IT training from qSkills™: With certainty more security know-how

The independent IT training provider qSkills™ is expanding its training offerings in the areas of information security, risk management, and compliance. The focus is on workshops covering Windows 7/security, security concepts, CISSP and CISM, and the integration of risk management. There is a growing need for a strategic overview of security processes, international standards, and guidelines. The quality of training is a key factor for knowledge transfer in companies and certified expert know-how.

What has long been at the top of the agenda for leading analysts such as Gartner has not yet been sufficiently recognized in many organizations. We are talking about an overall strategy for IT security and risk management. Current events, from cyberwarfare to the financial crisis and natural disasters, make the urgency of action more than clear. For this reason, the training company qSkills™ is expanding its portfolio on security, risk, and compliance with forward-looking, high-quality training courses.


Focus on technology: Windows 7 and security concepts
The new Windows 7 platform offers users numerous improvements in terms of usability, administration, and user feedback. In addition, the operating system enables the use of free security features. These include drive encryption/Bitlocker, firewall, and virus protection. In order to take full advantage of the security features, including security management, rollout, and client integration, these must be configured and tested within the organization. qSkills™ conducts 3-day Windows 7 training courses with a thorough overview of the optimal security configurations for administrators and users. This is important, as Kurt-Jürgen Jacobs, managing director of IT training provider qSkills™, believes that companies are facing a major rollout wave: Windows 7 is a mature version of the Vista platform with a stable client architecture for the enterprise environment. Therefore, after a period of evaluation in 2010, Windows 7 is now being rolled out in many companies this year.

This is also related to the training courses on security concepts for middleware and infrastructures. IT middleware solutions are important factors in optimizing the processes of complex software structures and achieving higher productivity. On the other hand, they form the platform for critical business processes and are a sensitive IT area in organizations. In its two-day training courses, qSkills™ covers all important aspects of security concepts for middleware and infrastructures, from theoretical knowledge to interactive exercises.


CISSP and CISM: two international seals of approval as a career ladder
Information security, risk management, and compliance are strategically important topics whose implementation in an organization requires experts with a high degree of expertise and know-how. Two internationally recognized continuing education programs offered by non-commercial associations provide the necessary tools. ISC² with the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and ISACA™ with the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). The CISSP training covers 10 domains – from information security and risk management to security architecture and compliance. The CISM certification focuses on security strategies and risk management, including risk analysis.

The high value of these qualifications is reflected, among other things, in the prerequisite knowledge required. The courses are aimed exclusively at security experts with 4 to 5 years of professional experience in the security field. The idea is to establish methods and standards at a high and internationally recognized level. For security professionals, this results in the recognition of a profession with the help of proven standards and guidelines. qSkills™ accompanies the certification process in an important phase with so-called CISSP and CISM preparation courses.

The preparatory courses provide an important overview of the exam-relevant content, including tests based on multiple-choice questions. Experienced trainers accompany participants in the 4- or 5-day courses right up to the exam and also provide tips and learning methods to help them obtain the demanding certificates. For Kurt-Jürgen Jacobs, this is a key factor: thanks to the high international acceptance of the qualifications, the professional competence of CISSP and CISM graduates in the areas of security, risk, and compliance is no longer questioned. And that is what qSkills™ focuses on with its training offerings. According to Jacobs, the quality of the respective training is a decisive factor for knowledge transfer within the organization.

Certificates and training certificates are increasingly becoming a criterion for hiring. With these international seals of approval, graduates have an excellent opportunity for their professional careers, summarizes Kurt-Jürgen Jacobs.


Risk management or strategy decides
Many companies are simply overwhelmed by the sheer volume of management systems, standards, and norms. Above all, the question of the right risk management method and the optimal strategy is one that preoccupies most organizations. qSkills™ shows the direction in which effective risk management can go with its range of training courses on methods, integration, and controlling. With our training courses on risk management, we are fully in line with the trend toward modern methods and practical approaches in order to create synergies in organizations on the one hand and to map effective and standardized integration options on the other, explains Kurt-Jürgen Jacobs.

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Birgit Jacobs