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AMMAN — The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) through its Cyber Security Academy KCSA on Sunday launched a specialised cyber security programme.
The programme will be taught at KCSA's training facility in Amman to staff from the Jordanian government and banking organisations in five-day modules from September until December, according to a statement from the bureau.
“The programme contains five UK government certified training courses from KADDB partner Protection Group International [PGI],” Abdallah Al Masri, KCSA manager, was quoted in the statement as saying.
“These practical, hands-on courses, that are taught by KADDB trainers in English and Arabic, teach staff to secure and test information systems and networks and to investigate and respond to cyber security attacks and incidents,” he added.
PGI’s Chief Corporate Development Officer Sebastian Madden, PGI General Manager for the Levant region Wafa Nimri, and PGI’s head of Information Assurance Training Steve Meyer represented PGI at the opening of the training, according to the statement.
“We are very excited to see the KADDB starting to deliver the technical training today,” Sebastian Madden was quoted in the statement as saying.
The PGI has been working with the KADDB for over a year to build the training centre and infrastructure and to train and certify KADDB’s trainers to PGI standards, he added.
The KADDB Cyber Security Academy will help Jordan protect its economy and security from cyber security threats, the statement said, noting that KCSA is an "asset" for the whole Middle East region, which has an acute shortage of cyber security skills and desperately needs high-quality training from expert Arabic-speaking trainers like the KADDB team.
