Staff certification
At Insight, we’ve always recognised the importance of aligning training activity for specialist staff to industry-recognised professional standards and competencies.
Certification schemes affirm that holders possess not only best practice knowledge of the disciplines involved but also their understanding of information through ongoing, practical application.
Professional certification schemes
Insight has aligned its training services to a wide range of industry standards and certification schemes that include:
- ISC2 CISSP and SSCP schemes
- Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) of the British Computer Society
- OGC Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners
- The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Training Endorsement Scheme.
Benefits of certification
Certification offers a range of benefits to both employees and employers that include:
- Validating and enhancing staff skill sets and ability
- Providing a recognised qualification
- Addressing unknown gaps in knowledge
- Training is based on industry best practice, tools and techniques
- Demonstrating due diligence
- Providing a benchmark for security competence
- Raising the profile of information security as a career
- Shows a willingness by staff to learn