This document summarizes the cyber security training offerings from QA. It provides an overview of their comprehensive portfolio that covers training for all levels of an organization, including end users, security professionals, and executives. Their courses cover a wide range of cyber security domains, including cyber awareness, compliance, security operations, incident response, and forensics. QA aims to provide immersive, scenario-based learning delivered by experts to help organizations detect, deter, and defend against cyber threats.

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CYBER SECURITY TRAINING

2. Experts in
Cyber Security training.
Hardly a day goes by without a cyber attack
being reported. With this ever-increasing
threat there is a growing need for all
organisations to be able to detect, deter
and defend against these attacks as part of
their every-day business.
With a large majority of breaches being the
result of technological compromise as well
as human error (social engineering, phishing,
etc.), todays modern businesses need to
ensure they have both the right technology
solutions and cyber skills across their
organisation.
At QA we have developed the most
comprehensive end-to-end cyber security
training portfolio providing training for the
whole of your organisation, from end user
to executive board level courses as well as
advanced programmes for your security
professionals.

3. Raise your
Cyber Security
defences. THE HIGHEST QUALITY
TRAINING
WHAT WE OFFER
IMMERSIVE, SCENARIO BASED
LEARNING
PROVIDING THE BEST FOR OUR
CUSTOMERS
MORE THAN COURSES
CYBER SECURITY TRAINING:
THE QA WAY

4. RICHARD BECK
Head of Cyber Security
NATHAN MITCHELL
Cyber Security
Technical Consultant
MARK AMORY
Cyber Security Team
Lead Trainer
MAX VETTER
Cyber Security
Technical Consultant
WE HAVE
25 TRAINERS
DEDICATED TO
TEACHING CYBER
SECURITY SKILLS
FLEXIBLE LEARNING
TRAINER EXPERTISE
More accredited professionals with
real-world experience than any other
training provider.
Authored
Our unique QA Authored courses
bridge the gap between theory and
real-world expertise.
At QA we offer learning in many
ways, with classroom, e-learning,
public, private and bespoke
programmes ensuring our
customers can learn anywhere,
any time, any way.
UNMISTAKEABLY QA
BESPOKE PROGRAMMES
Cyber security learning pathways
developed to meet your organisations
needs.
The highest quality
training.

5. "We often hear about patching
common application vulnerabilities,
however human weaknesses are
the vulnerabilities that are in need of
urgent patching.
Poor security practices and under
investment in security training and
awareness will continue to be at the
root for almost all data breaches until
we prioritise the human element of
the cyber threat."
Richard Beck
Head of Cyber Security, QA

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Awareness
Cyber
Compliance
HMG Information
Assurance
Cyber
Security Operations
Cyber
Secure Developer
Cyber
Incident Response
Digital
Forensics
Cyber
Intelligence
At QA, we are passionate about security training.
Recognising the importance of educating security
professionals and business users, we have developed
the most comprehensive Cyber Security training
portfolio, helping organisations to detect, deter and
defend against cyber threats, in a supportive,
hands–on learning environment.
Delivering public, private and bespoke training courses
to meet the business needs of individuals, employers
and enterprise. Our unique ‘cyber-lab’ provides an
immersive environment for security professionals to
accelerate their skills with hands-on platforms led by
experts in their field.
With over 50 public courses, we offer cyber
certifications, cyber assurance and cyber defence
training for the whole organisation from end users to
the board with specialist security training at the core.
What we
offer
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7. Cyber Certifications
Cyber Awareness
HMG Information Assurance
Cyber Compliance
Cyber Security Operations
Cyber Incident Response
Cyber Secure Developer
Cyber Intelligence
Digital Forensics
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Current courses (March 2016).
visit
qa.com/cyber for the most up to date course list.
T H E E N D T O E N D C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y S O L U T I O N

8. HMG Information Assurance
If your organisation is part of the public sector or the HMG supply chain, then
you will be required to demonstrate a full understanding of security relating to
information, security threats and appropriate mitigation methods.
Our HMG information assurance (IA) training is for security professionals
(in both public and private sectors) that need to develop thorough and
practical knowledge of IA. Our courses are designed to provide processes,
methodologies and disciplines that enable risk identification, analysis and
mitigation at the highest possible standard. Reinforced using real world case
studies and constantly updated to stay ahead of the rapidly changing landscape,
you can rest assured that our HMG IA courses will deliver the skills you need.
Cyber Compliance
It doesn’t matter how robust your technology is, every business faces an element
of risk. A holistic approach to security risk ensures employees are well educated
against cyber threats and security risks and helps to illustrate the responsibility
for keeping an organisations data safe is business wide, not just IT.
Our cyber compliance training ensures that employees are clear on their
regulatory responsibilities and the current best practice and standards. Through
in-depth practitioner training we focus on enhancing and embedding knowledge
rather than just teaching ‘tick-box’ compliance like many other training
organisations.
So reduce the risk in your business and utilise the best practice security training
from QA.
Cyber Certifications
When assessing a security professional's capability and skills, prospective
employers look at their certifications as a measure of achievement and
commitment to self development.
We provide best-of-breed security certification training, leading to internationally-
recognised qualifications, from entry level CompTIA Security+ to our Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) course.
Cyber Awareness
It’s a simple fact that the majority of security compromises in organisations
involve human error. So in today’s ‘always on’ workforce the need to inform,
influence and educate employees has never been greater. Through education
comes a reduction of risk, and that is where QA Cyber Awareness courses really
deliver.
Delivered by our highly skilled instructors, we understand the realities around
cyber security and how to embed them into people and organisations. Including
areas such as ‘the modern threat landscape’, ‘insider risks’, ‘supply chain risks’
and ‘Executive Mitigations’.
O U R C Y B E R D O M A I N S E X P L A I N E D

9. Cyber Security Operations
Our Security Operations Curriculum delivers security operations training
through hands-on technical experience needed to respond to security incidents
and vulnerabilities. These courses are designed to enable individuals and
organisations to improve operational security, leverage the security operations
centre (SOC) analyst and understand the specialist training techniques used in
vulnerability management and security information event management (SIEM)
platforms.
Including specific courses on malware, reverse engineering, vulnerability
management and encryption and delivered in a technology agnostic approach
means we are able to offer training that is independent to vendor or cloud
technology.
Cyber Intelligence
Open Source Cyber Intelligence (OSCI) is fast becoming an essential toolset
of the cyber security analyst and digital investigator. With the modern cyber
criminals’ ever increasing ability to utilise peoples ‘digital footprints’ to
compromise organisations, it is a vital component in cyber defence to fully
understand the extent that our cyber-enabled world leaks data which could put
you and your organisation at risk. This is the foundation of the cyber intelligence
tradecraft.
Our cyber intelligence courses provide the skills to become more effective by
utilising a highly practical approach to learning, allowing delegates the time to
explore and understand core subject areas deeply, including the Dark Web,
Cyber Crime in Business, protecting your online footprint, along-side the core
courses of Open Source Cyber Intelligence.
Cyber Incident Response
QA’s Cyber Crisis Management and Incident Response training provides the vital
skills for your business leaders and specialists to lead and manage the unique
challenges brought about by a ‘cyber crisis’.
By providing both public and closed cyber crisis management training we can
provide the skills, tools and techniques to help manage and mitigate risks across
the whole organisation. In addition, our unique ‘Cyber Labs’ provide a safe place
to simulate and role play resolution scenarios, meaning that we deliver both
theory and practice ensuring maximum learning.
Cyber Secure Developer
The majority of successful cyber-attacks depend on exploiting a few well-
known common vulnerabilities in code and systems.
With QA’s Cyber Secure Developer curriculum you can learn how to
‘design in’, rather than ‘bolt on’ security to your system development
lifecycle. Suitable for software developers, business analysts and other
professionals working across the technical development lifecycle these
courses help organisations develop with security top of mind.

10. Digital Forensics
It is a fundamental fact that today, nearly all businesses rely on web technologies
to operate, and with that dependency comes the reality of an increased cyber
threat. To combat that threat and/or to investigate incidents that have occurred in
order to prevent future threats, the discipline of Digital Forensics is key.
At QA we have developed a ‘digital forensics track’ that takes delegates from
forensic fundamentals, mobile forensics through to advanced topics. This
learning track enables individuals and organisations to utilise investigative tools,
gather ‘digital evidence’ and report in a way that ensures clarity and actionable
insight.
Delivered on Windows and Linux labs, covering methods to identify, preserve,
analyse and report on digital artefacts, mobile devices, e-discovery and
recovery, these courses offer the opportunity to put digital forensics into action.
Cyber Offensive Defence
Designed to deliver advanced skills in ethical hacking, our range of penetration
testing and hacking courses set a new standard in cyber security education.
Our training utilises a ‘hands on’ approach allowing you to experience the most
common hacking tools which we use to demonstrate the true vulnerabilities that
many technology vendors would rather you didn’t see.
In addition, for our advanced courses, we now include 30 days post course
access to our virtual ‘Hacking Labs’ allowing you to develop, practice and test
out your cyber skills in a dedicated environment. So if you need to develop
world class cyber defence skills and techniques in your organisation these
courses are designed for you.

11. Immersive, scenario
based learning.
This state-of-the art facility delivers practical
hands-on training, allowing organisations to
simulate and react to a real life cyber threat in
a secure physical environment and ultimately,
gain a better understanding of the entire
cyber threat landscape.
The Cyber Labs enable cross business teams
and IT security professionals to develop
and practice both technical and soft skills
applicable to their role through a variety of off
the shelf, tailored and bespoke experiences
including hackathons and ‘Capture the Flag’
style team experiences.
When attending the Cyber Labs immersive
scenario based training you will explore the
following areas:
CYBER CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
DIGITAL FORENSIC
INVEVESTIGATIONS
• Understand how to conduct digital
investigations relating to malicious
activity
• Learn how to accurately collect and
analyse evidence
• Gather social media intelligence on
‘Digital Treasure Hunts’
• Conduct investigations online and
across multiple devices
• Rehearse incident response
• Learn to lead and communicate in a
cyber crisis
• Simulate press and media liaison
exercises
• Practice effective inter-department
communications
• Rehearse industry specific
scenarios
SECURITY
OPERATIONS
• How do you know you haven’t
already been compromised? Learn
the skills to find out.
• Keep up to date with advanced
attack, detection and reporting
methods
• Develop technical solutions for
managing cyber risk
• Understand and practice effective
security incident triage
OFFENSIVE
DEFENCE
• Developing a defensive shield
• The art of ethical hacking – for
beginners to advanced
• Hands-on hacking tools
& techniques to identify
vulnerabilities
• Develop proactive defence skills

12. “Subject knowledge is essential for effective
instruction. Through my career I have been
enrolled on many courses.
This course [CISMP] has been
unquestionably the most valuable, due to
[the trainer’s] experience, passion for the
subject and communication skills. I will look
to undertake courses with him in the future.”
Providing the best for
our customers.

13. More than
courses
In addition to the most comprehensive security
training portfolio to bolster Cyber Professionals skills,
QA are also able to offer organisations world-class
Apprentices, Master Degrees and high-calibre fully-
trained QA Consultants in the Cyber Arena.
92% of organisations employing QA Apprenticeships
say that QA adds value to their business allowing them
to develop and retain talented professionals.
Building on our award-winning apprenticeship model
and through our academic partnerships we offer a
fully accredited UK postgraduate master’s degree
in Cyber and a Consulting Programme as an answer
to the increasing demand for qualified IT security
professionals.

14. A P P R E N T I C E S H I P S I N C Y B E R
A P P R E N T I C E S H I P S . Q A . C O M
of Apprentices gain a job
94%
M A S T E R D E G R E E S I N C Y B E R
M A S T E R S . Q A . C O M
Central London campus Internationally–recognised
postgraduate degree
apprentices placed into technology
businesses since 2009
8,000of emplyers that work with us say
we add value to their business
92%
QA Apprenticeships combine employment with
government funding, giving you a cost-effective way
to bring raw talent into your organisation allowing
you to develop and retain talented professionals,
whilst addressing your skills shortages.
Our unrivalled, flexible range of programmes mean we are able to
match the ideal programme and candidate to your requirements
even arranging to place your existing staff aged 16-24 years
old, into an apprenticeship programme within your organisation.
It builds on our award-winning apprenticeship model, which
currently employs over 1700 apprentices across 700 clients.
Sponsoring an employee through a master’s
programme can provide your organisation with
differentiation and success. Developing your own
existing employees, will help train both talent along
with core organisational knowledge and experience.
For businesses it is no longer a question of if a cyber-attack will
occur but rather when, and as such, the demand for qualified
IT security professionals has risen exponentially. Northumbria
University’s part-time MSc in Cyber Security has been designed
to give you the skills to meet this increased demand including
how to handle security incidents, identify new and existing
threats and determine methods to minimise them.
month part–time
programme
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15. We source the most talented recent graduates and
train them to be fully-qualified IT consultants, ready
to ‘hit the ground running’ enabling scalability and
stability for your delivery teams.
We operate a set of unique customer enablement programmes in
which we provide industry-leading capability to both public and
private sectors. We excel in recruiting, training and supplying our
own specialist consultants which is built on our award-winning
apprenticeship model, currently employing over 1700 apprentices
across 700 clients.
T A L E N T A N D R E S O U R C E S
Q A . C O M / C O N S U L T I N G
QA CONSULTING
Centre of Excellence enablement,
underpinned by our unique
Academy model.
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Retain IP through our knowledge
transfer proposition.
HIGHLY SKILLED CONSULTANTS
Industry-standard certifications and
professional expertise.

16. Make sure you have
the skills to protect
your organisation.
speak to one of our
learning advisors
0345 074 7978
visit
QA.COM/CYBER
or drop in to one of our
national centres.
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