Albuquerque, NM, United States, 09/12/2008

EC-Council is pleased to announce the appointment of University of Limerick in Ireland as an Authorized Training Partner

EC-Council, in its release, announced that it has entered into an agreement to have two of EC-Council’s current certification courseware included in one of the University’s ICT Specialist Diploma courses. The accredited ICT Specialist Diploma, which consists of three modules and a project, has associated professional certifications tie to each module (giving students both the academic award and multiple possible professional certifications). The University of Limerick has official alliances and partnerships with a number of key industry players such as EC-Council, CISCO, Microsoft, Sun, CompTIA and many others.

The partnership with the University of Limerick will see the Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) and Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (C|HFI) certification courseware incorporated into the Systems Security Specialist Diploma program. Plans to incorporate other EC-Council certifications for other specialist diploma courses are underway, and will be announced at a later stage.

Professor Eamonn Murphy of the University of Limerick commented, “A number of fundamental factors such as economic climate, socialization, globalization, alternative learning, and learner and institutional autonomy, have each placed a barrier to the furthering of education of employed graduates. In an effort to fuse the University-Industry interface, the University has designed a new postgraduate framework to allow an individual to a steppingstone in their qualification from Specialist Diploma to Masters to Professional Doctorate. To combat the rapidly changing environment of ICT and to ensure industry relevance, each ICT Specialist Diploma has associated professional qualifications incorporated into the module offerings. By coupling the industry requirements with academic goals and economic objectives, these programs provide learners with all-round technological knowledge, while integrating a professional applied approach from a practical perspective through professional certifications.”

Professor Murphy added, “The two EC-Council certifications, C|EH and C|HFI, were chosen to complement the Specialist Diploma in Systems Security for their practical application, industry significance and world-wide recognition.”

Mr. Jay Bavisi, President for EC-Council, remarked, “It is an honor for us to partner with the University of Limerick. Having our courseware chosen as a complement to an existing curriculum shows the value that we bring in to creating awareness in information security education. We are confident that more of such partnerships will take place in the near future.”

About University of Limerick, Ireland
The University of Limerick was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and was classified as a University in 1989. The University of Limerick is an independent, internationally focused university with over 10,845 students and 1,313 staff. It is a young, energetic and enterprising university with a proud record of innovation in education and excellence in research and scholarship. Its mission is to promote and advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research and scholarship in an environment that encourages innovation and upholds the principles of free enquiry and expression. Particular attention is paid to the generation of knowledge that is relevant to the needs of Ireland's continuing socio-economic development.

The University of Limerick offers a range of programs up to doctorate and post-doctorate levels in the disciplines of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Education and Health Sciences, Science and Engineering. It has academic links with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

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 security skills. It is the owner and developer of the world famous Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (C|HFI) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (E|CSA)/License Penetration Tester (L|PT) programs, and various others offered in over 60 countries around the globe. These certifications are recognized worldwide and have received endorsements from various government agencies including the US Federal Government via the Montgomery GI Bill, and the US Government National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) certifying EC-Council Network Security Administrator (E|NSA) program for meeting the 4011 training standard for information security professionals.