Recent research from Microsoft Corporation and the SANS Institute highlight the importance of training to individuals as well as organizations. The most interesting conversation is non-tangible benefits of training. The positive experience of learning new things and sharing with co-workers really provide valuable to a company. A couple highlights include:
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In the information security field, technology and threats improve every day. We read the news stories about malware, phishing attempts, data loss, and break-ins to our nation defense networks every day. In these fast changing times, good training and an opportunity to focus on a particular issue or technology is invaluable. Alan Paller at the SANS Institute has written a few pointers about the value of information security training at the SANS Institute
Bad times don’t last forever. Come and meet the Enclave folks at the next SANS event: Jason Fossen will be teaching the latest security enhancement in Windows 2008 David Hoelzer will be teaching auditors and system administrators the advanced technical tools for auditing systems James Tarala will be teaching new auditors, career changes, and IT pros the building blocks of system auditing. If you are interesting in learning more about the IDC and Microsoft whitepaper on training and certification, check out this link: http://tinyurl.com/7gfoyh |