WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA Graduates First Cyber Security Training Participants

June 13, 2011 - PRLog -- WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA (WCF), in partnership with Seminole State College of Florida, graduated the first 23 participants of its Cyber Security Training program that provides training support and job placement to adults and develops the workforce needed to prevent network attacks.  Students graduated in a small ceremony on May 26 at Seminole State College.

“With the increase in technology, the number of attacks on cyber networks has become a serious threat for our nation,” said Gary Earl, WCF president and chief executive officer.  “Since Central Florida is an international hub of modeling, simulation and training, trained cyber security workers are crucial to the infrastructure of current businesses and to fill the increase in job openings that will result from technology advances.  Also, having trained cyber security workers will help the region to recruit new businesses as it moves from an industry-based to a high tech economy.”

The training included an introduction and overview of security issues for organizational and institutional computing as well as training in physical, software and computing systems security.  All students performed introductory security analysis, wrote code to automate security preparedness tasks and set up a protection scheme for a PC computer.

As a result of the training, the students are prepared to take the CompTIA Security+certification exam, an international, vendor-neutral certification that demonstrates competency in network security; compliance and operational security; threats and vulnerabilities; application, data and host security; access control and identity management; and cryptography.

After students complete the exam, WCF will work with local employers to place graduates into jobs.

# # #

WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA is the Orlando area's workforce expert, an authority on workforce planning, programs and the labor market for the Florida counties of Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Sumter counties.