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New courses to help businesses equip their staff to face the growing threats of cyber attacks have been launched at Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Leicester (Âéw¶¹´«Ã½).

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ is one of just eight universities in England to be rated Gold for its cyber security teaching and outreach work by the National Cyber Security Centre. Businesses and industry teams were invited to find out more about the new courses at an event, held in the university’s newly-refurbished computer labs at Âéw¶¹´«Ã½’s Gateway House.

Professor Eerke Boiten, Head of the School of Computer Science and Informatics said: “Cyber security is a main area of strength in our teaching, and as a gold standard , we are delighted to be able to offer these continuing professional development courses to industry professionals, shaping and supporting cyber security education as a lifelong learning university."

The event included a tour of our Security Operations Centre, a talk on ways to protect your business from cyber threats and how CyberSprint: Fast Track to the Future, a new project, will revolutionise cyber skills in the East Midlands.

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½’s Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM) has been developing new continuing professional development (CPD) programmes for industry.

The academic team showcased our Red v Blue Team Training demo, an immersive training exercise designed to provide a cyber warfare training environment, and the interactive Serious Critical Protection Scenarios gamified training with simulated attack scenarios to improve awareness and understanding of cyber security investment in your organisation.

The team also presented the new flexible learning opportunities to access our Cyber Security MSc level programme as manageable one-week courses for professionals looking to upskill and specialise in a particular subject area. Course topics include Cyber Threat Intelligence, Network Security, Malware Analysis, Digital Forensics, Penetration Testing and Incident Response.

Latest show that half of all UK businesses have experienced some form of cybersecurity breach or attack in the past 12 months. Some 70% of medium sized businesses and 74% of large businesses reported they had been targeted.  

One attendee said: “The week long sections of the masters degrees should be an excellent way of businesses sending staff on useful training, without too much time out of the business.”

Another added: “I liked the mix of the courses on offer. From individual modules, technical team scenario's (Red v Blue), and SCIPS can demonstrate the importance of every persons role towards cyber security within an organisation.”

* Interested in finding out more about our exciting new cyber security training exercises and CPD opportunities? Email Business Services at Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ – businessservices@dmu.ac.uk