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Q/ISP IA Cyber Defense Graduate Certificate

Security University is the leading provider of Qualified Hands-On Information Security Education, Information Assurance Training and Certifications for IT and Security Professionals in the world.

Since 1999, Security University has led the professional security education industry in hands-on information security training & education. Security University provides uniform IT security workforce training with performance based, tactical hands-on security skills that qualify and validate the workforce so less people can do the same job or more, with consistent cybersecurity skills. SU's Q/ISP Certification  rigorously qualifies and validates cyber security professionals with tactical security skills necessary to deliver the capability to establish, operate, defend, exploit, and attack in, through, and from the cyberdomain.  The Q/ISP® (Q/EH, Q/SA-Q/PTL, Q/FE, Q/ND)  Certification provides the only means of identifying and certifying "qualified" persons who subscribe to a rigorous requirement of learning objectives for maintaining their tactical security skills knowledge and proficiency with validated security skills and experience.

The SU Qualified Programs such as the Q/ISP were born from IS professionals who need to prove they are "Qualified" and validated for their job, not just certified.

CNSS achievement - all 22 Performance-Based Security University classes have earned the CNSS highest non-academic approval.

Testimonials
Paul Sparks DoD/DISA/JITC Q/EH , April 2009

I have over 20 years experience in both teaching and information security. I am highly concerned with the decline in real training revolving around the current challenges which we face. I was impressed with both the level of expertise and the instructor's ability to relay the information to the students. This is not simply another idiot boot camp but a well reasoned and directed classroom experience which prepares the student for the real world. The hands on exercises combined with the instructor's elevated knowledge base made the class enjoyable and extremely topical. When you compare Security University to other training groups in the region, they are infinitely superior in both talent and developmental materials. Security University has the right mindset in the development of their classes. They are working to impart valuable knowledge and not simply to push students through. I sincerely appreciate my time learning with Security University and would recommend it to any organization which actually wants to develop real IA professionals.

SHANE F.LIPTAK, Major , Cyber Defense Officer, 21st Signal Brigade / CISSP, GCIH, Q|SA, Q|PTL, MCTS, Sec +, Net+

Security University's Q|SA / Q|PTL program of instruction is impressive and superior to some other training programs in several ways ; one of them being the daily hands-on assessment of critical skills being taught. Another was the realistic practical final exam which included a penetration test with a final report that required some in-depth analysis of the resulting sets of data. I spent 30 post-course hours alone on analyzing the data and developing a 32 page report. That's definitely an experience you're not going to get through other training programs that teach a five day curriculum that's predominately lecture based.

The Q|SA and Q|PTL courses also expose the students to a wide range of open and closed source automated tools for use in security analysis and penetration testing as well as the built-in assessment and exploitation capabilities of both Linux and Windows based operating systems. I honestly can't understand how we expect to conduct defense in depth across the GiG without our technical workforce understanding basic exploitation, which is exactly what's missing from many other approved certifications. SU equally balances this with methodology and analysis techniques rather than relying on specific toolsets since tools frequently change and are always subject to interpretation of their results.

Many leaders and managers in a resource constrained environment try to meet FISMA compliance by targeting those one-shot, many-kills certifications that are on the DoD 8570.01M chart with little regard for how relevant the training might be for certain 8570 categories. No better example can be given than the inclusion of CISSP as an IAT validating certification. Being a CISSP I can attest that it's a great certification for a security manager as it is wide and deep in several essential bodies of knowledge. But it will not enable a security technician, especially at the enclave level, to secure enterprise environments from a hands-on technical approach nor understand the threat and environment essential to effective defense in depth. Therefore it adds little value for an organization to have an IAT-III CISSP from a technical standpoint, but practically, that person can also fill other roles since CISSP covers everything from IAT-I through IAM-III. Hence, managers focus on CISSP and miss excellent training like Security University's programs.

Security University training should be a major part of any organization's information security training programs.

Who should get Qualified? Security executives, network & security professionals, system administrators, security administrators, coders and developers who should write secure code, IA and IS consultants and security awareness trainers. For more information, visit http://www.securityuniversity.net

Security University is Nationally Recognized by ACCET
and an Institute of Higher Education in the State of VA.

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