Partnership Opportunities- The Compliance Authority

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The Compliance Authority is proud to collaborate with the following partners:


The University of Fairfax
The University of Fairfax (UoF) is an independent non-profit (501.c.3) institution of higher education which seeks to address the growing shortage of Information Security/Assurance (INFOSEC) professionals. This shortage is projected to grow by 60% to 2.1M jobs in 2008. Since its inception in 2002, UoF provides specialized online graduate programs in Information Security and Information Assurance.


Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting, and Growth Team Membership™ empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates, and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnership Services, visit http://www.frost.com.


Network Frontiers
Network Frontiers has developed The Unified Compliance Framework (UCF), the first and largest independent initiative to map IT controls across international regulations, standards, and best practices. The UCF accomplishes its goal by harmonizing terms and controls against the backdrop of a master hierarchical list. Network Frontiers helps guide IT professionals through the maze of tehcnology products, regulations, and issues.


The GRC Group
The GRC Group's SOX and GRC Institutes are the de facto industry standards in SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) and GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) training and certifications. To earn your CSOXTM, CSOX-IT, CGRCTM and CGRC-IT credentials visit www.soxinstitute.org and www.grcinstitute.org today. Use promo code TCA2008 for exclusive discounts for readers of The Compliance Authority.


SOX Institute
SOX Institute is the de facto industry standard in SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) training and certification. To earn your CSOXTM and CSOX-IT credentials visit www.soxinstitute.org today. Use promo code TCA2008 for exclusive discounts for readers of The Compliance Authority.


GRC Institute
GRC Institute is the de facto industry standard in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) training and certification. To earn your CGRCTM and CGRC-IT credentials visit www.grc.soxinstitute.org/ today. Use promo code TCA2008 for exclusive discounts for readers of The Compliance Authority.


PCI Security Vendor Alliance
The PCI Security Vendor Alliance is an international non profit organization that works with the retail and payment card industries to develop efficient and cost-effective ways to achieve compliance with the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), a global benchmark intended to improve security throughout the entire payment card transaction process.

PCI SVA members, all with strong experience in delivering PCI compliance solutions to thousands of customers, leverage their combined knowledge to support the objectives of the PCI Security Standards Council -- securing sensitive data processed by merchant partners with best-of-breed PCI DSS solutions that address the needs of system integrators and business users.

The PCI SVA also complements the objectives of the major card payment brands by helping educate the payment card industry about the business value of achieving PCI DSS compliance.


PCI Knowledge Base
The PCI Knowledge Base is an independent community of persons who Know PCI and how to achieve compliance with the PCI security standards from the ground up. The Knowledge Base includes merchants, assessors, banks, payment processor s, consultants and vendors of payment systems and security technology. The PCI Knowledge Base is dedicated to facilitating the exchange of experience and advice relative to the Payment Card Industry security standards and other related data security and privacy laws. Our members include merchants of all levels, as well as security assessors or auditors, and developers of payment processing systems, security products and many different types of service providers.

For more information, please visit www.knowpci.com