The New BlackBerry Cybersecurity Center of
Excellence (CCoE) will offer SANS training courses to help grow and
upskill cyber workforces across the country and the Indo-Pacific
region
KUALA
LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 21,
2024 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
and the SANS Institute (SANS) today announced a new partnership in
Malaysia, offering SANS training
courses through the soon-to-be-opened BlackBerry Cybersecurity
Center of Excellence (CCoE) in Kuala
Lumpur. In an effort to help bolster national cybersecurity
capacity in Malaysia, the
partnership will offer advanced technology and training to help
upskill Malaysia's
cyber-defenders, with a particular focus in critical areas like
forensics and incident response. Now open for registrations, the
SANS Secure Malaysia 2024 inaugural training will take place from
March 11 – 16, and the first featured
course will be "SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, and Incident
Handling."
This new partnership with SANS marks the first major milestone
in BlackBerry's landmark cybersecurity deal with the Government of
Malaysia, announced at the APEC
Summit in San Francisco in
November 2023. In addition to
Malaysia's deployment of the full
suite of trusted BlackBerry® cybersecurity solutions,
BlackBerry is opening its world-class CCoE in the first half of
2024 in an effort to help Malaysia
educate, train and upskill cyber professionals and grow the
cybersecurity ecosystem.
Matthias Chia, Director of
Strategy & Business Development, Asia
Pacific, SANS Institute added, "As a leading provider of
cybersecurity education, SANS knows first-hand that training,
upskilling, and establishing a culture of continuous learning and
innovation is crucial for any nation to build adequate
cyber-resilience in our complex digital age. We are proud to
partner with BlackBerry in Malaysia to offer our globally accredited
training programs to help upskill cyber-workforces and enhance
technical capabilities among cyber professionals, but also train
new students wishing to carve out a career in this exciting
field."
In addition to the SANS programs, BlackBerry will offer its own
curriculum at the new CCoE, as well as partner with Malaysian
Universities and other institutions to offer a wide range of
courses, certifications, and other programs to help build skilled
cybersecurity workforces in Malaysia and across the Indo-Pacific
region.
John Dimitropoulos, Senior Vice
President of Strategy, Business Development and Operations,
BlackBerry Cybersecurity concluded, "With nearly 40 years'
experience in protecting global governments from cyber-attacks,
espionage and data leaks, BlackBerry has seen global demand for
cyber skills and expertise explode, particularly in specialist
areas such as Machine Learning and AI. We are pleased to announce
SANS Institute's training courses will be offered through our
BlackBerry Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Malaysia, delivering upon our shared goal to
establish a globally competitive skills and learning ecosystem in
Malaysia and the Indo-Pacific
region for years to come."
For more information about the new BlackBerry CCoE and to
register interest for the SANS courses, please visit here.
For more information about SANS Institute's training, table top
exercises, cyber ranges and security awareness, please reach out
to: SEA@sans.org or register interest for SANS Secure Malaysia 2024
courses here.
About SANS Institute
SANS Institute is the world's largest provider of cyber security
training. For over twenty-five years, SANS has provided cutting
edge training to governments and organisations across the world.
Technology may have changed in that time, but SANS' core mission
has remained constant: to protect through sharing cyber security
knowledge and skills.
SANS offers over 85 cyber security courses, operates across
dozens of countries and has over 300,000 alumni. SANS training is
built around a promise: students will be able to put into practice
what they've learned as soon as they get back to their desk.
For more information, please visit us at www.sans.org and follow
us @SANSAPAC.
Contact us at SEA@sans.org to connect with our sales rep and
receive more information on training events around you.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent
security software and services to enterprises and governments
around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
over 235M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine
learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of
cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions, and is a leader
in the areas of endpoint security, endpoint management, encryption,
and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a
connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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