During the pandemic, cyber attacks on industries providing connectivity, essential services and entertainment increased by 341%, adversely impacting populations forced to shelter-in-place.
Nexusgard, a leading cloud-based cybersecurity solutions provider, says this emphasizes the need to increase vigilance against cyber crimes, starting with enhancing the learning capacity of Filipinos on cybersecurity.
Juniman Kasman, Chief Technology Officer for Nexusguard, said: “The pandemic forced a complete shift in how the world lived and worked, and cyber criminals took full advantage of the situation using stealthier, smaller but more complex attacks.”
“Communications Service Providers (CSP) and enterprises will need deep learning, multidimensional DDoS detection and other advanced techniques to prevent outages.”
As part of its innovative campaign, Nexusguard Academy launched the Cybersecurity Specialist Program in the Philippines in partnership with various well-known universities, colleges, and companies.
The program features a methodical defense-in-depth approach in learning skills to help students understand cybersecurity controls, enable fast incident response, and secure web applications.
Program Director Ruben Mondejar explained: “Nexusguard Academy was established to offer cybersecurity courses that enable CSPs to become cybersecurity managed providers. It also assists individuals to be trained by cybersecurity practitioners who have years of experience at the front lines.”
From its initial mission of helping CSPs, Nexusguard expanded its foremost initiative to include individuals affected by the pandemic, helping them to be immersed in cybersecurity for a potential career shift.
The cybersecurity solutions provider leverages its practitioners to be mentors in this highly industry-relevant and workplace-centric learning system.
Mondejar added: “The passion for bringing cybersecurity learning does not stop there. We have also extended our reach from Metro Manila to the provinces like our certification program in partnership with Siena College of Taytay. It’s the first in the Calabarzon region.”
This partnership has now expanded to Batangas province with the setting up of a Center of Excellence in the TESDA-accredited Equinox Training Center in Sta. Teresita Batangas. It kickstarts a mission to bring world-class cybersecurity education to other universities in Batangas in the coming months.
Launched in Singapore in 2021, the Nexusguard’s Cybersecurity Specialist Program aims to train individuals to restart their careers.
The program includes industry and practitioner mentoring, a portfolio with real-life companies, learner support to gain additional soft skills, and employment assistance. The training course will run for six months.