Firms Partner to Deliver Free Courses

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, a provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has announced a new partnership withed X, 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 cy ber-security courses and content to security and network professionals. Check Point’ s cy ber-security courses will now be accessible through the ed X platform, including the Check Point Jump Start series, which features network and hyper scale network security courses. According to the security company, further modules would soon be available on Check Point’ s Cloud Guard cloud security and S MB security solutions. All courses aim at ups killing students or IT professional son cy ber-threats and security management, as well as those looking to start a new career inthesector. All Check Point courses available on theed X platform are free of charge to remove the barrier of cost, location, and access to help reduce the skills gap, the company said, adding that recent research shows that nearly two-thirds of organisations reported a shortage of cy ber-security staff last year, with 36 per cent citing a lack of skilled or experienced security personnel as their number one workplace concern. Vice President of Learning and Training at Check Point Software Technologies, Li at Do ron, said :“Partnering with the renowned ed X platform enables us to help close the ongoing cy ber-security skills gap. With the global shortage having passed four million, organisations need to accelerate efforts to try and help change this ongoing issue.