The first edition of International Cyber Security Certification Training is scheduled to hold in Lagos from May 4 – 7, 2015.
This international certification training will cover the complete curriculum of ISACA’s newly introduced Cyber Security Fundamentals Certificate examination.
According to a statement issued by Mr. Anthony Nwosu, Managing Consultant and ICT expert, Astongate Consult, Net-Security Training (UK) and Astongate Consult have gone into a strategic partnership to organize the cyber security training in Lagos, Nigeria.
The training will be provided by Net-Security Training (UK), an ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 authorized organization and well-known leader in IT Security, Compliance and Governance Training, Consulting and Information Risk Management.
Astongate Consult is a local training and consultancy company that provides variety of technology and business-related consultancy services to enable organizations develop and achieve their strategic objectives.
Nwosu stated that the chief objective of the training is to address rising dimension of cyber security treats and attacks on private and public information infrastructure all over the world.
According to him, the estimated global cost of cybercrime stands at over $100 billion per annum, while Nigerian financial institutions, especially banks, have reported to have lost about N159 billion to cybercrime between 2000 and 2013, adding that unless cyber security skills are incorporated among specialists, the threats and attacks will continue to plague enterprises all over the world.
Following the ongoing rise of cyber security attacks and threats, he said, the training offers an unlimited cost effective privilege for attendees to create new competence on cyber security, devoid of bearing the heavy burden of travelling out of the country for similar training.
“This training will be delivered by highly experienced consultants and training experts from Net-Security Training (UK) who have been involved in preparing students for several international certification exams, including ISACA. Details of the training and course syllabus can be found at www.astongateconsult.com, “Nwosu said.
He added that ISACA’s Cyber Security Fundamentals course provides an exclusive opportunities for organizations to rapidly develop and train employees with the essential expertise and knowledge to effectively protect critical information infrastructure against cyber-attacks and threats.
The training is dedicated to have interested participants updating their skills or improving competences on cyber security as well as employees of public and private organizations involved in information technology systems and infrastructure such as network engineers, information security professionals, information technology managers, CIOs, network engineers, head of IT departments and CTOs.
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