ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® and CA
Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) announced today that, in recognition of
Cyber Security Awareness Month, the software company is providing
additional funding for NCMEC's efforts to help find long-term
missing children and provide educational programs to prevent future
crimes.
"We never forget a missing child, and recent recoveries of
several long-term missing children tell us there is always reason
to hope and work for a child's safe return," said Linda Krieg, acting CEO, NCMEC. "For more than a
decade, CA Technologies has made our mission of child safety its
own, and with its continued support, we will be able to do even
more for long-term missing children and their families."
In the past five years, NCMEC has seen 4,835 children recovered
that were missing for more than six months. Of those children, 399
had been missing for more than five years and 69 had been missing
for more than 20 years.
NCMEC's efforts on behalf of long-term missing children include:
forensic services and analytical and on-site support for law
enforcement; production of age progressed images of children and
the distribution of those images in missing child posters; and
emotional and peer support for searching families.
"We are proud to partner with NCMEC to help keep children safe
and reunite families," said Erica
Christensen, vice president, Corporate Social
Responsibility, CA Technologies. "It is our hope, through CA's
sustained support, NCMEC will be able to bring more long-term
missing children home, and provide educational tools to help
prevent future crimes."
CA's funding will also support the growth and development of
NCMEC's prevention and education programs, including NetSmartz.
Using cutting-edge technology, music, animation and innovative
learning techniques, NetSmartz provides parents and educators with
tools to help keep children safe online.
For more than a decade, CA Technologies has partnered with NCMEC
to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation and
prevent child victimization. In addition to monetary support, the
company has contributed software solutions, services and training.
CA software is the backbone for NCMEC's NetSmartz411, an online
resource for answering questions about Internet safety.
About the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is the
leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and resource center
providing services for law enforcement, families and the public to
help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation and
prevent child victimization. Designated by Congress to serve
as the nation's clearinghouse on these issues, NCMEC operates a
hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678), and has assisted law
enforcement in the recovery of more than 205,000 children. NCMEC
also operates the CyberTipline®, a mechanism for reporting child
pornography, child sex trafficking and other forms of child sexual
exploitation. Since it was created in 1998, NCMEC has processed
more than 3.6 million CyberTipline reports, and reviewed more than
135 million images of apparent child pornography. To learn more
about NCMEC, visit www.missingkids.org. Follow NCMEC on Twitter and
like NCMEC on Facebook.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart
of every business in every industry. From planning, to development,
to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide
to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across
mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe
environments. Learn more at Learn more at www.ca.com.
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