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Fortinet Invests in Aspiring IT Security Professionals to Help Address the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
“Facing an increasingly hostile threat landscape, businesses are expanding investments in infrastructure security but struggling to source the increasingly rare talent needed to implement and operate their solutions. As an industry-leader, Fortinet believes it is our responsibility to foster the development and continuing education of cybersecurity talent and close the cybersecurity skills gap. Opening Fortinet’s Network Security Expert program to the public increases access to educational resources and creates new opportunities for current and future IT security professionals whose skills will be critical to ensure the continued growth of the digital economy.” - Ken Xie, founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Fortinet
News Summary
Fortinet, the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today
announced that they are providing universal access to their Network Security Expert (NSE) training and
certification program making it broadly available and free of charge. With the
public availability of the NSE program, Fortinet is taking a massive step to
engage a new generation of aspiring cybersecurity professionals by providing a
gateway to attain the highly desirable and lucrative skills in the growing
field of IT security. Starting today, Fortinet will offer NSE program level 1
courses to the public. Fortinet will follow with NSE program levels 2 and 3 in
the second quarter of 2017.
Closing the
Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Recent
reports highlight a
massive shortage of professionals with the cybersecurity skills needed to
combat the expanding volume and complexity of today’s threat landscape. This cybersecurity
skills gap poses challenges for enterprises who are unable to fill roles needed
to defend their employees, data, investments, and bottom-line against
increasing risks from cyber-attacks.
Fortinet
has long championed the cause to increase awareness, understanding, and
knowledge within the global cybersecurity landscape. Launched in 2015, Fortinet’s
NSE program has quickly become an industry-standard in cybersecurity training
and certification that fosters the continuing education of IT security
professionals worldwide and helps close the cybersecurity skills gap.
Proven Curriculum for
Aspiring Cybersecurity Professionals
As
the primary program used to develop and maintain the skillsets of Fortinet
employees, partners, and end users, Fortinet’s NSE program utilizes a multi-level
curriculum that progresses from cybersecurity fundamentals and overall context,
up to advanced security implementation strategies and technical concepts. This
program design has resulted in Fortinet issuing over 50,000 NSE certifications
globally.
Public
demand for Fortinet’s NSE program also drove the creation of Fortinet’s Network Security
Academy for public, primary, and post-secondary education institutions.
These institutions partner with Fortinet and leverage the NSE curriculum to develop
cybersecurity courses currently offered at schools in 46 unique countries.
NSE
1 covers network security fundamentals and provides a historical context of the
cybersecurity market. NSE 2 details the core security solutions used to address
the challenges outlined in NSE 1. NSE 3 provides a deeper dive into advanced security
products and capabilities used to defend against specific threats and vectors
of attack.
Supporting Quotes
Professor Kris Rosenberg,
Program Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity at Oregon Institute
of Technology
“Oregon
Tech’s IT and Cybersecurity degree programs are proud to partner with Fortinet
as members of the Fortinet Network Security Academy. Working together, we are
able to offer our students courses that combine cybersecurity theory and
concepts with hands-on lab experience and advanced security solutions that
prepare them to enter the workforce as skilled IT and cybersecurity
professionals.”
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