CHICAGO (October 6, 2010) - Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, today announced that Illinois State University has selected Trustwave's suite of data security technologies for its Information Assurance Lab. Illinois State University plans to simulate an existing network infrastructure with Trustwave to provide students hands-on lab experience.
"Trustwave's customer service along with the breadth and quality of their products made them the ideal partner for our Information Assurance Lab," says Douglas Twitchell, assistant professor and director of the Center for Information Assurance and Security Education at Illinois State University. "The lab will offer Illinois State students a unique, hands-on learning experience on the cutting edge of information assurance education."
Illinois State University selected Trustwave to provide students access to production-level technology and to allow faculty and graduate students greater opportunity to conduct research. The school expects to teach security concepts more effectively, to recruit more quality students and to graduate students with the qualifications to work in the information security industry.
"Trustwave is increasing its commitment to serving the Higher Education community's specific data security and compliance needs," says Robert J. McCullen, Chairman and CEO of Trustwave. "We are impressed with Illinois State University's new program and excited that its students will be learning on our award-winning technologies."
Trustwave extended its commitment to the Higher Ed community earlier this year by forming a new unit dedicated exclusively to serving colleges and universities. With hundreds of Higher Ed clients, Trustwave understands the community's unique compliance and security challenges, and its Higher Ed unit is very well equipped to custom tailor solutions that fit individual schools' needs.
About Illinois State University
The oldest and one of the largest public universities in Illinois, Illinois State University is a comprehensive, residential university with six colleges and 35 academic departments and schools, which offer more than 198 fields of study in undergraduate and graduate programs. Illinois State continues to be listed as one of the 100 best values in public universities in the country by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
About Trustwave
Trustwave is a leading provider of on-demand and subscription-based information security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and government entities throughout the world. For organizations faced with today's challenging data security and compliance environment, Trustwave provides a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its flagship TrustKeeper® compliance management software and other proprietary security solutions including SIEM , WAF , EV SSL certificates and secure digital certificates . Trustwave has helped hundreds of thousands of organizations-ranging from Fortune 500 businesses and large financial institutions to small and medium-sized retailers-manage compliance and secure their network infrastructures, data communications and critical information assets. Trustwave is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/.
