Attention Business Editors: Informatica Education offers best-selling professional security training products across Canada

Toronto, December 15, 2005 /PR/ Informatica Education announced today the launch of an extensive portfolio of self-paced e-learning products from computer-based training leader LearnKey Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Informatica Security Corporation, Informatica Education specializes in security training and offers the most diverse security-oriented education in Canada. The alliance is made possible through LearnKey’s Canadian distributor, Shadowbox Learning Services, Inc.

Informatica president Claudiu Popa is a certified security consultant and educator: “We are very excited to announce the expansion of our self-paced learning solutions because it complements our existing portfolio perfectly. Our technical e-learning and CD-based training lets IT and security professionals achieve their career goals through certification and added specialized expertise. We are now offering information security and technical training in every format that our customers demand. The combination of our Security Awareness Certification training and LearnKey’s core products allows us to satisfy the corporate education needs of organizations at any level, in one single step.” Informatica Education also assists client organizations with employee development and corporate training plans to meet immediate and long term goals.

Informatica Education now offers the following LearnKey technical and certification training: CISSP, Security+, Network+ and CISCO® Authorized Training. Additional best-selling training includes Security Essentials, Wireless Network Security, Hacking Revealed, Windows 2000 Network Security, Windows Server 2003 Security Design and Implementation.

Shadowbox President Will McGarvey welcomed Informatica as a premier Canadian security training organization: “We look forward to working with Claudiu and his team to expand the user base of these great products locally. Informatica’s arrival means that customers with security training requirements can acquire that education in any format, from a single knowledgeable source. Their expertise and focus helps us more effectively distribute relevant training products through a dedicated value-added partner.”

About Informatica Education

Informatica Education provides corporate clients with current knowledge and education with a focus on information security, asset protection and compliance. Available as instructor-led courses, e-learning and computer-based programs, a full solution catalogue is available online at www.InformaticaEducation.com.

Informatica Education is best known for its pioneering Security Awareness Certification program that helps organizations educate employees at every level about the importance of workplace security best practices, the protection of information assets and regulatory compliance. The program is available to all organizations across Canada in e-learning and instructor-led formats. For more information visit www.SecurityAwareness.ca or www.SecurityAwarenessTraining.ca.

WorkLife Learning is Informatica’s proprietary portfolio of courses and seminars, designed to meet the requirements of corporate training and development plans, security strategies and budgets. WorkLife Learning includes Security Awareness Certification, on-site seminars and a variety of corporate training programs offered through Informatica Education Partners such as the Humber Corporate Education Centre and Ryerson University. On the Web at: www.WorkLifeLearning.ca.

The Informatica group of companies offers diversified security solutions including best-of-breed commercial products, research and analysis, strategy and implementation, corporate training and security awareness certification for all corporate employees. Over the past 16 years, Informatica has provided consulting, analysis, implementation and training solutions to SME and enterprise clients in diverse sectors. Informatica clients include financial organizations, government, non-profit organizations, services, manufacturing and health organizations.

On the web: www.InformationSecurityCanada.com and www.InformaticaSolutions.com and www.InformaticaResearch.com.

For media enquiries, strategic alliances and more information contact:

Claudiu Popa, CISSP, PMP, CISA
President & CEO, Informatica Corporation
416-431-9012 Claudiu@InformaticaSecurity.com

CO: Informatica Corporation Information Security/Risk Management
ST: Ontario
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