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5 Tips to Maximize Your IT Security Training

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Quality security training is a costly investment. Multiple-day training sessions are usually required for significant learning topics and are almost exclusively fee-based. And the fees are not the only investment. Key staff must be taken out of the field to attend the course, resulting in opportunity costs and lost work hours. But our adversaries are […]… Read More

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Which Cybersecurity Skills Training Medium Is Best? Instructor-Led Training as King

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One of the most exciting aspects of working in technology is change, and security in particular requires an agile mind. People who are capable of rapidly acquiring knowledge and developing new skills – the proverbial ‘quick studies’ – fare best in this landscape. So what’s the best way to learn and grow? Successful on-the-job learning […]… Read More

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Which Cybersecurity Skills Training Medium Is Best? Instructor-Led Training as King

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One of the most exciting aspects of working in technology is change, and security in particular requires an agile mind. People who are capable of rapidly acquiring knowledge and developing new skills – the proverbial ‘quick studies’ – fare best in this landscape. So what’s the best way to learn and grow? Successful on-the-job learning […]… Read More

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Closing the Skills Gap: Making the Case for a Blended Training/Education Approach

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself and, you will succumb in every battle.” –Sun Tzu, “Attack by […]… Read More

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