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Reduce Exposure with IT Administrator Training

Level up your technical staff with advanced training to protect your whole organization.

Are Your IT Administrators Prepared for Today’s Cyber Threats?

In an era of rapidly evolving cyber threats, IT administrators are the first line of defense, protecting your organization's most critical assets. With sophisticated attacks like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities, the real challenge isn't just securing systems-it's ensuring your team is equipped to anticipate, identify, and neutralize these threats before they cause damage.

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Technical Training from the Leader in Information Security

Security Essentials for IT Administrators offers targeted, role-based training that provides IT admins with the skills and strategies needed to defend against zero-day vulnerabilities, privilege misuse, and ransomware. By focusing on real-world scenarios and up-to-date threat intelligence, this training ensures your team is prepared to secure your organization's most vital systems.

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Reduce Your Organization’s Risk of Exposure with Role-Based Training for IT Administrators

Align Skills with Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape

Ensure your IT administrators receive specialized training that goes beyond traditional end-user awareness. Our training addresses the crucial gap in advanced technical roles, equipping your IT team with the tools and knowledge to secure configurations, apply timely patches, and respond effectively to incidents

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Stay Ahead of Evolving Threats

As your IT administrators are often the first line of defense against emerging cyber threats, it's essential they have up-to-date training. Our training offers the latest in cybersecurity practices, including AI-enhanced threat detection and prevention, ensuring your technical team is always ahead of the curve.

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Break Down Operational Siloes

Once one and the same, recent years have seen security job functions and IT job functions becoming increasingly specialized. As such, while their privileged access makes them an increased target for cyber-attacks, IT Admins don’t always receive the baseline security training available in this targeted and specialized collection.

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