Cisco joins growing Manchester cyber security hub
Networking know-how large Cisco has develop into the most recent supporter of Manchester’s growing Digital Security Hub (DiSH) cyber security accelerator, launching a sequence of initiatives to help the centre’s ambitions to be on the forefront of security innovation in northwest England.
Manchester already hosts a growing cyber security ecosystem, in addition to DiSH being dwelling to GCHQ’s north-of-England outpost, with which it shares workplaces. The metropolis can also be a brief drive from the National Cyber Force’s Samlesbury headquarters close to Preston.
“As Greater Manchester realises its digital ambition, it’s crucial that we equip everyone who lives and works in the region with the awareness, tools and skills to help improve their security resilience,” stated Cisco’s chief govt for the UK and Ireland, David Meads. “We’re delighted to be working with DiSH and its founding partners to do just that.”
According to Cisco’s personal figures, roughly half of small companies are underprepared to face a cyber security incident, and dealing via DiSH – which is to be granted Cisco Networking Academy (CNA) standing underneath the auspices of Cisco’s UK Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) programme, it hopes to assist future-proof enterprise house owners throughout Greater Manchester, in addition to carry collectively {industry}, startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help the event of latest, resilient security companies.
As a CNA, DiSH will now ship cyber security expertise help via a structured studying programme, starting with a free, self-guided introductory course to equip learners with a primary consciousness of vulnerabilities and the primary ideas of security resilience. This course will open up additional studying pathways delivered via a pre-existing Cisco partnership with UCEN Manchester.
“We greatly value the opportunity to partner with Cisco, a global leader in cyber security, to help deliver the critical skills needed to protect businesses of all sizes from potential attacks in an increasingly complicated threat landscape,” stated DiSH cyber security partnership improvement supervisor, Jon Lomas.
“Becoming a Cisco Networking Academy will help us to deliver free and easily accessible training for our local business population to help them address the security risks they face.”
Skills and variety
Cisco’s programme of labor via DiSH will even embody a heightened concentrate on each expertise and variety within the security career via a Cisco Cyber Camp programme launched in collaboration with the Open University, providing free, distant and self-paced coaching to 13 to 19-year-olds from throughout the UK who determine as feminine or non-binary.
The course will assist younger folks study industry-ready security expertise and participate in women-led boards, on-line webinars and delicate expertise coaching. Completion of the course will open up extra superior security {qualifications}. Enrolment for the primary cohort is now open, and more details can be found here.
The partnerships with the Open University and UCEN Manchester will even goal younger folks throughout Greater Manchester, via free on-line coaching programmes and sources for college students, colleges and lecturers, aligned with the lately launched T-Level technical qualification curriculum. They will even present trainer coaching and skills-to-jobs studying for pupils attending Dean Trust colleges and academies in Greater Manchester, and different establishments supported by UCEN Manchester.
Cisco has lengthy had a reference to Greater Manchester, and its newest dedication builds on its function in delivering the Greater Manchester One Network initiative, a strategic partnership signed with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority final 12 months.
