It’s out of sight, out of mind—until it isn’t. Our digital information is stored in places we assume are secure until we get that dreaded message telling us we’ve been hacked. In a startling statistic, 80% of US companies have been hacked, according to a recent study by Duke University. Those are the companies that hold the personal data of millions of clients and customers combined, who are now at risk for further infiltration.
What Does This Mean For You?
As an instructor, the next generation of IT students will be coming to you looking to solve the problem plaguing 80% of US companies. One of the best defenses against hacking is—seemingly contradictory—more hacking! By teaching students to find weaknesses in a company’s cybersecurity, policies and recommendations can then be implemented to address and reinforce those digital weaknesses. This process is called penetration testing, and your students will want to be qualified in this skill if they wish to be employed by one of these companies in the future.
Preparing Students for Certification
The qualifying evaluation for penetration testing certification is the CompTIA PenTest+ exam, which gives students the knowledge necessary to effectively test a network’s security. 30 Bird now offers comprehensive courseware that gives instructors a complete study plan to prepare students for the exam.
The exam ensures that passing students understand legal compliance, have the ability to plan a comprehensive assessment, can implement efficient penetration testing, and can understand the learned data and impart that knowledge to the client.
How 30 Bird’s PenTest+ Courseware Helps Your Students
With 30 Bird’s PenTest+ courseware, instructors have access to a wide range of learning materials to help students learn:
- Engagement Planning
- Reconnaissance and Active Reconnaissance
- Exploiting Organizational Vulnerabilities
- Exploiting Applications
- Engagement Follow-Up
These tools get your students ready for the certification by upskilling burgeoning professional skills to the next level and getting them into the deep end of penetration testing so they can confidently support future employers.
What’s Next?
30 Bird always encourages learning by providing vigorous training modules available to IT instructors everywhere. We believe that the more instructors have at their disposal, the stronger the IT field becomes. Visit us at 30Bird.com to learn more. We’re your training solution.
