Check Point Software Technologies, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has announced a new partnership with edX, a trusted Harvard and MIT-founded online learning platform used by 30 million learners as well as the world’s top-ranking universities and industry-leading companies globally. The partnership will offer a growing series of Check Point cybersecurity courses and content to security and network professionals.
Check Point’s cybersecurity courses will now be accessible through the edX platform, including the Check Point Jump Start series, which features network and hyperscale network security courses. Further modules will soon be available on Check Point’s CloudGuard cloud security and SMB security solutions. All courses aim at upskilling students or IT professionals on cyberthreats and security management, as well as those looking to start a new career in the sector.
All Check Point courses available on the edX platform are free of charge to remove the barrier of cost, location and access to help reduce the skills gap. Recent research shows that nearly two-thirds of organisations reported a shortage of cybersecurity staff last year, with 36% citing a lack of skilled or experienced security personnel as their number one workplace concern.
“Partnering with the renowned edX platform enables us to help close the ongoing cybersecurity skills gap. With the global shortage having passed four million, organisations need to accelerate efforts to try and help change this ongoing issue,” said Liat Doron, Vice President of Learning and Training at Check Point Software Technologies. “Working with edX, combined with our other initiatives such as SecureAcademy, will help tackle these global skills shortages and attract the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.”
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