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The novel coronavirus has changed many aspects of life for millions of people globally, including where they work. With the increase in remote work, it is important for both individuals and companies to be aware of the added cybersecurity risks. Join us as Paula shares real world examples and tips on how we all can be better prepared.

Expert Hesham Mahmoud discusses the importance of cybersecurity, how to secure your IT infrastructure and detect the latest vulnerabilities and threats your organization might encounter. This webinar will cover the latest cybersecurity trends and how to react to data breaches. View the slide deck>

Whether you’re a current cyber pro looking to specialize, or new to the industry and looking for direction, Focal Point Academy’s lead cyber workforce expert can give you the insight needed to fast-track a career into today’s most in-demand cyber jobs, like Threat Hunting and Reverse Engineering. We’ll profile the top job roles for the next few years, break down the knowledge, skills, and abilities required in each, and show you how to build a training plan that gets you the job you want. And best of all, we’ll end with a special offer designed to help jump start the process for you and your team. View the slide deck>

As IT departments struggle with skills gaps and businesses attempt to recovery economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, these 10 IT skills are essential to drive success. Job roles in these areas pay well, but decision-makers are struggling to find qualified candidates. If you’re looking to make an IT skills investment or start a new career path this year, these are the areas to consider.

While cybersecurity remains the most popular certification category in our IT Skills and Salary Report, foundational-level certifications highlight our list of the most popular IT certifications of 2020. 

This webinar will look at Border Gateway Protocol and explore why we have the protocol; how its involved and how it works. We will look at how and where BGP is used in today’s networks and Internet. We will look at the basics of configuring it and some not so basic configurations.  

Find out what changes have been made and how you now have multiple paths to success with the help of Cisco Certification 2020! The new set of certification exams launched on 24th February. It provides a common language for software developers and networkers to bring the two together. The certification programme will also open-up a brand new horizon of job roles and skill sets that are already starting to emerge. Announced at last year’s Cisco Live event in San Diego, the new DevNet certifications aim to help professionals combine infrastructure expertise with programming to take advantage of the possibilities of intent-based networking. Changes to the Cisco certification programme also include new training and certifications in five key technology tracks. In the traditional Cisco network programme, the certifications range from the associate level to the expert level. The new certification involves a DevNet Associate, a DevNet Professional and soon there will also be a DevNet Expert certification. In this one hour webinar, John Berry discusses what’s new in Cisco Certification, what the professional of the future should look like and how to prepare technology professionals for new roles as a network automation developer.

According to the Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report, women make up 16% of the tech workforce, and an even smaller percentage (8%) are at the senior or executive level. Here’s an overview of the most popular and most pursued certifications by women in tech.

Network switching skills are fundamental to administering and maintaining computer networking. This webinar reviews fundamental networking skills from a Cisco perspective. Technical professionals looking to take the next step into Cisco specific networking technologies will benefit from this information. View the slide deck>

Global Knowledge subject matter experts predict the top trends for 2020 in IT training, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS, cybersecurity and more.