UCE Birminghamís Technology Innovation Centre (tic), a faculty of the University, has added the whole range of specialist cyber crime fightersí SSR-iís courses to the 100 or short courses in engineering or computing that it offers to its part time students. These courses are:
Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) - which allows organisations to test their networks using approaches and techniques that hackers would use.
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of ethical hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective.
Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) - the next step for IT and information security professionals who have already achieved the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification.
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) - which enables organisations to identify a path that an intruder took over the network; reveal intermediate intrusions and provide leads and corroborating evidence for disciplinary action.
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Security 5 - an entry level training and certification for those interested in computer networking and security basics, to help them guard their information assets.
At the moment, weíre concentrating on offering the CEH courses because they are key to understanding how to fight cyber crime effectively, explained Dr Barry Henley, Chief Executive of the tic, which works with Microsoft, Cisco, Sun and Red Hat Linux to offer courses to computer professionals in the Midlands.
We already teach computer security but not in the depth to which the SSR-i/EC-Council courses go, Henley added. Consequently, weíre delighted to now be offering what is, at present, the highest standard of computer security courses available anywhere.
The SSR-i/EC-Council courses are the ícrme de la crmeí in the computer security world.
UCE Birmingham supports individuals, organisations and communities in developing their understanding and capabilities within a rapidly developing technology-based society, providing cutting-edge resources and specialised knowledge to meet the demands of the 21st century. Based at Millennium Point, in Birmingham, the tic is a faculty of UCE Birmingham and a national centre of excellence for learning, innovation and technology transfer.
Currently, we have 1,100 undergraduates, 300 post-graduate students and 1,100 part time students, Henley said. Of these part time students, some 600 attend the short courses we run here.
Ultimately, we would like to incorporate the SSR-i/EC-Council courses into both our undergraduate and post-graduate courses but, at present, we need to offer the benefit of these courses to those who are working in organisations which want to have the knowledge and skills to prevent their systems from being compromised - or, at least, be able to trace what has happened and prevent it happening again. In addition, the SSR-i courses will be of immeasurable benefit to consultants working to prevent security breaches of their clientsí systems.
Rajive Kapoor, of SSR-i, said: Weíre delighted that UCE Birmingham has joined the growing number of academic institutions in the UK that are offering anti-cyber crime courses and qualifications. This is an important step towards providing the products and services that all organisations need in order to protect themselves from the consequences of cyber crime.
UCE Birminghamís Technology Innovation Centre becomes SSR-i partner
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