IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for user behavior analysis and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, today announced that it has been approved by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to provide Continuing Privacy Education (CPE) credits.

Netwrix will offer CPE accredited educational content to help IT professionals maintain certifications with Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), as well as increase cybersecurity awareness in the IT community.

Along with PwC, American Society of Access Professionals, Association of Corporate Counsel, Practising Law Institute and other organizations, Netwrix provides CPE-approved webinars that enable IT professionals to claim 1 CPE credit per hour. CPE credits are available now for the following live and recorded webinars:

1. GDPR: How to Stop Suffering and Start Benefiting 
   The threat of data breaches is growing, and governments all over the world are concerned about data protection and IT security. The next big compliance mandate to come is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will affect all organizations, regardless of location, that do business with EU residents. Netwrix speakers Jeff Melnick and Russel McDermott explain how GDPR compliance can be beneficial to your organization. 
2. Hacker Explains: Gaining Unauthorized Access to Your Windows IT Environment
   Over the past few years, there has been a steady increase in cyber-attacks on both enterprises and public sector entities. Analyzing these attacks in detail will help you quickly identify attack vectors and better protect your IT environment. Netwrix expert Jeff Melnick and "white hat" hacker Liam Cleary explain the top methods that attackers use to gain unauthorized access to your IT environment.

"As cyber threats continue to grow, security awareness becomes extremely important. The need to protect IT environments from data breaches stimulates the demand for up-to-date knowledge resources and makes it more critical for IT professionals to constantly improve their security savviness," said Corey Stewart, Certification Coordinator at the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

"We are proud to become a part of the IAPP community. Our goal is not only to develop security software, but also to share out security expertise and experience with the professional IT community to beat cyber risks. We are glad to use our knowledge to create high-level educational content that will empower organizations to keep up with the evolving cyber threat landscape and help IT teams develop professionally," said Michael Fimin, CEO and Co-Founder of Netwrix.

Learn more about CPE-approved webinars, visit: https://www.netwrix.com/webinars.html

About IAPP

The IAPP is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is a not-for-profit organization that helps define, support and improve the privacy profession globally. For more information about IAPP and its activities, visit: https://iapp.org/

About Netwrix Corporation

Netwrix Corporation was the first vendor to introduce a visibility and governance platform for hybrid cloud security. More than 160,000 IT departments worldwide rely on Netwrix to detect insider threats on premises and in the cloud, pass compliance audits with less effort and expense, and increase productivity of IT security and operations teams. Founded in 2006, Netwrix has earned more than 100 industry awards and been named to both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. For more information, visit www.netwrix.com

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