UCE Birmingham’s Technology Innovation Centre becomes SSR-i partner

UCE Birmingham’s Technology Innovation Centre (tic), a faculty of the University, has added the whole range of specialist cyber crime fighters’ SSR-i’s courses to the 100 or short courses in engineering or computing that it offers to its part time students. These courses are:
• Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) – which allows organisations to test their networks using approaches and techniques that hackers would use.
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of ethical hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective.
• Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) – the next step for IT and information security professionals who have already achieved the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification.
• Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) – which enables organisations to identify a path that an intruder took over the network; reveal intermediate intrusions and provide leads and corroborating evidence for disciplinary action.
• Disaster Recovery
• Security 5 - an entry level training and certification for those interested in computer networking and security basics, to help them guard their information assets.

“At the moment, we’re concentrating on offering the CEH courses because they are key to understanding how to fight cyber crime effectively,” explained Dr Barry Henley, Chief Executive of the tic, which works with Microsoft, Cisco, Sun and Red Hat Linux to offer courses to computer professionals in the Midlands.

“We already teach computer security but not in the depth to which the SSR-i/EC-Council courses go,” Henley added. “Consequently, we’re delighted to now be offering what is, at present, the highest standard of computer security courses available anywhere.

“The SSR-i/EC-Council courses are the ‘crème de la crème’ in the computer security world.”

UCE Birmingham supports individuals, organisations and communities in developing their understanding and capabilities within a rapidly developing technology-based society, providing cutting-edge resources and specialised knowledge to meet the demands of the 21st century. Based at Millennium Point, in Birmingham, the tic is a faculty of UCE Birmingham and a national centre of excellence for learning, innovation and technology transfer.

“Currently, we have 1,100 undergraduates, 300 post-graduate students and 1,100 part time students,” Henley said. “Of these part time students, some 600 attend the short courses we run here.

“Ultimately, we would like to incorporate the SSR-i/EC-Council courses into both our undergraduate and post-graduate courses but, at present, we need to offer the benefit of these courses to those who are working in organisations which want to have the knowledge and skills to prevent their systems from being compromised – or, at least, be able to trace what has happened and prevent it happening again. In addition, the SSR-i courses will be of immeasurable benefit to consultants working to prevent security breaches of their clients’ systems.”

Rajive Kapoor, of SSR-i, said: “We’re delighted that UCE Birmingham has joined the growing number of academic institutions in the UK that are offering anti-cyber crime courses and qualifications. This is an important step towards providing the products and services that all organisations need in order to protect themselves from the consequences of cyber crime.”

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About the University of Central England (UCE) Birmingham and the Technology Innovation Centre (tic)
UCE Birmingham helps individuals, organisations and communities to develop their understanding and capabilities within a rapidly developing technology-based society.

Its technology innovation centre (tic) is based at Millennium Point, in Birmingham. The tic is a faculty of UCE Birmingham and a national centre of excellence for learning, innovation and technology transfer. In addition to offering foundation degrees, the tic helps to ensure business and economic success at regional and national levels through offering a range of expert services and resources – including short courses in many technical areas.

About SSR-i
SSR-i has been formed as the master distributor in the UK and Europe for the products developed by the EC-Council – the international organisation driving standards and skills for e-Commerce Consultants.

The launch platform in the UK is the Licensed Penetration Tester programme that allows organisations to test their networks using the approaches and techniques that hackers would use. This program develops skills for Ethical Hacking, Forensics and Penetration Testing that will identify weaknesses and plug them – before malicious hackers get to them.

SSR-i programmes are delivered via 38 delivery locations throughout Europe in association with its group of European partners including Training Camp, IT Security Training, Net security, BT Britannia and ASG training in the UK; New Horizons, Train & Consult, and Training Camp in Germany; Upgrade and GED Systemes in France; New Horizons and GKN in the Netherlands and Denmark.

About EC-Council
The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultant (EC-Council) has developed a certification program that combines relevant education with an examination assuring professional competency. The Internet's rapid evolution into electronic commerce and full-featured information delivery system has meant that IT professionals need a new range of skills.

The EC-Council has defined those skills in terms of internet security and this, in turn, means that organisations can use their firewalls, encryption and other security technologies to the maximum effect. These programs extend to website marketing, and other electronic commerce issues such as internet law, intellectual property rights, domain names, and copyright law.
EC-Council conferences allow professionals to work together to learn the latest news and counter-measures on security and network with other members from around the world.
The mission of the EC-Council is to:
• Foster professional standards
• Provide for communication among all E-commerce professionals, including corporate e-commerce consultants in government, business, and education, independent consultants, and aspiring e-commerce professionals such as students
• Provide for education through the development of curriculum, publishing of articles and books, professional papers, and the sponsoring of seminars and conferences
• Provide accreditation for E-Commerce certification and training programs

The EC-Council is a member-driven organisation whose members include practitioners from all levels of various fields and in a broad range of industries. Some of these members include Erik Laykin Pacific Rim, FBI/Infragard and Eric Yocam, Microsoft Corporation. The EC-Council also has had some high profile testimonials from Novell (Canada), the Ministry of Defence (UK), the Royal Navy (UK), the US Army (Germany), Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) and the National Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait)

For further information, please contact:

SSR-i
Contact name: Rajive Kapoor
Contact email: Rajivek@SSR-i.com
Contact telephone: 0845 430 9981
Contact mobile: 07973 114057
Web site: http://www.SSR-i.com

tic
Dr Barry Henley, UCE Birmingham, Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG
Contact telephone: 0121 331 5400/ Mobile: 07771 555921
Contact fax: 0121 331 5401

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