Digital Transformation has occurred across all industries – including education. Though the advantages of this are numerous, it has also posed new challenges around data security. Irfahn Khimji, Chief Systems Engineer at Tripwire, tells us what these new challenges are and provides advice for teams with limited resources on how they can create a simple but […]

(ISC)², a leading non-profit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, has announced the availability of a new education programme to support candidates studying for the association’s new Entry-Level Cybersecurity Certification pilot exam. The exam is a permanent addition to (ISC)²’s range of qualifications and the organisation will be running further education sessions to support candidates preparing for the […]

Cisco Canada and STEM Fellowship have launched Canada’s widest-reaching cybersecurity education program for high school students – the Cybersecurity Classroom Training Program (CCTP). The CCTP addresses the growing need for cybersecurity awareness and education and provides early exposure to the various tools, technologies, and career paths available in IT and digital industries. Funded by a […]

OutSystems, a global leader in modern application development, has announced new partnerships and programs that accelerate its long-standing commitment to education and building a diverse generation of developers. With software needs multiplying for companies across all industries and an increasing shortage of developers, OutSystems is expanding its Developer Education Program to close the skills gap […]

BBS, otherwise known as the Boston Business School, a training academy of long-standing in Singapore, is launching state-of-the-art programmes to train, upskill and reskill people to work in highly sought-after technology roles. The first new programmes to be taught will enable people to take on roles as cybersecurity analysts or investigators or to work in […]

Researchers with the University of Cambridge have discovered a bug that affects most computer code compilers and many software development environments. At issue is a component of the digital text encoding standard Unicode, which allows computers to exchange information regardless of the language used. Unicode currently defines more than 143,000 characters across 154 different language […]

Mandiant, a leader in dynamic cyberdefense and response, has announced its new training program called Mandiant Academy. Leveraging Mandiant’s leading threat intelligence and cybersecurity expertise, the program provides education courses, incident response and threat intelligence analysis certifications and operational skills training to meet the shifting needs of security teams today.  Delivered by frontline industry experts, Mandiant Academy is designed to help close the cybersecurity skills gap by […]

Mark Wantling, Chief Information Officer, the University of Salford, discusses the institution’s need to provide a safe and secure environment for its students, which gave it full visibility over its assets and the ability to close hundreds of thousands of endpoint vulnerabilities. Wantling explains how the visibility Tanium provided it with meant that the university […]

A study of 600 CISOs explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a transformation in the shift to home working and how this has contributed to the rise in the number of cyberattacks targeting organisations. A new study has revealed an overwhelming percentage (75%) of CISOs consider their organisation to be at greater risk of […]

One of Australia’s leading tertiary education providers, Deakin University, joins cloud-based remote work solutions provider LogMeIn to safeguard its users’ sensitive data, records and passwords through LogMeIn’s LastPass solution. Deakin University uncovered staff were not using secure methods to store and share sensitive information, including personally identifiable information such as credit card numbers and passport […]