EmergingEd and intelligence-led security company FireEye, have announced their strategic partnership to both produce and deliver essential cyber security training online.
The two companies have made available the first of these cutting-edge, expert-led, interactive courses.
With massive shifts in the employment landscape and a growing cyber security talent need, much of the workforce is looking for ways to rapidly develop new skills. In addition, as business adjusts to the recent, rapid shift to supporting remote workforces and distributed teams, the need to protect against an even broader array of digital threats has become even more important and, in some cases, essential to the core functioning of industry.
Lexi Zarecky, managing director, EmergingEd, said: “We are excited to partner with FireEye as a recognised leader in the cyber security space to deliver this critical training. The company has a wealth of experience and expertise supporting thousands of organisations and governmental agencies, making them the ideal partner to deliver our first set of hands-on technical cyber security courses.”
Zarecky said the company is thrilled to be able to offer these training sessions. “FireEye has previously delivered via in-person workshops through our platform, making them available online for the first time,” he said.
The broadly available provision of this calibre of online cyber security training equips professionals with the ability to develop sought after skills from home, without sacrificing depth or quality, and industry to have access to a growing pool of technology talent.
Dr. Brett A. Miller, managing director, Education and Training at FireEye Mandiant, said the responsibilities and security challenges faced by organisations today have never been greater.
Miller added that as the threat landscape evolves, so too must company toolkits.“Together, EmergingEd and FireEye plan to make multiple online courses available which will help efficiently scale cyber security training for both individuals and companies across industries,” he said. “Through the online training, participants can help build the necessary skill set for today’s job environment, based off the methods used by our experts themselves.”
The first online course offered through this collaboration is Network Traffic Analysis. Comprised of four instructional modules and four live hands-on digital labs, this course teaches learners how to identify malicious network activity using network protocols, network architecture, intrusion detection systems, network traffic capture and traffic analysis.
