANS Security Awareness, please visit: http://securingthehuman.sans.org/u/s7N

About NRI SecureTechnologies
NRI SecureTechnologies is a leading Security Service Provider that was created August 1, 2000 as a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI). Specializing in cyber security and recognized today as a leader in next-generation managed security services, security consulting and security software development. NRI Secure is focused is on delivering high-value security outcomes for clients with the precision and efficiency that define Japanese quality.
(https://www.nri-secure.co.jp/service/learning/sans_sth.html)

About SANS Institute
The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and, by far, the largest provider of cyber security training and certification to professionals at governments and commercial institutions world-wide. Renowned SANS instructors teach over 50 different courses at more than 200 live cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates employee qualifications via 30 hands-on, technical certifications in information security. The SANS Technology Institute, a regionally accredited independent subsidiary, offers master's degrees in cyber security. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, and newsletters; it also operates the Internet's early warning system--the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners, representing varied global organizations from corporations to universities, working together to help the entire information security community. (www.SANS.org)

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