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Experts in

Cyber Security training.

Hardly a day goes by without a cyber attack being reported. With this ever-increasing threat there is a growing need for all organisations to be able to detect, deter and defend against these attacks as part of their every-day business.

With a large majority of breaches being the result of technological compromise as well as human error (social engineering, phishing, etc.), todays modern businesses need to ensure they have both the right technology solutions and cyber skills across their organisation.

At QA we have developed the most comprehensive end-to-end cyber security training portfolio providing training for the whole of your organisation, from end user to Executive Board level courses as well as advanced programmes for your security professionals.

Raise your

Cyber Security

readiness.

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PROVIDING THE BEST FOR OUR CUSTOMERS

CYBER SECURITY TRAINING:

THE QA WAY

MORE THAN COURSES

The highest quality training.

WE HAVE OVER 20 TRAINERS DEDICATED TO TE ACHING CYBER SECURIT Y SKILLS

More accredited professionals with real-world experience than any other training provider.

Our trainers are accredited by leading vendors.

FLE X I B LE LE A RN I N G TR A I N ER E X PERTISE

Our trainers are all experts in their subject matter and have relevant industry experience to ensure practical up to date course content and delivery.

Authored

Our cyber security experts develop and write our courses allowing you to benefit from their real life expertise and bridge the gap between product specific training and real world applications.

At QA we offer learning in many ways, with classroom, eLearning, public, private and bespoke programmes ensuring our customers can learn anywhere, any time, any way.

I N DUSTRY E X A M PLES

BESPOKE PROGRAMMES Solutions developed as per your specific requirements in a bespoke recreated safe environment.

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CYBER LAB EXPERIENCES ALL ROUND LEARNING

Hands on Cyber Security learning.

Every level covered: End user awareness to executive level and advance programmes for security professionals.

State of the art Cyber Lab and unique 'hack-lab' platform provides a hands-on environment for security professionals to accelerate their security skills.

QA 's Cyber Security training suite has every level covered; from end user to executive level. We also offer advanced programmes that help you develop skills based on your individual requirements.

To help you keep up to date with the latest technologies and techniques, we have just opened a state of the art Cyber Lab, which provides unique, hands–on learning across the Cyber domains.

CAPTURE THE FLAG Role play scenario led 'Treasure hunts' which will comprehensively prepare delegates for a phase of the cyber incident and response lifecycle.

TEST YOU R CY B ER S KI LL S Our state of the art Cyber Lab and unique ‘hack-lab’ platform provides a hands-on environment allowing security professionals to accelerate their security skills in a safe

‘sandboxed’ lab.

"We often hear about patching

common application vulnerabilities, however human weaknesses are the vulnerabilities that are in need of urgent patching.

Poor security practices and under investment in security training and awareness will continue to be at the root for almost all data breaches until we prioritise the human element of the cyber threat."

Richard Beck

Head of Cyber Security, QA

At QA, we are passionate about security training.

Recognising the importance of educating security professionals and business users, we have developed the most comprehensive Cyber Security training portfolio, helping organisations to detect, deter and defend against cyber threats, in a supportive, hands–on learning environment.

Delivering public, private and bespoke training courses to meet the business needs of individuals, employers and enterprise. Our unique ‘cyber-lab’ provides an environment for security professionals to accelerate their skills with hands-on platforms led by experts in their field.

With over 50 public courses, we offer cyber certifications, cyber assurance and cyber defence training for the whole organisation from end users to the board with specialist security training at the core.

What we

offer

Cyber Certifications Cyber Awareness

HMG Information Assurance Cyber Compliance

Cyber Security Operations Cyber Incident Response Cyber Secure Developer Cyber Intelligence

Digital Forensics

Cyber Offensive Defence

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Current courses (March 2016).

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T H E E N D T O E N D C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y S O L U T I O N

HMG Information Assurance

If your organisation is part of the public sector or the HMG supply chain, then you will be required to demonstrate a full understanding of security relating to information, security threats and appropriate mitigation methods.

Our HMG information assurance (IA) training is for security professionals (in both public and private sectors) that need to develop thorough and practical knowledge of IA. Our courses are designed to provide processes, methodologies and disciplines that enable risk identification, analysis and mitigation at the highest possible standard. Reinforced using real world case studies and constantly updated to stay ahead of the rapidly changing landscape, you can rest assured that our HMG IA courses will deliver the skills you need.

Cyber Compliance

It doesn’t matter how robust your technology is, every business faces an element of risk. A holistic approach to security risk ensures employees are well educated against cyber threats and security risks and helps to illustrate the responsibility for keeping an organisations data safe is business wide, not just IT.

Our cyber compliance training ensures that employees are clear on their regulatory responsibilities and the current best practice and standards. Through in-depth practitioner training we focus on enhancing and embedding knowledge rather than just teaching ‘tick-box’ compliance like many other training

organisations.

So reduce the risk in your business and utilise the best practice security training from QA.

Cyber Certifications

When assessing a security professional's capability and skills, prospective employers look at their certifications as a measure of achievement and commitment to self development.

We provide best-of-breed security certification training, leading to internationally- recognised qualifications, from entry level CompTIA Security+ to our Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) course.

Cyber Awareness

It’s a simple fact that the majority of security compromises in organisations involve human error. So in today’s ‘always on’ workforce the need to inform, influence and educate employees has never been greater. Through education comes a reduction of risk, and that is where QA Cyber Awareness courses really deliver.

Delivered by our highly skilled instructors, we understand the realities around cyber security and how to embed them into people and organisations. Including areas such as ‘the modern threat landscape’, ‘insider risks’, ‘supply chain risks’

and ‘Executive Mitigations’, our Cyber Awareness courses ensure organisations can detect, deter and defend against cyber threats.

O U R C Y B E R D O M A I N S E X P L A I N E D

Cyber Security Operations

Our Security Operations Curriculum delivers security operations training

through hands-on technical experience needed to respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities. These courses are designed to enable individuals and organisations to improve operational security, leverage the security operations centre (SOC) analyst and understand the specialist training techniques used in vulnerability management and security information event management (SIEM) platforms.

Including specific courses on malware, reverse engineering, vulnerability management and encryption and delivered in a technology agnostic approach means we are able to offer training that is independent to vendor or cloud technology.

Cyber Intelligence

Open Source Cyber Intelligence (OSCI) is fast becoming an essential toolset of the cyber security analyst and digital investigator. With the modern cyber criminals’ ever increasing ability to utilise peoples ‘digital footprints’ to compromise organisations, it is a vital component in cyber defence to fully understand the extent that our cyber-enabled world leaks data which could put you and your organisation at risk. This is the foundation of the cyber intelligence tradecraft.

Our cyber intelligence courses provide the skills to become more effective by utilising a highly practical approach to learning, allowing delegates the time to explore and understand core subject areas deeply, including the Dark Web, Cyber Crime in Business, protecting your online footprint, along-side the core courses of Open Source Cyber Intelligence.

Cyber Incident Response

QA’s Cyber Crisis Management and Incident Response training provides the vital skills for your business leaders and specialists to lead and manage the unique challenges brought about by a ‘cyber crisis’.

By providing both public and closed cyber crisis management training we can provide the skills, tools and techniques to help manage and mitigate risks across the whole organisation. In addition, our unique ‘Cyber Labs’ provide a safe place to simulate and role play resolution scenarios, meaning that we deliver both theory and practice ensuring maximum learning.

Cyber Secure Developer

The majority of successful cyber-attacks depend on exploiting a few well- known common vulnerabilities in code and systems.

With QA’s Cyber Secure Developer curriculum you can learn how to

‘design in’, rather than ‘bolt on’ security to your system development lifecycle. Suitable for software developers, business analysts and other professionals working across the technical development lifecycle these courses help organisations develop with security top of mind.

Digital Forensics

It is a fundamental fact that today, nearly all businesses rely on web technologies to operate, and with that dependency comes the reality of an increased cyber threat. To combat that threat and/or to investigate incidents that have occurred in order to prevent future threats, the discipline of Digital Forensics is key.

At QA we have developed a ‘digital forensics track’ that takes delegates from forensic fundamentals, mobile forensics through to advanced topics. This learning track enables individuals and organisations to utilise investigative tools, gather ‘digital evidence’ and report in a way that ensures clarity and actionable insight.

Delivered on Windows and Linux labs, covering methods to identify, preserve, analyse and report on digital artefacts, mobile devices, e-discovery and recovery, these courses offer the opportunity to put digital forensics into action.

Cyber Offensive Defence

Designed to deliver advanced skills in ethical hacking, our range of penetration testing and hacking courses set a new standard in cyber security education.

Our training utilises a ‘hands on’ approach allowing you to experience the most common hacking tools which we use to demonstrate the true vulnerabilities that many technology vendors would rather you didn’t see.

In addition, for our advanced courses, we now include 30 days post course access to our virtual ‘Hacking Labs’ allowing you to develop, practice and test out your cyber skills in a dedicated environment. So if you need to develop world class cyber defence skills and techniques in your organisation these courses are designed for you.

QA Cyber Labs:

High Octane Learning

In response to the growing cyber threat, QA has designed and launched a state-of-the-art Cyber Labs facility that gives business and technical teams practical hands-on learning, letting them simulate and react to real life threats in a secure computing environment.

The Cyber Labs will help build vital skills from digital investigation to cyber crisis management and communications; from developing a defensive shield and mastering the art of ethical hacking to building an understanding of the entire cyber threat landscape.

For more information see:

QA.COM/CYBERLABS

CYBER CRISIS MANAGEMENT DIGITAL FORENSIC

INVEVESTIGATIONS

• Understand how to conduct digital investigations relating to malicious activity

• Learn how to accurately collect and analyse evidence

• Gather social media intelligence on

‘Digital Treasure Hunts’

• Conduct investigations online and across multiple devices

• Rehearse incident response

• Learn to lead and communicate in a cyber crisis

• Simulate press and media liaison exercises

• Practice effective inter-department communications

• Rehearse industry specific scenarios

SECURITY OPERATIONS

• How do you know you haven’t already been compromised? Learn the skills to find out.

• Keep up to date with advanced attack, detection and reporting methods

• Develop technical solutions for managing cyber risk

• Understand and practice effective security incident triage

OFFENS I V E DEFEN CE

• Developing a defensive shield

• The art of ethical hacking – for beginners to advanced

• Hands-on hacking tools

& techniques to identify vulnerabilities

• Develop proactive defence skills

Providing the best for our customers.

“Subject knowledge is essential for effective instruction. Through my career I have been enrolled on many courses.

This course [CISMP] has been

unquestionably the most valuable, due to [the trainer’s] experience, passion for the subject and communication skills. I will look to undertake courses with him in the future.”

More than courses

In addition to the most comprehensive security training portfolio, QA are also able to offer you world-class apprentices and Master Degrees in Cyber.

Our apprenticeships combine employment with government funding, giving you a cost-effective way to bring raw talent into your organisation, allowing you to develop and retain talented professionals, solving your skills shortages.

Through our academic partnerships we are able to offer a fully accredited UK postgraduate master’s degree in Cyber.

A P P R E N T I C E S H I P S I N C Y B E R

A P P R E N T I C E S H I P S . Q A . C O M

month full–time programme

18-24

Small classes of 12-16 students

of Apprentices gain a job

94%

Learn workplace relevant techniques and skills Gain qualifications

Level 4 Diploma in Information Security Competence

Level 4 Diploma in IT Systems and Principles

Operating systems Information assurance Understanding threats Enterprise IT architecture

Cryptography

Cover key areas of expertise

s t u d e n t s w i l l

Gain a critical understanding of information governance

and assurance.

M A S T E R D E G R E E S I N C Y B E R

M A S T E R S . Q A . C O M

Central London campus

Learn from a network of academics, practitioners

and experts from both Northumbria University

and QA.

Internationally–recognised postgraduate degree month part–time

programme

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Trial new approaches and processes in a safe

environment.

Work on real–world scenarios and case

studies.

Have a chance to build a professional network from people met on the

course.

s t u d e n t s w i l l

Our consultants programme allows clients and partners to contract high-calibre, fully–trained QA IT consultants to fulfil specific resourcing needs in a cost-effective manner, without compromising on quality.

We source the most talented recent graduates and train them to be fully-qualified IT consultants, ready to ‘hit the ground running’

on projects for our clients.

It builds on our award-winning apprenticeship model, which currently employs over 1700 apprentices across 700 clients.

T A L E N T A N D R E S O U R C E S

Q A . C O M / C O N S U L T I N G

QA ACADEMY Centre of Excellence enablement,

underpinned by our unique Academy model.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Retain IP through our knowledge

transfer proposition.

HIGHLY SKILLED CONSULTANTS Industry-standard certifications and

professional expertise.

Make sure you have the skills to protect your organisation.

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0345 074 7978

visit

QA .COM/CYBER

or drop in to one of our national centres.

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