A friend of mine owns a company called Computer Network Defence ( https://www.cndltd.com/ ), they are great guys and I’ve worked on projects with Andy, and also for him (via CND) as a consultant. I would certain vouch for him, he is a very well respected and conneted individual in the world of IT Security.
He recently posted this on LinkedIn, and being a good opportunity I thought it was worth a share, here the link to the LinkedIn article. If you’re interested please leave a comment on there for him to read! He isn’t on Spiceworks.
Here’s the text of the article:
What Training Courses (16 weeks) Would you Suggest To Create a Cyber Consultant?
Are You Able To Recommend Any Students?
Starting August 2016
We have been approached by a SIGNIFICANT Client to find 12 Cyber Security Graduates to enter into a Graduate Scheme of our choosing. The requirement has changed slightly and they now don’t have to be university students, though they do have to be passionate about cyber security and capable with it.
Once the intensive training period is complete, they will spend a few weeks with the Pen Testing team and then out to work alongside mentors
After 12 months the candidates will move into either their Network Security consultancy, or their Penetration Testing Team, dependant upon the candidates/clients preference or candidates capability.
The candidates will be paid a salary, have all their travel paid for, all the training paid for, though they will have to sign a return of service, (not immediately). I would like the training to be World Class from the likes of SANS Institute, PGI International etc. with a conference such as BlackHat/Defcon thrown in for good measure.
Our Year One Objectives
This first year, they would like us to recruit 8 from the UK (EU) and the client will send another 4 over from Australia for the training element. Obviously the students will need to be eligible to work in the UK and already have working visas. Student, or tourist visas will not suffice.
In subsequent years, the client will advise us about which countries they want us to recruit for
Training Programme
We need to come up with about 16 weeks of security training, I’ve done this before with military guys and taken them from zero to hero and planned on doing similar.
There will be an element of soft skills around emotional intelligence etc. and we may need to fill some gaps between courses with CBT etc.
These new recruits should be able to able to hit the ground walking and should therefore be able to skip the basics.
Are You Able To Help?
I am wondering if any of my connections have any advice about how they would approach this, what courses they would recommend and even recommendations of awesome folk who are extremely capable and want to go to the next level as part of the scheme
We have our own ideas and thoughts on how to approach this and have a coarse plan already set up for the various courses we are considering, though I’m mindful that some of my connections are truly awesome in such matters.
