Back to School: Training the Cyber Workforce in 2020

The cyber skills shortage is a real problem. There just aren’t enough
qualified people to adequately meet the cyber security needs of all
organizations, and the problem is only expected to get worse. One of
the ways we address this challenge at FireEye is through internal and
external training courses. We invited two people involved in those
efforts to join our host, Luke McNamara for this episode of Eye on
Security: Dawn Hagen, Senior Director of Learning and Development, and
Dr. Brett Miller, Managing Director at Mandiant.

They spoke about the evolution and range of training that includes
product and product-agnostic courses. Brett shared insights on how we
adapted our courses to meet customer needs and market demands—efforts
that include opening up our training to individuals as well as the
general public. Dawn also noted that we have developed curricula
alongside clients who have requested custom courses, and that we
continue to teach some of these courses to this day.

Of course things are changing. While most of our training was
in-person for both internal and external courses, we have pivoted to
virtual training in light of recent global events. Currently, about 60
percent of our courses are available online, and we expect many of
these courses to remain online indefinitely—while still maintaining
the same quality as in-person classes.

Listen to the episode to dive into the development of our courses,
hear about our lab to lecture ratio, and find out why we’ve shifted to
ensuring students are able to perform tasks instead of just having the
knowledge to do it. And for more information about individual training
courses available to the public, check out our training schedule:
https://feye.io/30o4Zke