Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
The SANS Institute launches a new in-depth Cyber Aptitude Assessment today in a bid to close the skills gap in the UK IT security industry. The test enables anyone interested in cyber-security to gauge the quality of their existing skills. The organisation said that the test would identify the nation’s top performers who will be helped into cyber-security careers. It has been created by experts and trainers at SANS to “assess the skills and innate capabilities most needed to achieve success in a modern cyber-security careers”. Those undertaking the test that show the most potential to fill roles in government and industry will be offered scholarships at the SANS Cyber Academy, an eight-week intensive boot camp offering world class cyber-security training, valued at £30,000. The online assessment consists of approximately 40 multiple-choice questions which must be completed within 45 minutes. Some questions look at existing IT and security knowledge – such as networking concepts, security procedures, programming languages, and hardware. Others pose maths problems, comprehension tests and logic puzzles to assess personality traits that the organisation said highly successful cyber-security personnel often display. This includes the ability to parse information and extrapolate important elements, and to pick up new technical concepts […]
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