What are the benefits of gaining skills that are a little more broad to the niche that you do?

In this episode, we have a discussion around certifications, training, and upskilling. We also provide a brief overview of our penetration testing training courses, which are a great resource for businesses that are looking to upskill their security and IT teams, as well as for tech savvy individuals that want to break into pentesting.

0:50 Holly's own experience with recent exams
4:45 Reasons to upskill
8:30 Breaking into the cybersecurity industry
9:40 Our Hacking & Defending training courses

Listening time: 16 minutes
Host: Holly Grace Williams, MD at Secarma

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085. Certifications and Training

Cyber criminals are constantly looking to exploit the weakest link in your chain. Using social engineering, they’re targeting employees, looking to abuse their trust and willingness to help, in order to gain access to sensitive information. 
Paul Mason is joined by Edward Whittingham, founder of the British Fraud Prevention Partnership (BFPP), to understand how companies can best get to grips with the security risk posed by their staff. 
Some of the key points of discussion are: 

1’48 – The obstacles around staff training
5’00 – What is phishing? 
13’37 – The difference between phishing and spear phishing 
22’28 – Cybercrime in policing  
31’08 – How do you make your employees your strongest defence?

Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek
Listening time: 36 minutes

For more information, follow us on twitter @Secarma or @SecarmaLabs or email us at podcast@secarma.co.uk

Hosted by: Paul Mason, Ethical Hacker & Head of Education at Secarma
Guest: Edward Whittingham, Founder the BFPP  https://www.thebfpp.org/

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002. Are your employees opening the door to cyber criminals?

Hacked Off demystifies the world of cybersecurity. Hosted by Secarma's Managing Director, Holly Grace Williams, it features weekly interviews delving beneath the headlines of the latest hacks, breaches and vulnerabilities, providing expert advice on how to stay safe online. This podcast is brought to you by global cybersecurity and penetration testing company, Secarma.

085. Certifications and Training

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