Miscellaneous
The cyber skills shortage is a real problem. There just aren’t enoughqualified people to adequately meet the cyber security needs of allorganizations, and the problem is only expected to get worse. One ofthe ways we address this challenge at FireEye is through internal andexternal training courses. We invited two people involved in thoseefforts to join our host, Luke McNamara for this episode of Eye onSecurity: Dawn Hagen, Senior Director of Learning and Development, andDr. Brett Miller, Managing Director at Mandiant.They spoke about the evolution and range of training that includesproduct and product-agnostic courses. Brett shared insights on how weadapted our courses to meet customer needs and market demands—effortsthat include opening up our training to individuals as well as thegeneral public. Dawn also noted that we have developed curriculaalongside clients who have requested custom courses, and that wecontinue to teach some of these courses to this day.Of course things are changing. While most of our training wasin-person for both internal and external courses, we have pivoted tovirtual training in light of recent global events. Currently, about 60percent of our courses are available online, and we expect many ofthese courses to remain online indefinitely—while still maintainingthe same quality as in-person classes.Listen to the episode to dive into the development of our courses,hear about our lab to lecture ratio, and find out why we’ve shifted toensuring students are able to perform tasks instead of just having theknowledge to do it. And for more information about individual trainingcourses available to the public, check out our training schedule:https://feye.io/30o4Zke