The Ponemon Institute(C) is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government. To achieve this objective, the Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries.

Ponemon Institute’s services include industry-wide studies, proprietary (commissioned) tracking studies, training as well as consultancies on trends in privacy and data protection.

Dr. Larry Ponemon, a pioneer in the development of privacy audits, privacy risk management and ethical information management, is the chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute.