InfoSec Skills Becomes Gold Sponsor of the Cyber Security Challenge UK

April 5, 2012 - PRLog -- Cyber security training company, InfoSec Skills (http://www.infosecskills.com), today announces a unique collaboration with the Cyber Security Challenge UK (https://cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk/) for the forthcoming hacking challenges throughout 2012. InfoSec Skills is offering free training course modules to all registered contestants who enter and take part in one of this year’s exciting and demanding challenges.

Terry Neal, CEO of InfoSec Skills, says, “We are proud to be working alongside some of the industry’s finest companies and minds in support of the great work being done by the CSCUK team, and to be signed up as Gold Partners is testament to how our business and the targets of CSCUK are working in concert. Our providing free training to CSCUK contestants is intended draw as many young people into our amazing industry as possible, and hopefully with some guidance down the right path these future IT leaders will stay on the right side of the law.”

Registration for the DC3 Mil Challenge Game is now open and this is available to individual players or to a team of four. You must register both on the US DC3 Site and the UK Cyber Security Challenge Site in order to qualify for a place at the UK Face to Face event. Registration closes on 1st November 2012 with the results available in early December 2012.

John Hughes, Director of Faculty and Courses for InfoSec Skills, says, “The sooner we can encourage kids who are interested in IT security down the right path the better, and if we end up with a securer UK and a better represented and staffed industry over the long term, then I’ve done my job correctly."

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ABOUT INFOSEC SKILLS
InfoSec Skills (http://www.infosecskills.com) is a modern, agile computer/cyber security training organisation that provides the best possible learning experience for professions in the information security, digital forensics, risk management and physical security marketplace. Unlike most security training vendors, especially in the UK, InfoSec Skills is a content producer rather than simply a content reseller. Courses are designed and commissioned by the best industry consultants and professionals and packaged up by the expert editorial team at InfoSec Skills to ensure a seamless delivery of knowledge at an affordable price. Courses can be taken over the Internet, via their custom e-learning platform, or delivered in a classroom environment onsite.

ABOUT THE CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE UK
Cyber Security Challenge UK Ltd aims to bring more talented people into the Cyber Security Profession. Their outputs are in the main provided and managed by sponsors from public and private sector organisations who care about the future of the profession.
More information on the challenge, including contact and sponsorship information can be found at: https://cybersecuritychallenge.org.uk/about.php

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