Rob Rashotte, Vice President of Global Training and
Global Field Enablement at Fortinet “Fortinet is committed
to making cybersecurity education and training accessible to all to
address the global talent shortage; public-private partnerships
play a vital role in this effort. Our collaboration with the
European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy is aligned with
our goal of providing cybersecurity training to 1 million people
globally by 2026. We look forward to providing more learning
opportunities to individuals across all 27 countries of the
European Union to develop the cyber workforce in the region.”
News Summary
Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader
driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced
it has joined the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills
Academy initiative. Through the Fortinet Training Institute,
Fortinet pledges to offer its award-winning cybersecurity training
and security awareness curriculum to up to 75,000 individuals for
free in Europe over the next three years. This pledge is designed
to help reduce the cybersecurity skills shortage across the
European Union (EU), further contributing to Fortinet’s global goal
set in 2021 to train 1 million people worldwide in cybersecurity
across a five-year span.
Developing the EU Cybersecurity Workforce to Enhance the
Region’s ResilienceIncreasingly, adversaries’ tactics are
becoming more sophisticated, and they are rapidly identifying ways
to evade security controls. Yet many business leaders do not have
the security staff needed to adequately protect their
organization’s networks. Roughly 40% of EU-based IT decision-makers
find it challenging to recruit, hire, and retain qualified security
professionals, and almost 50% say it is difficult to meet their
diversity goals of hiring more women, military veterans, and
individuals from minority backgrounds.
The Cybersecurity Skills Academy, introduced by the European
Commission in 2023, aims to help close the cybersecurity skills gap
in the EU by bringing together private and public entities to
promote cybersecurity skills and develop the workforce. The Academy
offers a single point of entry for individuals, academic
institutions, and organizations to access cybersecurity training,
certifications, and funding opportunities.
By joining this important initiative, Fortinet will offer its
Fortinet Training Institute’s Certification program curriculum
through the Cybersecurity Skills Academy to further increase access
to cybersecurity awareness training to develop essential skill sets
and help individuals grow in their security careers or start in the
field.
Advancing Fortinet’s Commitment to Close the Global
Cybersecurity Skills GapFortinet’s involvement in the
European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative
builds on its longstanding commitment to address the cybersecurity
skills gap worldwide.
The Fortinet Training Institute serves IT and security
professionals, students and educators, and underserved communities,
including women and veterans, through its various programs
including the Academic Partner program and Education Outreach
program. To further help advance this work, Fortinet is a part of
various public-private partnerships, including participating in the
White House’s National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy
commitments by introducing free security awareness training for
primary and secondary school educators and students in the United
States. This free training has now expanded to school districts in
the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Brazil. All these efforts
contribute toward Fortinet’s goal to train 1 million people
globally in cyber by 2026. Additional
Resources
- Learn about Fortinet’s free cybersecurity training, which
includes broad cyber awareness and product training. As part of the
Fortinet Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), the Fortinet Training
Institute also provides training and certification through the
Network Security Expert (NSE) Certification, Academic Partner, and
Education Outreach programs.
- Learn more about FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and
research and Outbreak Alerts, which provide timely steps to
mitigate breaking cybersecurity attacks.
- Learn more about Fortinet’s FortiGuard Security Services
portfolio.
- Read about how Fortinet customers are securing their
organizations.
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About Fortinet
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of
cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our
mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and
today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere you need it with the
largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products.
Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet's solutions,
which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most
validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of
the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is
dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career
opportunities available to everyone. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s
elite threat intelligence and research organization, develops and
utilizes leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to
provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection
and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at
https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard
Labs.
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