Cybersecurity Certification Job Opportunities by State

Cybersecurity Jobs are Knocking –  certifications will open the door

FACT: the number of job postings requiring IT or cybersecurity certifications, are far greater than the supply of those holding these credentials. College degree is NOT required to work and grow in IT or Cybersecurity careers.


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Now Enrolling: CISSP Course Tempe, AZ

CISSP Courses November 2017

  • Blended Live Mentor and Online Course is structured to meet student timelines
  • ABL Cyber LAB included for both onsite and remote access – real world skills building ethical hacking our vulnerable websites and apps
  • DoD grade Instructors
  • Location 10 minutes West of ASU
  • Government Pricing available for Educational, Financial and Large Commercial Organizations

Price incl. Tuition and Books: $3596 – exam fee and CISSP Mentor support included
November Courses: Get Course Info from Link below

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CISSP, PMP, Security +, Network + and CEH Classes Now Available in Arizona

Advanced Business Learning, (ABL) a Licensed State of Arizona postsecondary vocational school, now offering five-day cyber security boot-camp certification preparation courses with Federal Government pricing, at their classroom facility in Tempe.

Scottsdale, AZ (September 6, 2016) – Now offering Intelligence Community and Military Grade instruction, Scottsdale based Advanced Business Learning (ABL Academy) is currently enrolling for the following 5-day bootcamp cybersecurity training preparation courses:

CISSP: This certification preparation program is intended for experienced IT security-related practitioners, auditors, consultants, investigators, or instructors, including network or security analysts and engineers, network administrators, information security specialists, and risk management professionals, who are pursuing CISSP training and certification to acquire the credibility and mobility to advance within their current computer security careers or to migrate to a related career.

PMP:  This certification preparation program is intended for individuals in various job roles who are involved in leading, managing, and participating in small to medium scale projects. In this course, students will apply recognized practices of project management and understand a project’s life cycle and roles and skills necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close a project.

Security +: This certification preparation program prepares technology professionals to master technology systems found in varied information technology environments, from traditional devices and operating systems to mobile platforms. This focus area provides the skills and knowledge to apply industry best practices along with new, innovative solutions to troubleshoot networking and security operations across a variety of information technology infrastructures and devices.

Network +: This certification preparation program for the CompTIA Network+ improves a technician’s competency in managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, installing, and configuring basic network infrastructure. This program validates the essential knowledge and skills needed to confidently design, configure, manage and troubleshoot any wired and wireless networks.

CEH: This certification preparation program is for individuals seeking the CEH certification. This program will significantly benefit security officers, auditors, security professionals, site administrators, and anyone who is concerned about the integrity of the network infrastructure.

Class schedules will start in early October for CISSP; PMP; Security +; Network +; CEH and more.  Visit www.advancedbusinesslearning.com/cyber-security for further details on classes or contact the ABL Academy at: 480-222-7507 or 480- 339- 4851.

 

About Advanced Business Learning (ABL)

For over 17 years, Advanced Business Learning has been a leader in workforce effectiveness programs serving the US Government and Fortune 1000 clients across the country and around the globe. Their team of elite consultants, instructors and best-of-breed partners are dedicated to delivering relevant, results-focused programs that are cost effective and have a measurable impact on your company’s short term goals and long term success.

Advanced Business Learning has a mission of bringing the same high quality DoD classroom experience with authorized CompTIA, EC-Counci, ISACA, ISC2, and PMI materials plus military grade instructors, many with DoD experience and Secret clearances, to thier certification exam prep courses where they ensure both certification exam readiness and application to real world work.

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Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity for Arizona Corporations

Recent cyberattacks on corporations like Target, Banner Health and most recently public voter data have influenced corporations to take a much more offensive approach to their internal cybersecurity practices.  As companies like Uber are shifting away from a traditional brick and mortar organization to a more cloud based platform, the need to protect consumer information has increased exponentially.  Modern day ways of doing business now have much less to do with cash as they do a smart phone transaction.

To avoid any setbacks or loss of consumer trust, companies have been forced to rethink their approach to protecting consumer data from a “wait and see” to having skilled and educated employees in place who now take preemptive measures to test strategies and best practices before a breach occurs.

A recent study by CompTIA, a leading resource for the IT industry, has shown that companies now consider security one of the primary responsibilities of their IT team.  Larger organizations may have a subset of individuals whose sole responsibility is protecting consumer data while other smaller companies rely on well trained individuals with Network+ or CISSP certifications leading the helm.

Long gone are the days where a simple firewall was sufficient security. Corporations must now assess vulnerability of data not only within but also vet the security capabilities of vendors with whom they work.  An example of this would be third party credit card processors or cloud based CRM platforms like Salesforce who are trusted daily with detailed consumer information.

Regardless of the security measures a company takes, CompTIA has also found that the most common source of breached data is caused by human error—specifically untrained employees.  Internal efforts to educate employees on cybersecurity best practices often fall short, creating a need for classroom based learning in a short amount of time.

Advanced Business Learning, a licensed State of Arizona postsecondary vocational school and a CompTIA Authorized Training Provider, offers a wide variety of courses which properly prepare workforces to meet today’s challenges in security management. Companies who wish to improve the knowledge base of their workforce can enroll employees in entry-level to advanced CompTIA courses which establish best practices in troubleshooting, networking and security across a variety of devices in a 5-day bootcamp. For those IT departments on the offensive, they may consider the investment in having their top IT professionals becoming ISC2 certified and ultimately becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Phoenix Cybersecurity Training School Offers New Learning Experience

Phoenix Cybersecurity Training School Offers New Learning Experience

As stout advocates against “learning decay” (the loss of retention of learned material over time) Advanced Business Learning (ABL) has developed a unique process that not only fights learning decay but helps students retain and relearn over time.

E-Learning (or web-based curriculum) done right involves working with the organization’s subject matter experts to distill the key skill-based learning elements and creating actionable scenarios the participant can immediately apply on their job. Couple this with targeted reinforcements to ensure just in time, just as needed rapid learning transference to the job.

To help stem this learning decay over a period of time and ensure the transfer of learning to actual job performance, a Continuous Learning System (CLS) should be incorporated into any learning solution.   This is an inventory of tools and content designed to enhance learning sustainment by delivering reinforcement training in live, virtual, or blended environments.

This “menu” approach is intended to be “mixed and matched” and configured based on specific requirements, situations, and readiness levels. Examples of CLS elements include:

  • Meetings in a box: Interactive discussions about best practices. Sustainability guides provide specific actions participants will take before, during, and after courses to promote the transfer and sustainability of learning
  • E-toolkits/Mobile Learning: Electronic cache of performance application, reinforcement, and support tools for easy access to updated course materials. Posted content may include, but is not limited to, Best Practice analyses, lessons learned, job aids, media assets, sample communications, templates, social media sharing tools, blogs, technical manuals

One example of Mobile learning or M-learning is to create targeted learning at the fingertips of users. This can be accomplished via Quick Response Code (QR Codes) posted on key equipment that links to a Learning Management System providing immediate access to instruction manuals, videos, job aids, micro-learning elements and scenarios on how to use the equipment to help the individual be effective in working with that specific equipment.

Users with a camera phone/smart tablet/laptop equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the browser. This act of linking from physical world objects is termed hard linking or object hyperlinking. QR codes can be used to log into websites: a QR Code is shown on the login page on a computer screen, and when a registered user scans it with a verified smartphone, they will automatically be logged in. Authentication is performed by the smartphone which contacts the internal server.

ABL’s unique approach to E-learning methods of training and processing information with continual technology-based reinforcement has proven to be a tactical advantage for employers looking to train their workforce. Employees are out-of-pocket for a short amount of time and return to work with a new base of expertise and the tools to retain the curriculum they just absorbed without a steep drop off from learning decay.

 

The Insider Threat is Real and it’s Now

What is an Insider Threat?

Is the threat to your organization someone you know and trust? An Insider Threat may be intentional or just bad work habits, poor training and personal behaviors. Both intended and unwitting threats are significant problems. Ignoring questionable behaviors can only increase the potential damage the insider can have on your organization, the national security and/or employee safety. While each insider threat may have different motivations, the indicators are generally consistent.

Be Alert! Be Aware! Report suspicious activity to your local security official. See something, say something. Nine times out of ten, after an attack on data or people, someone realizes they knew something that could have stopped or reduced the damages, or even deaths.  

Insider Threat Examples of possible Reportable Behaviors – Information Data Collection

  • – Keeping classified materials in an unauthorized location
    • – at home, car, backpack, bag, personal server
  • – Attempting unauthorized access to private or classified data information
  • – Obtaining access to sensitive information beyond the requirements of a person’s job
    • – A request from a worker or team member to provide access or documents without a current need or out of their project access
  • – Questionable data or file downloads
    • – Gathering information which has no relevancy to assigned work
  • – Unauthorized use of removable media and moving files without permission
  • – Using an unclassified medium to move classified materials
    • – Unsecured faxing, thumb drives, external hard disks
  • – Discussing classified topics and materials on non-secure phones, using non-secure emails or texts
    • – Use of cellphone in or out of workplace on home phone or personal email or texting
  • – Removing the classification markings from documents
    • – Changing the classification or observing deleting classified markings
  • – Unnecessary or excess copying of classified materials
    • – Nervous behaviors around unusual activities
    • – Moving data to external drives or any out of pattern heavy usage of copy machines
  • – Expressing loyalty to another country or for a radical cause
    • – Displays desire to help, assist or fight for a foreign faction
  • – Concealing reportable foreign travel or contact
  • – Sudden reversal of financial situation or a sudden repayment of large debts or loans
    • – Mysterious purchase of new car, expensive jewelry or large investments
  • – Being disgruntled to the point of discussing or writing about the desire to retaliate
    • – “I’ll get them for this” or “she’s going to pay for that”
  • – Repeated or unrequired work outside of normal duty hours
  • – Bringing an unapproved BYOD or work device into a unauthorized or controlled area


What’s in it for me to take the risk of reporting something?

Insiders have a negative impact on your industry, our nation’s security and safety and well-being of the citizens. Not reporting can seriously affect your career or even cause you big legal problems. The effect of not reporting, often will result in:

Not reporting can seriously affect your career or even cause you big legal problems.
The effect of not reporting, often will result in:

  • – Loss or compromise of private information, of classified or controlled and sensitive information
  • – Military weapons can be reproduced, destroyed, or rendered ineffective
  • – The country’s loss of technological competitiveness or superiority
  • – Financial loss, company brand and image damage causing layoffs or slowing economic growth
  • – Public utilities and infrastructure damage and physical harm, and loss of life

Take the Insider Threat seriously. It’s worth doing the right thing over the cost of keeping quiet. 

To find out what steps you can take in creating Insider Threat awareness, and the requisite change management for your organization, call Susan Morris or Tom Jenkins today.  
480-222-7507 office or 480-227-5134 direct