Institute for Cybersecurity wins CertNexus’ Most Innovative Training Partners of the Year Award

January 9, 2020 – CertNexus announced that Institute for Cybersecurity was named the 2019 Most Innovative ATP of the Year at the inaugural Partner Meeting and Award Ceremony in Rochester, NY.

Awarded to exemplary CertNexus Authorized Training Partners (ATP), the ceremony was designed to recognize partners with consistent representation of CertNexus products and committed to outstanding performance.

“The Institute for Cybersecurity has shown themselves to be a leader in cybersecurity space,” said Jeff Felice, President of CertNexus, “Their multifaceted approach to cybersecurity education, including teaching our CyberSec First Responder certification, equips their students with the skills they need to make an impact in the IT industry.”

“Integration of the DoD 8570 approved CyberSec First Responder (CFR) into our turn-key Certified Cyber Practitioner (CCP™) workforce development training program enabled us to convert Incident Response (IR) and Blue Team tactic theory into hands-on experience in the cyber-range, giving trainees an advantage in the fast moving world of cybersecurity. The result of our cross disciplinary outcome-based training program(s) is the development of a robust cybersecurity workforce capable of demonstrating their proficiency in cyber defense and we are honored to be recognized as CertNexus’ Most Innovative Training Partner of the Year,” said Stephanie Butts, Executive Director of the Institute for Cybersecurity

About The Institute for Cybersecurity

The Institute for Cybersecurity powered by Regent University is a commercially available cyber range providing on-demand cyber services featuring GSE and Cyber Guardian-certified trainers to support cyber training and testing requirements for enterprise, government and military. Located in Virginia Beach, VA, the Institute offers on-premise or remote training across three critical areas: Cyber Range as a Service (CRaaS), Hyper-Realistic Adversary Emulation and Cross-disciplinary Outcome Based Training. To learn more visit cyber-institute.com

About CertNexus

CertNexus is the global purveyor of vendor neutral, emerging technology certifications and micro-credentials for IT, Business and Security professionals. CertNexus’ exams meet the most rigorous development standards possible which outline a global framework for developing personnel certification programs to narrow the widening skills gap. CertNexus partners with highly knowledgeable and talented industry experts to ensure the integrity and quality of each exam, with all exams following a rigorous development process. Two CertNexus exams—CyberSec First Responder® (CFR) and Certified Internet of Things Practitioner (CIoTP)—are accredited under the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17024:2012 standard. For more information, connect with CertNexus at http://certnexus.com