Award Honors Certified EC-Council Instructors Specializing in Information Security

(July 21, 2010) St. Louis, MO – When Parameter Security launched H@cker University in May of 2008, they didn’t realize they’d soon be up for one of the information security industry’s most prestigious awards.

Nominated for educating offensive cyber security professionals in various industries including the federal government, Dave Chronister, was shocked to hear he was among those being considered for the Certified EC-Council Instructors (CEI) Award. “I was aware that students in my security classes were happy with my teaching style and skills based on overall course evaluations, but I didn’t know they were that happy,” said Chronister in response to the news.

The EC-Council CEI Awards honors Certified EC-Council Instructors (CEI) that have attributed to the success of EC-Council certification programs and made a difference in the rapidly evolving information security and ethical hacking domains. These prominent awards are designed to emphasize the importance of information security as a key component in business and to acknowledge and reward Certified EC-Council Instructors that have shown the greatest achievement as well as made significant contributions to EC-Council certification programs and the information security community at large.

This year alone, Chronister has taught various EC-Council certification courses throughout the United States, Canada, Germany & Qatar to professionals in industries ranging from financial and professional services to health care and the federal government.

Winners will be announced sometime in August followed by an awards ceremony in October.

About EC-Council
The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in various e-business and information security skills. It is the owner and creator of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)/License Penetration Tester (LPT) programs as well as many others programs. Many of these certifications are recognized worldwide and have received endorsements from various government agencies including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill, National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).

About Hacker University
H@cker University™ or Hacker U™ is an EC-Council accredited training center for IT professionals and non-IT professionals who desire education and training regarding information security and malicious hackers. Our EC-Council Certified Instructors offer a variety of courses from security awareness to IT security professional certifications such as C|EH, E|CSA, C|HFI and more.

About Parameter Security
Parameter Security, an ethical hacking firm, was born out of the need to help protect our businesses, government, healthcare, financial and educational institutions and various organizations nationwide from vicious hackers. As Certified Ethical Hackers, we emulate the minds and motives of malicious attackers to test the security of your network and your people. What makes us different is that we use the information gathered to empower you by explaining how we gained access to your sensitive data, the type of information we retrieved and offer recommendations on how to improve your overall information security. Parameter Security offers attack and penetration audits, vulnerability assessments, social engineering, website and wireless security audits, computer forensics, code reviews, security awareness training, IT security certifications and more.