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EC-Council hosts a Certified Ethical Hacking Bootcamp to Provide State-of-the-art Cyber Security Education for a UK University

The two-day Certified Ethical Hacker course will teach attendees how to test for weaknesses in online security systems that could be exploited by malicious hackers. LONDON, ENGLAND, March 06, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — The two-day Certified Ethical Hacker course will teach attendees how to test for weaknesses in online security systems that could be exploited by malicious hackers. The aim is to ensure teachers at schools, colleges, and universities in the UK have the very latest cybersecurity skills and can pass these onto their students. The course is being organized by EC-Council and the cyber security educators’ community organization CISSE UK, in partnership with Northumbria University. It will take place at Northumbria’s award-winning Computer and Information Sciences building this weekend.

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CISOs Participate in Cyber Wargames to Hone Ransomware Response Plans with EC-Council

EC-Council, leading global information security certification body, conducted a table-top, cyber wargame among top cybersecurity executives in Tampa, Florida. The sold-out session, “CISO wargame,” included 27 senior executives from the largest managed IT service providers in the United States. The event presented the security experts with a simulated incident where an organization is hit by a ransomware attack. Participants had to work to contain the damage of the attack, which grew more complicated as the 4-hour exercise unfolded. Participants were tasked with deciding whether to pay a ransom and use ransom negotiators as well as to communicate with

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19-Year-Old Hacker from Singapore Leads EC-Council’s Global Ethical Hacker Leaderboard while Interning at a Cyber Security Company

Chelson Chong, a student at Republic Polytechic in Singapore, scored 92% in the recent Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical) Challenge, which is the highest score attained by anyone in the world so far. The CEH Challenge is…Hacker from Singapore scores 92% in a grueling, 6-hour, hands-on, fully proctored ethical hacker challenge, beating candidates from the US,…

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84% of Employers find Cybersecurity Certifications that align with Military Job Roles as the Gold Standard for Hiring

A new survey from University of Phoenix and the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) found that 59% of surveyed companies with 100 or more employees plan to staff information security professionals in 2020. However, candidates in the job market may not have the skills employers are seeking. According to the survey, 67% of IT executives at companies with at least 100 employees or more require industry certifications as a basic requirement for hiring considerations. The joint survey aimed to uncover IT employers’ perceptions during the hiring process. The findings highlighted the importance of cybersecurity degree programs paired with stackable credentials aligned to military job roles and occupations. Of the 256 IT employers who were polled, 86% said that industry certifications aligned to cyber-affiliated U.S. military job roles and occupations play an important role when hiring candidates. In fact, almost half (48%) agreed they are either very

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U.S. Department of Defense Recognizes EC-Council’s Certified Network Defender Certification

The U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Workforce Advisory Group Certification Committee officially added EC-Council’s Certified Network Defender (CND) as a baseline certification in Directive 8570 as a path forward to combat cyber enemies in four workforce categories. This is the result of nearly 2 years of independent review, job role assessment, and vetting by the Department of Defense Information Assurance groups. The DoD workforce categories that now list the Certified Network Defender are Information Assurance Technical Level I (IAT I), IAT Level II (IAT II), Information Assurance Manager Level I (IAM I), and Cybersecurity Service Provider Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS). As the Network Security industry continues to grow, so does the skills-gap, with over 130,000 Network Security jobs listed on LinkedIn alone. According to a technology staffing agency Robert Half, the average annual salary of Network Security Engineers in the U.S. is $150,000.

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News Technology Services Partners With EC-Council to equip their IS Team with Incident Handling and Response skills

Summary: EC-Council trains IT employees of News Technology Services in incident handling, certifying them as EC-Council Certified Incident Handlers.Bengaluru, 24 Nov: News Technology Services (NTS) a part of News Corp, NASDAQ listed American mass media and publishing company joined hands with EC-Council to up-skill their cyber security team to handle and respond to cyber incidents.…

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EC-Council co-hosts the Hackathon Event at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales

Wales, U.K., Dec 18, 2019 — There are closed-group Hackathons held around the world, all through the year. Then some stand out for pushing the envelope. This year’s Hackathon by Cardiff Metropolitan School of Technologies, in partnership with EC-Council, the world’s leading cybersecurity credentialing body, makes the cut by having its prospective students experience cybersecurity firsthand as an insight to the degree they will be looking to study.  The event, which is in its 13th edition, included an ethical hacking competition that saw 12 schools compete for prizes while completing a guided ‘Sniffing’ lab assessment.

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PT Synnex Metrodata, Indonesia, partners with EC-Council to bring Cybersecurity Education to the nation

Jakarta, Indonesia —PT Synnex Metrodata Indonesia (“SMI”), a subsidiary of PT Metrodata Electronics Tbk that focuses on Information and Communication Technology Distribution (“ICT”), today announced its strategic partnership with EC-Council”. In an exclusive press conference at the DoubleTree Hilton, EC-Council and PT Synnex Metrodata Indonesia announced that they would be joining forces to raise awareness on the significance of cybersecurity education. SMI and EC-Council pledged to work together to provide holistic education solutions in cybersecurity through SMI channels in Indonesia.

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CISO MAG study: 1 in 3 CISOs feel the biggest challenge of endpoint solution is its complexity

November 21, 2019: Today, the typical organization has hundreds if not thousands of endpoints: desktops, workstations, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, access points, printers, IP-cams, USB devices, credit card readers, POS devices, servers, cloud VMs, and virtual desktops. The addition of IoT devices will increase the number of endpoints even more. Traditional anti-malware, signature-based, and file-scanning solutions…

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EC-Council Names World’s Best Certified Ethical Hackers on its Global Leaderboard

Albuquerque, NM; November 1, 2019 – EC-Council, the leading global information security certification body, today announced the launch of the Global Ethical Hacking Leaderboard. The leaderboard will celebrate some of the most accomplished CEHs around the world. Organizations with cybersecurity teams that have a keen eye for the best talent across the world will be able to benchmark the capability of their teams against the absolute best.

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