LIFEBOAT AWARDED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH SOFTWARE BY BAY (SBB). Antivirus & Firewalls are NOT enough to protect your employees and your company assets

Antivirus & Firewalls are NOT enough to protect your employees and your company assets. The Security Awareness CD provides an overview of Information Security and the threats that exist in today's computing environment. It is aimed to educate your employees and provides specific guidelines on the use of company resources such as computer systems, emails, the Internet, etc. Truly a must in today's corporate environment for the protection of company assets from internal misconduct and external attacks!

Parsippany, NJ (PRWEB) July 13, 2003 - Lifeboat(r) Distribution Services, a leading independent marketer of software Security tools for technology professionals, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Software By Bay, to distribute their Security Suite of products for their Web-based Information Security Education (WISE) training program, a series of interactive, self-paced courses designed to help companies and their employees increase their knowledge of internal and external security breaches and attacks, and the defenses available to protect against them.

Studies show that using the multimedia technologies employed in WISE increases retention rates of 30% over traditional training methods. The cost of training is significantly reduced, and employees learn more efficiently as they see, hear, and interact with the WISE application. Employees can pace themselves, begin and end a session at any time while they gain skills in information security concepts and policies; acceptable system use; business use of email; malicious code as pertaining to viruses, email worms, and Trojan horses; data handling; security breach management; threat identification and assessment; and hacker and denial of service attacks.

Based on the internationally recognized ISO 17799 information security standards that establish
information security best practices, the course program has been designed to provide training for all levels of company personnel, ranging from general security awareness and security management to detailed technical training.

"Software By Bay values its relationships with the distributor and reseller community," said John Bay, President of Software By Bay. "Our agreement with Lifeboat Distribution Services will allow enterprises throughout the United States to easily access the Security Software and Web Solutions that SBB offers."

Under the terms of this agreement, Lifeboat will distribute the Security Awareness Training CD and the Security Management Training CD for single users as well as for site licenses.

"We're delighted with this opportunity," said Dan Jamieson, Vice President and General Manager at Lifeboat. "This is NOT a PowerPoint slide show on the web. It is a true learning experience that incorporates a number of components including text and voice in combination with video, animation, simulation, and interactive sessions. It is simply intuitive and informative."

About Lifeboat Distribution Services:
Lifeboat Distribution, a division of Programmer's Paradise, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROG), is an international wholesale provider of software development tools, utilities, and other technically related products to computer software resellers. The company provides pre-sale consultative advice, in-depth product information, licensing options, and marketing programs in support of its select group of technical software lines. Lifeboat Distribution services thousands of solution providers, VARs, consultants, corporate resellers, and retailers worldwide. For additional information, visit www.lifeboatdistribution.com.

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About SBB

SoftwareByBay is the trademark of John Bay & Associates, LLC, a company of seasoned veterans in the Information Technology field providing clients with logical solutions through specially designed software application products. With average service of 25 years founding and managing businesses in software development for public safety, computer security, and wireless data access, the company's experienced team delivers to the client a high degree of value and safety from a boutique of technology applications
that provide security awareness and protection, ease of access to disparate information and business intelligence, as well as data search, archiving, and retrieval solutions.

Security Awareness

Antivirus and Firewalls are NOT enough to protect your employees and your company assets. Most security breaches start directly with your weakest link -- the employee. Stop the security violations with our Security Awareness eLearning course (Internet or CD). Train your employees on information and physical security issues. Teach proper use of company resources, such as computer systems, emails and the Internet with this 3-hour, 44 lesson course -- an absolute must for every employee within your organization!

Security Management

Effective organizational security starts at the top -- give your management the proper tools to make it happen. This course begins with defining and understanding the general roles and responsibilities of management in security breaches and related threats. It provides 32 in-depth lessons on Risk Assessment and Management, Security Breach Scenarios and Response, and Legal/Human Resource Issues. IT Security in Corporate America is no longer a skirmish, but a war. Equip your management with the weapons necessary to fight an effective battle!

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