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Hamid Sadiq and Andrew Smith at yesterday’s briefing at ictQATAR. |
IT professionals in Qatar will be able to gather advanced knowledge in dealing with information security issues such as cyber threats and intrusions due to a tie-up between Q-CERT, ictQATAR’s cyber security arm, and SANS Institute, a world-renowned centre for information security training and security certification.
As part of its annual plan, Q-CERT has planned a series of regular information security training courses to equip local organisations with technical know-how to face cyber threats and intrusions. The training courses are focused on developing technical skills of four broad categories of IT professionals - those involved in system administration, development, cyber incident management and intrusion analysis.
Q-CERT’s Cyber Security Training & Awareness Section Manager Noora al-Abdulla said Q-CERT’s mandate was to empower people in the critical sectors in Qatar to be better prepared to handle security issues.
“This is possible through specialised training and our partnership with SANS is really beneficial. Such hands-on training will improve organisation’s internal first response practices to minimise damage and expedite recovery operations,” al-Abdulla said.
Some of the topics of the specialised courses include hacker techniques; exploits and incident handling; securing Linux/Unix secure coding in Java/JEE; secure coding in .NET; securing Windows; computer forensic investigations; perimeter protection; and intrusion detection.
Q-CERT has already conducted three training courses with a total number of 72 IT professional attendees including members from GCC-CERTs.
The five-day courses are completely subsidised by ictQATAR with a commitment from participants to attend the full course. The trainings are conducted by professional trainers, experts in their fields, from SANS Institute.
Upon successfully completion of the course, participants may take an online examination to receive a Global International Security Certification (GIAC) from SANS.
The courses are open to all IT professional in the government, finance or energy sector, although as part the National Development Plan, priority will be given to Qataris.
Q-CERT may also consider faculty members from educational institutions as well as students undergoing master’s degree course in a related subject.
Interested participants can find more details of the course at http://goo.gl/i5jSA and register for training courses at http://goo.gl/i5jSA.
Among those participated in yesterday’s briefing were Hamid Sadiq, Q-CERT department manager (Cyber Security Dvision) and Andrew Smith, SANS Institute managing director.
