Protecting Information: Common Questions

Q: What exactly IS Protecting Information?

A: Protecting Information is a new quarterly security and privacy awareness newsletter that you can easily customize and distribute to your entire organization. Protecting Information will save time, free up internal resources and deliver a cost-effective awareness solution. Please see our Product Data Sheet for more details.

Q: How can it benefit my organization?

A: Protecting Information helps educate all employees on information security and privacy principles using real-world examples relevant to personnel and their families. It enhances existing education and awareness programs and helps establish metrics to verify the effectiveness of your awareness efforts. Protecting Information is a cost-effective method for ensuring compliance with state, federal and international privacy, data protection and security laws, regulations and standards.

Q: How is Protecting Information different from other newsletters?

A: Protecting Information goes well beyond traditional newsletters, providing audio files and interactive exercises to engage your personnel and help them truly understand security and privacy concepts. Protecting Information is designed to integrate with your existing awareness programs and comes with time-saving advice from security and privacy expert Rebecca Herold.

Q: We already have an employee newsletter, do we need this one?

A: Protecting Information is focused exclusively on information security and data privacy topics that impact most organizations. Protecting Information is written by leading data privacy and security expert Rebecca Herold. It can be used in conjunction with existing employee communications.

Q: In what format is Protecting Information distributed?

A: Protecting Information is distributed in electronic format in both MS-Word and HTML formats. PDF files can easily be created from the MS-Word files for distribution on your corporate intranet.

Q: Can I customize it for my organization?

A: Yes. Protecting Information is designed for easy customization or to be used "as-is." Customization options include your corporate logo, a company-written article, and customized hyperlinks to related policies and procedures.

Q: How often do I receive Protecting Information?

A: Protecting Information is published four times a year, at the beginning of each calendar quarter in J anuary, April, July and October.

Q: How much does it cost and what is the licensing model?

A: Protecting Information is licensed per organization and includes a right to redistribute the material in any format within your organization. A one-year subscription to Protecting Information starts at $1800.00 USD for organizations up to 1000 employees. Subscription pricing is tiered based on the number of users who will access the content. See our pricing sheet for more details.

Q: Can I distribute Protecting Information to my entire organization for a single license?

A: Yes. You may distribute Protecting Information to your all of your employees and full-time contractors for one license fee.

Q: How can I purchase Protecting Information?

A: Protecting Information is published by Information Shield. Orders can be placed via FAX, email, or via our electronic storefront. Organizations within the United States can also order via corporate purchase order. Please see our ordering instructions page for details or to download an order form.