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Join us in this compelling on-demand webinar featuring Ryan Sharpston, Palo Alto Networks SME and Senior Technical Instructor at Skillsoft Global Knowledge. With two decades of telecom field installation and maintenance experience, Ryan is the lead SME for Skillsoft Global Knowledge integration and lab design for new course and environment updates.

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the dynamic intersection of Data, AI, and Microsoft's Power Platform.

Join us for a Fireside Chat with cybersecurity evangelist, James Stanger, Skillsoft’s Brad Haynes as they discusses the essential skills needed to monitor, analyze, and protect the attack surface(s) presented by today’s organizations. Security analysts and engineers face constant challenges in staying ahead of evolving cybersecurity threats. James and Brad Haynes will discuss trends identified by CompTIA research. They will also discuss learning pathways that you can take to make yourself uniquely attractive to hiring managers. Skillsoft security analysis courses are designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to address these challenges effectively.   In this webinar webinar to learn more about our security analytics courses and how they can help you: Understand the latest cybersecurity threats and attack techniques Identify vulnerabilities and potential threats in your organization's network and systems Utilize various tools and techniques to analyze data and mitigate threats Develop and implement effective incident response plans Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and standards Watch Now

Explore the key features and benefits of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection. You'll learn how this powerful tool can help you detect and mitigate identity risks, automate threat response, and provide real-time protection against suspicious activities.

Since PeopleCert’s acquisition of the ITIL Body of Knowledge in 2021, they have worked to modernize, refine, and improve the guidance it provides so that businesses that adopt it facilitate better collaboration between IT and its stakeholders, experience greater user satisfaction when utilizing IT services, and deliver improved business outcomes. During that time, the certification program has continued to evolve to better align to the people doing the work, the roles they hold, and the types of practices they perform in the co-creation of value for the organization. We plan to discuss the value & benefits that ITIL certification brings to organizations, to describe the re-certification pathways of the recently announced recertification program, and to illustrate how you can leverage the modern components of the ITIL framework to grow your ITSM practice. We hope you’ll join us, along with our partners from Peoplesoft, for this robust discussion on the modern practices of the ITIL®4 framework, and how Skillsoft can help you implement them. Watch Now

ITIL is the preeminent framework for managing IT service delivery around the world. ITIL 4 defines a Service Value System that prescribes specific practices and activities during the design, development, delivery, and support of IT services.

The main reason for Python’s explosive growth is that it’s very easy to learn, use, and deploy, and in this 45-minute webinar, we’ll take a high level look at Python’s syntax, and explore some of the other reasons for Python’s ubiquity, including its very active and evangelical user community, and the availability of a huge collection of add-ons and libraries, including hundreds for data science and machine learning. Join Skillsoft as we focus on the role that Python can play in almost every area of your business, including as a productivity tool for employees and domains that you might not necessarily associate with a programming function. Watch Now

Whether you are at the start of your Microsoft learning or you’re looking to expand or update your skillset, a certification can help you validate your knowledge and consolidate your skills. Plus, it can help you advance in your career.

Whether you’re a business user, administrator, or embarking on your technical career, this certification provides an opportunity to prove yourself as a cloud evangelist. In addition to validating your knowledge of Microsoft 365 capabilities, earning this certification makes it clear to your organization that you understand the benefits of adopting cloud services, the basics of a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud model, and the value of implementing Microsoft 365 cloud services. Join Skillsoft in the third of our Transformative Tech Microsoft Certification series, where we demonstrate foundational-level knowledge of cloud services, such as standard practices, considerations, and benefits. Watch Now

If you enjoy analyzing data and using Power BI to discover and unlock data insights, this could be the ideal certification for you – especially if you use those insights to provide easy-to-understand data visualizations that can help drive the success of your team and organization. Join Skillsoft in the second of our Transformative Tech Microsoft Certification series, where we leverage our expert knowledge in Microsoft Power BI to inform you on the potential benefits for your business when utilizing Power BI. In this webinar you will learn: Watch Now

To stay competitive in the industry, your employers and clients rely on you to stay ahead of the tech curve. Maybe they look to you when they evaluate a move to the cloud, or maybe they bring you a problem and point to an existing tech stack for solutions you may or may not be able to create. Whatever the scenario, you can be sure that the skills you bring to the table are critical on many levels. We will take a look at the cybersecurity Architect Expert certification track. This is the first expert-level certification in Microsoft’s Security, Compliance, and Identity portfolio. This certification will focus on designing elements of a cybersecurity architecture and evaluating the tradeoffs between different solutions.   Watch Now

Join Skillsoft, as part of our Transformative Tech series, as we demonstrate how we can educate your organization to foster a culture of cybersecurity and unify all employees to manage risk and encourage agility and vigilance.   Watch Now

Chaos and disorganization are commonplace as organizations struggle to manage IT-enabled services, which can have a serious impact on the Helpdesk. Skillsoft has the solution with ITIL. The Foundation, Advanced, and Extension Modules will provide knowledge and training so that you can proactively build and manage a blueprint for IT. This will enable you to effectively address real-world issues that impact your service organizations and their individual contributors alike.   Watch Now

Take look at the customer success story of Generation who partnered with Codecademy to upskill its workforce and further its mission of preparing and placing talented professionals into life-changing careers. You will hear directly from a customer how they effectively implement Codecademy's interactive learning environment into their training programs. Plus, get an inside look into how Codecademy's courses are integrated into the Percipio platform.

We are collectively generating terabytes and petabytes of data on a daily basis. Today’s organizations and governments worldwide need data curators to help sift through that random data and tease out unique insights and actionable information.

In this presentation, CompTIA’s Dr. James Stanger will provide case studies and examples describing how zero trust is implemented in the private and public sector. Dr. Stanger will outline discussions he has had with industry leaders from Google, NIST, and other organizations worldwide who have led the way in successful zero trust implementations. He will outline the best practices and technologies necessary to build next-level networks.

With the increase in number of devices, technologies, platforms and systems we use in our networks today, either they are for security, voice, routing, collaboration, data center or enterprise, we need something to make life easier and automate configurations for us.

CCNP Security (Cisco Certified Network Professional Security) personnel manages security in Routers, Switches, Networking Devices, and appliances The certified professional is responsible for configuring, supporting, and resolving Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS and content security solutions for their networking environment.

This forty-five minute webinar will help you prepare to write the VCP-DCV 2021 VMware exam (2V0-21.20). In addition to a Q&A session, the webinar will cover tips and tricks that cover the key exam objectives. View the slides

When the agile movement first saw broad adoption, there was tremendous success at the team level. It didn't take long for large organizations to run into challenges seeing that same type of success in larger, more complex initiatives. This presentation is an introduction to the expanded principles of agility intended to harness the effectiveness of agile teams and bring better organizational alignment to larger efforts built upon the effectiveness of highly agile teams.

CCNP Security (Cisco Certified Network Professional Security) personnel manages security in Routers, Switches, Networking Devices, and appliances The certified professional is responsible for configuring, supporting, and resolving Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS and content security solutions for their networking environment.

Value stream mapping can be a dramatically transformational event – expanding empathy across teams, sharing points of view, and solving gaps in understanding which may be robbing everyone of productivity. This webinar will quickly equip attendees with a high-level understanding of value stream mapping and will teach practical tips on how to run a value stream mapping exercise within their teams and organizations.

As the sophistication, stealth, and frequency of cybersecurity threats continue to increase, the complexity of attacks means every organization needs security expertise before, during, and after an attack. For this reason, the demand for cybersecurity operations (CyberOps) personnel keeps going up.

Using Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS, enterprises can build an IT Security Platform capable of delivering protection against all stages of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. From Reconnaissance to Act on Objective, the PAN-OS Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) engine combines efficient throughput with maximum data protection. This live webinar will describe how the SP3 Architecture can increase network traffic visibility and enable you to control your environment.

As cloud platforms provide ever greater infrastructure capability, automating and managing infrastructure is becoming critical to our strategy and process. Tooling environments are also heavily impacted. Tools like Terraform, configuration automation tools (Chef, Ansible, etc.) and cloud-native infrastructure solutions completely change cost models and workflows. This presentation is an introduction to infrastructure automation in the cloud, a few popular automation tools, and how to tie automation to larger cloud (and business) strategy.

This white paper discusses the Global Knowledge Skills Development Index™ and how it can be used as a tool to help IT professionals identify the most important skill needs, select the appropriate training, and ultimately eliminate skills gaps.

Discover how to accelerate the development of your security skills and competencies by incorporating experiential learning activities such as cyber ranges into training. Cyber ranges have emerged as excellent vehicles for helping IT professionals learn by doing. These realistic, hands-on simulations prepare you for when — not if — you’re attacked. And we’ve added them to GK Polaris!

Microsoft and Global Knowledge are partnering up to showcase the importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Join this event to learn all the tools and tactics to stay safe and secure online throughout the whole year. This webinar event will take you through the new certifications focused on Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI). You'll learn more about the complete portfolio of associate training and certification for Microsoft Security and how it's designed to meet industry and market needs with roles, skills, and capabilities needed for the job, including specializations, hands-on experience, and practice requirements.

Join This QA Session to Hear from Cybersecurity Expert Brad Puckett on Kickstarting Your Career

Join Red Hat Training’s Solution Architect, John Walter, for a virtual, high-level complimentary course introducing you to Linux containers and container orchestration technology using Docker, Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

The Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate certification focuses on the cybersecurity branch of IT security

When it comes to developing new, innovative ways and tools for breaching security, the attackers never stay idle – and so shouldn’t we when it comes to counteracting! Through the past few years, their inventiveness caused substantial damage in the area of supply chain attacks. During this webinar, Paula will demonstrate techniques of using the supply chain method and show tactics used today by cyber-criminals that allow them to deliver it and what are the prevention mechanisms to avoid being attacked by the newest innovations! Bring some coffee before attending!

In this webinar, we will cover what makes a successful team, how to drive high-performance in your team, different stages of team development and other topics. Understanding people skills, process skills, and setting team boundaries and norms will be discussed and how these can build the framework for your high-performance team. View slide deck>>

In this hands-on demonstration, you observe the configuration of IMS, Internet, SOS, and Admin DNN objects (Data Networks Name). These DNNs will then be assigned to several slice descriptors, showing how geography enters into slice implementation. You will then watch the slice configured on a working 5G network. View slide deck>>

Despite rapid advances in technology, and widespread use of networks over the last few decades, the Fundamentals of Networking have not changed much. It is also quite surprising to see significant gaps or deficiencies in the foundational knowledge of many networking and IT professionals. This webinar attempts to highlight the common areas of such gaps and how to overcome them.

A quick 30 minute look at ITIL 4 Service Value System focusing on the guiding principles –part of the core guidance of ITIL4. This webinar includes an example of how this guidance might be applied in an organization.  

This webinar is examining the process of how to best prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Professional in Enterprise skill set. We will look at the process to become certified including which exams to take; look at the available resources for study, including the blueprint for the exams and courses that are applicable. We will look at why someone might want to get certified as a CCNP Enterprise. We will also examine the process to maintain the certification. View slide deck>>

In any operational data center, it is critical to have the highest degree of visibility on network traffic for operations and application troubleshooting.

Gain access to this hands-on lab and learn to use NMAP, an open-source port-scan tool, for networking discovery, vulnerability scanning and security risk detection.

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam.

Despite rapid advances in technology, and widespread use of networks over the last few decades, the TCP/IP v4 is still the predominant protocol in use. It is also quite surprising to see significant gaps or deficiencies in the foundational TCP/IP knowledge of many networking and IT professionals. This 1-hour webinar attempts to highlight the common areas of such gaps and how to overcome them. View slide deck>>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current Multicloud Infrastructure certification offered by Nutanix and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam

CISA is now one of the most sought-after and highest-paying IT certifications

This Webinar will focus on addressing the factors behind traffic flow in Cisco ACI. The key components of how to monitor traffic flow in ACI will be covered. View slide deck>>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam.

Digital transformation has bred equal parts innovation and risk. And it’s not just the IT department that’s been disrupted—technology is now the most critical risk factor for the entire organization.

CISSP is a widely desired indicator of knowledge, experience, and excellence on the resume of many IT professionals.

Many organizations have already embarked on their Agile Transformation journey, yet despite having agile methodologies in place they have still not matured their competencies to the desired level. Still, there are some unicorns who have managed to master the process and are now delivering value faster and more efficiently. Frameworks like DevOps and Scrum help organizations stay ahead of the curve by facilitating cultural transformation, adoption of a lean mindset, and increased automation.

The CCNP Enterprise certification is the newest CCNP level certification. It replaces the CCNP Routing and Switching certification that has had multiple iterations throughout the years.

Despite rapid advances in technology, and widespread use of networks over the last few decades, the TCP/IP v4 is still the predominant protocol in use. It is also quite surprising to see significant gaps or deficiencies in the foundational TCP/IP knowledge of many networking and IT professionals. This 1-hour webinar attempts to highlight the common areas of such gaps and how to overcome them. View slide deck >>

This webinar will highlight the benefits of the Global Knowledge’s exciting new offerings through the American Management Association (AMA)—AMA’s Certified Professional in ManagementTM (AMA-CPM) and AMA’s Women’s Leadership Center (WLC). In order to keep up with the changing ways of business, organizations need their people to be prepared to lead. The American Management Association has developed AMA-CPMTM as the ground-breaking professional certification for managers. Attend this event to discover the four critical competencies successful managers need to respond to the growing demands of today’s business world. In addition, learn how AMA’s Women’s Leadership Center (WLC) can bring value and long-term benefits to your present and future women leaders through community and meaningful education. View the slide deck>>

This Webinar will focus on addressing the issues of an unsecure data center network and how to address the security concerns with Cisco ACI. The key components of how to create an ACI whitelist will be covered. View slide deck>>

Despite the obvious benefits, organizations are still struggling to successfully implement Diversity and Inclusion in the WorkPlace. This webinar discusses the benefits as well as the factors limiting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. View the slide deck>>

Join us for this exciting journey through Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) new security-focused certifications. We will discover the complete portfolio of associate training and certification for Microsoft Security, designed to meet industry and market needs, with roles, skills and capabilities needed for the job, including specializations, hands-on experience and practice requirements. We will also discuss the skills gap in security professionals. View the slide deck>>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your AWS Architect certification exam.

Containers and Red Hat OpenShift have quickly become the de facto solution for agile development and application deployment. Administrators and developers are increasingly seeking ways to improve application time to market and improve maintainability. Red Hat Training has developed a course that provides the gateway to container adoption by providing an understanding of the potential of DevOps using a container-based architecture. Orchestrating a container-based architecture with Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift improves application reliability and scalability, decreases developer overhead, and facilitates continuous integration and continuous deployment. View the slide deck>>

This webinar will focus on addressing the issues of an unsecure campus network and how to address the insecurity with ISE. We then will look at how Cisco ISE can add security to devices beyond initial connectivity. View the slide deck>>

This certification prep guide provides an overview of the current Cisco Certified Network Professional-Security certification and offers helpful tips.

For those that want to take their first steps towards Ansible adoption, Red Hat Training has developed several courses to teach you better ways to automate administrative tasks and use Red Hat Ansible Engine effectively, as well as how to leverage advanced features of Ansible to perform more complex tasks. This webinar will highlight the benefits to using Ansible to automate tasks across a variety of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows, cloud, and networking devices. View the slide deck>>

Security is complicated, which has led to the many misconceptions and misunderstandings about security. By paying attention to these 10 concerns that security experts want you to know, you can gain knowledge and understanding about security and be securer both at work and in your personal life.

Every manager wants to get the most out of every employee and maximize team cohesion and efficiency. Making your team members feel as if they are being heard, understood, and acknowledged is critical to any management strategy. Actively listening to team members’ thoughts, ideas, and challenges drives employee engagement and satisfaction, which drives better results. View the slide deck>>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your GCP certification exam.

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your GCP certification exam.

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certified Data Engineer certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your GCP certification exam.

This webinar focuses on addressing the issues of an unsecure campus network and how to address the insecurity with 802.1X. We then will look at how Cisco ISE can centralize campus access with 802.1X. View the slide deck>>

This certification prep guide provides an overview of the current Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification and offers helpful tips that students can use when preparing for the exam.

This Microsoft and Global Knowledge 1-hour webinar event gives you an overview to the different Microsoft solutions for managing security in your organization. Explore how Microsoft provides a holistic approach to security, helping you to protect identities, data, applications, and devices across on-premises, cloud, and mobile.

In any operational data network, the two high-level outcome possibilities are connectivity and isolation. If every device can connect to every other device by enabling full connectivity, networking is relatively easy to create, but inherently unsecure. If a network fully isolates all forms of traffic, it is unusable.

Microsoft retired the MCSA and MCSE certifications on January 2021. Does that really mean it is the end? It isn’t. Join this webinar to understand the logical next steps and new certification paths. View the slide deck>>

The updated version of the CISSP exam was released on May 1, 2021. The new version now includes a significant number of new topics.

For organizations getting started with RHEL, Red Hat Training has developed a series of courses to develop the skills needed for basic administration and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These courses introduce key command line concepts and enterprise-level tools, laying the foundation for the rapid deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The curriculum also introduces the basic administration skills needed for resolving configuration issues and integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with other existing environments. View the slide deck>>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the current Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your PMP certification exam.

Advancing your knowledge of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud can be life-changing.

This guide provides an overview of the Security+ certification, including who the certification is for, how to earn and maintain it, the positive impact that it will have on your career, and options for advancement following your Security+ certification.