The impact of cybersecurity skills shortages on organizations
Before we explain why Infosec is unique, let’s first look at the skills shortage landscape. Cybersecurity skills gaps plague many organizations. This is often because security technology and threats change so quickly that it’s hard for IT staff to keep up.
This can result in skills gaps that present serious liabilities when it comes to the security of your data and digital infrastructure.
- The skills gap issue is rampant, with 71% of organizations reporting being impacted by cybersecurity skills shortages, increasing the workload on existing staff, according to The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals Volume VI.
- The impact is felt throughout organizations, with 9 of 10 cybersecurity professionals saying their organization suffers from skills gaps in one or more areas, according to the ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study.
- The gap exacerbates security issues as well. Two-thirds of organizations lack the staff necessary for preventing and troubleshooting security problems, as reported by CSO Online.
Upskilling your team can reduce cyber risk and improve employee morale. According to the ISC2 study, investing in cybersecurity staff training and certifications is among the most effective steps toward reducing risks from skills gaps.
The study also revealed that organizations that invest in training today are only half as likely to experience critical skills gaps or significant staffing shortages as those that do not invest and have no plans to do so.
Infosec partner James “Slim” Beamon, senior program manager for Leidos, agrees. “We are finding that retention rates are going up in our cybersecurity roles because people feel like they’re being listened to. They’re being provided opportunities that they may not have had before.”
Now let’s explore why leaders like Beamon choose to partner with us.
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Ease: Flexible spending and saving options to maximize your budget
Infosec makes it easy to save when training your team because we offer flexible options to keep the program within your annual training budget. For example, you have the option to:
- Buy in bulk. You can pay upfront for multiple students, saving up to 30%.
- Use dynamic discounts. These enable you to take advantage of volume discounts. The more you save, the higher your discount.
- Pay a flat fee. To stay within certain purchase limits, you can enroll your team in a mix of select boot camps for a flat fee of $24,995.
- Knowledge Transfer Guarantee. There’s no need to worry about training an employee only to have them leave shortly after. With our guarantee, if a trained employee leaves within three months of getting their certification, we will train another employee for up to one year — and the tuition is free.
Results: Customizable, certification-focused training online, in-person and team onsite
We’re known for being easy to work with. You’ll not only have flexible pricing, but you can also decide how, when and where your team trains.
For instance, you can take advantage of:
- On-site boot camps, where our instructors travel to your organization and train your entire team quickly. After the training, we often use mobile test sites to administer their certification exams.
- Online instructor-led training, which gives learners the convenience of expert instruction without having to worry about traveling or related expenses.
- Customized content for your organization. Because your training needs are unique, our instructors can work with you to make sure your employees get the exact skills and certifications they need.
- Flexible and customizable programs, including the ability to combine self-paced learning with live, instructor-led training to create a robust, hands-on training plan.
Infosec also provides you with an Exam Pass Guarantee, which gives employees a second shot at taking the exam — free of charge — if they fail on the first attempt. This applies to most of our live Infosec Boot Camps.
Hands-on training: Applied learning via capstone projects
Live Infosec Boot Camps include access to the Infosec Skills on-demand training library. This library includes over 1,400 courses and hands-on labs, which your team can access before, during and after their boot camp. This allows your team to apply their lessons and build actionable skills that they can carry back to their roles.
Our role-based approach to training empowers your team to not only get certified, but to:
- Get the practical skills they need to excel in their duties and address organizational gaps
- Gain experience using cybersecurity tools and principles
- Use capstone projects to evaluate and validate their skills
Capstone projects help reinforce the material and ensure your team’s new skills provide immediate value to your organization. We'll work with you to ensure these projects are customized to your team’s learning objectives and your organization’s needs.
Then, with enterprise reporting, you can easily track enrollments and employee progress to ensure you’re getting the most out of your training investment.
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Comprehensive: DoD 8570.01/8140.01 aligned training simplified
If your team needs DoD 8570.01/8140.01 training, we have all-in-one solutions that make their training process simple. In fact, 75% of our students work for government agencies and need comprehensive training and boot camps to navigate complex certification and DoD 8570/8140 requirements.
By partnering with Infosec, you can certify your Information Assurance workforce with boot camps for nearly every DoD 8570/8140 certification requirement. And you don’t have to break the bank: We have over 50 team training boot camps priced under $25,000. Given the Government Purchase Card limit, this streamlines your procurement process, enabling you to purchase discounted group training now and then train when it best suits your schedule.
Whether you attend class virtually or in person, we’ll help you and your team get certified. You get hands-on training from the industry’s top cyber instructors, benefiting from their years of practical experience and test knowledge.
“Infosec Skills is great for organizations that don’t have a ton of resources to put into continuous training but have the desire to keep their teams as educated as possible,” says Chief Technical Officer Caleb Yankus. “To that end, those organizations also have to be willing to dedicate the time to their teams to actually use the program. For larger organizations where the certifications really matter, the boot camps provide relatively short but effective training and certification.”
Expertise: Leading industry instructors and long-term cybersecurity partnerships
At Infosec, we only hire top cybersecurity instructors to guide your staff, and all Infosec instructors are required to have at least 10 years of industry experience. As consummate professionals, they’re always updating their skills and certifications.
“[Instructors] won’t teach something that they don’t have certifications on themselves,” says Infosec Instructor Rod Evans. “We don’t read slides to you. We don’t treat people like they’re numbers. We are here to help you with the content.”
Our instructors also know how to answer your questions and tackle real-world problems. Many infosec students cite their instructors as instrumental in their passing their exams. For example, Erik Heiss of the U.S. Air Force says, “The instructor was able to take material that before the class had made no sense and explain it in real-world scenarios that made it easy to understand.”
Our teaching staff also has deep connections and a considerable impact on the cybersecurity community, which puts them at the cutting edge of the latest security movements. Not only do our instructors have impressive experience in the cyber industry, but Infosec also has a lengthy resume. We have over 20 years of experience establishing deep relationships with industry partners.
We are top authorized partners with certifying bodies such as CompTIA, ISC2, ISACA, AWS and Azure. This position allows us to tailor our training to exactly what will be on each certification exam, giving our students a leg up.
To that end, we also work closely with those who create and update some of the world’s most popular cybersecurity exams, such as CompTIA Director of Products, Patrick Lane. This means we can train you on the most updated content — giving your team perspective and knowledge on industry trends and emerging skills.
For example, Keatron Evans, VP Portfolio and Product Strategy at Infosec, was one of a select few professionals to help develop the new AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification launched in August 2024.
Trust: Award-winning training and customer advisors for a superior experience — from enrollment to certification
Infosec training has won numerous awards over the years, including:
- TrustRadius Top Rated
- G2 Users, who’ve named us a G2-Momentum Leader
- The Wave Awards has recognized us for excellence in Training & Information
- The Training Industry, which has designated us a Top 20 Company
However, it’s the individual student reviews, their stories and the outcomes that are most important.
Dedicated customer service
Infosec is known in the industry for dedicated customer service, creating powerful, effective experiences for our learners and their managers. One key to this success is our simplified enrollment process. To simplify the enrollment process, we will collaborate with you to develop a microsite.
We get it. People on your team may have different training goals and timeframes, and this can be a challenge. But when you partner with Infosec, your team can mix and match certification training courses. They can also sign up for different enrollment dates based on what works best for them.
You just have to connect with your customer advisor, who works with you to design the best plan to meet your annual training budget.
Whether you’re a mid-sized organization looking to upskill your team or a larger enterprise, we can customize a program to make sure it aligns with your goals.
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Infosec: Your partner in training
The ease that Infosec enables your organization, including options for saving money, makes us an ideal choice for busy managers and budget-conscious teams. We lead with flexibility, adjusting our training according to what your team members need, their schedules and the training material and venue that works best for your organization.
Our reputation as a leader in cybersecurity training enables us to provide your team with top-tier instruction and results.
Now is the time to upskill your security team. A report by Fortinet found that the frequency and damage of cyberattacks are on the rise. In a survey, more than half of respondents said they lost more than $1 million in revenue in 2023. Also, 87% of organizations experienced a breach in the last year that they partially attributed to a lack of cybersecurity skills, an increase from 84% in the 2023 report and 80% the year prior.
The report also found a familiar solution: more cybersecurity training. More than 90% of respondents said they would pay for an employee to earn a cybersecurity certification.
According to a Cengage Work Learner Outcomes Report, 72% of cybersecurity learners take training to obtain certifications. By using Infosec training, you’re making a proven investment. Ninety-two percent of our cybersecurity learners who sat for certification exams passed.
Contact us to talk about your team training goals with Infosec Boot Camps. Book a meeting today.
