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Infosec, a leading cybersecurity education company, today announced their integration with the recently launched Microsoft Viva Learning platform, bringing cybersecurity training to Microsoft’s millions of learners worldwide. Infosec is Microsoft Viva Learning’s first cybersecurity education partner dedicated to cybersecurity education, including technical cyber skills training.

Studies have shown investing in training increases employee engagement and retention, but lack of time, scheduling conflicts and distance constraints often deter learners from taking advantage of professional development resources.^[1] To help overcome these challenges and foster a culture of learning, Microsoft Viva has integrated learning content from 15 partners into Microsoft Teams, providing seamless, personalized training experiences for employees.

Using Teams, cybersecurity professionals can now learn in-demand skills like pentesting, incident response, industrial control system security, security leadership and more with direct access to 1,200+ Infosec Skills hands-on labs, courses and projects. The integration includes the newly released Infosec Skills cyber range, where cyber professionals can learn to defend against MITRE ATT&CK® Framework tactics and techniques, perform penetration tests and write secure code hands-on. Labs inside the cyber ranges guide learners through realistic scenarios inside the operating environments they’d encounter on the job — with clear learning objectives and actionable lessons.

Infosec’s technical skill development platform, Infosec Skills, includes over 1,200 resources to assess teams and close skills gaps with hands-on cyber ranges, projects and courses mapped to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity and the MITRE ATT&CK® Framework.

Learn how to access Infosec Skills content on Microsoft Teams here.

Infosec, the leading cybersecurity education company, today announced they have partnered with Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms, to bring award-winning Infosec Skills training to the more than 82 million learners on Coursera worldwide. Learners can now boost their cyber skills with courses on everything from secure coding and digital forensics to incident response and cybersecurity management. Infosec Skills courses now available on Coursera include Cyber Incident Response, Credential Access, Discovery, Lateral Movement & Collection, Python for Command-And-Control, Exfiltration and Impact and more, with several additional courses and Specializations scheduled for release in coming months. 

Coursera partners with more than 200 leading university and industry educators to bring flexible, affordable online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. It offers a range of learning opportunities — from hands-on projects to job-relevant courses, certificates, and degree programs. 

Infosec’s technical skill development platform, Infosec Skills, includes over 1,200 resources to assess teams and close skills gaps with hands-on cyber ranges, projects and courses mapped to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity and MITRE ATT&CK® Framework. Learners can upskill on their schedule with hands-on cyber training aligned to their existing role and future career goals or upgrade to live, instructor-led boot camps to fast-track certification success. 

Learn more about Infosec Skills.

Infosec, the leading cybersecurity education company, today released one of the industry’s first cybersecurity culture assessment tools. The new Infosec IQ Cybersecurity Culture Survey introduces an actionable, scalable way to analyze and measure employee attitudes and perceptions towards security practices, policies and training strategies across five cultural domains.

The Infosec IQ Cybersecurity Culture Survey collects employee feedback and scores organizations across these five domains: 

• Confidence: how employees classify their own ability to put their cybersecurity knowledge to practical use
• Responsibility: how employees perceive their role in organizational security
• Engagement: how willingly employees participate in an organization’s security awareness and training program and apply available resources and support to improve security behaviors
• Trust: how employees perceive the security posture and processes at their organization
• Outcomes: how employees perceive the consequences of a security incident at their organization

The Infosec IQ Cybersecurity Culture Survey helps security awareness managers evolve program goals and success metrics to align with recommendations from leading research firms like Forrester. According to a Forrester report authored by analysts Jinan Budge and Claire O’Malley, “Cultural change takes time and results are difficult to measure.” One technique they recommend CISOs use is “surveying the workforce to measure motivation, ability and triggers. This will allow you to quantify the strengths and weaknesses of an existing or potential SA&T [security awareness and training] program and gain insight into the current state of security culture.”¹

Infosec IQ program managers can administer the Cybersecurity Culture Survey as needed and use results to guide changes to cybersecurity policies, practices or training strategies. The tool generates scores across all five domains and provides recommendations for strengthening cybersecurity culture and improving scores in each domain. Recommendations include training content and employee engagement features built within the Infosec IQ security awareness platform and suggestions for increasing the impact of security-related communications.

Click here to learn more about the Infosec IQ Cybersecurity Culture Survey.