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Staff training is vital for security
News It's training people about security so they can be part of the process," Thompson said. Staff disabling virus protection and not bothering to change their passwords are security threats too great to let slide, according to one leading international...
[June 20, 2002, 10:21]
Nato staff get cyber-defence training centre
News A Nato cyber-defence centre of excellence has been formally established to carry out research and training in how to combat cyberwarfare. The centre will be based in Tallinn, Estonia, and will be used to train Nato's civilian and military staff in...
[May 19, 2008, 9:20]
IT staff face skills and training shortfall
News More evidence has emerged that UK firms are facing a shortfall of IT skills, with many IT pros failing to be offered suitable training. The report also found a decline in the number of IT professionals who received any job-related training, from 31...
[January 5, 2007, 15:51]
Businesses urged to invest in staff training
News The UK's long-standing skills crisis, and the reluctance of employers to invest in training, are both identified as barriers to future success. And there are "long-standing weaknesses in the UK's skills base", it adds, pointing out that while...
[March 18, 2008, 8:09]
IT suppliers must commit to staff training
News Speaking at a government and IT industry summit, skills secretary John Denham said there is a risk employers will cut training in the downturn, so the government is looking at ways of encouraging workforce investment, especially in IT, viewed as...
[May 26, 2009, 8:55]
Skills Assessment and Customized Training for Help Desk Staff Save Time and Money
White Papers Because the service center wanted to have 30 employees earn the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) certification, it turned to the campus, an IT training firm. By using the tool, the technicians discovered they already knew much...
[May 4, 2007, 0:00]
India imports UK teachers to train call centre staff
News A team of retired teachers from the UK is in India training call centre staff, reports the Hindustan Times. Oceans Connect’s training manager, Milly Sandeep, said the students are picking up the accents well, especially the Scottish one, according...
[August 19, 2003, 11:40]
Adobe Systems Case Study: Citigroup Hong Kong - Quality Department
White Papers The Citigroup Hong Kong Quality Department is responsible for delivering training to Citigroup staff to maintain and improve corporate quality. For example, staff can choose to take training courses if time allows; Interactive CD-ROMs let staff...
[June 14, 2006, 0:00]
IT staff face bleak outlook
News The immediate outlook for IT staff in the UK is bleak with redundancies rising, salaries falling and less training going on. IT staff receiving job-related training also fell to 13 percent -- 2 per cent below UK all industry average.
[July 4, 2003, 15:23]
UTI Bank Reaps the Full Benefits of Its Database Systems With Regular Training
White Papers The bank runs its critical banking applications on Oracle Database and has sent its IT staff to Oracle University for training on database administration for the past few years. With the knowledge gained from training, UTI Bank maximized the use of...
[November 6, 2007, 0:00]
Positive Effects of eLearning and Blended ITIL Training Strategies
White Papers ITIL adoption is a culture change that requires different levels of education from awareness to in-depth training and certification for the entire staff. Delivering the right training at the right time also requires understanding the limitations on...
[October 27, 2006, 1:00]
NSFW!
Blog Without training, staff may well find themselves the weakest link in the security chain, without ever knowing what they are doing wrong. As well as being used by inquisitive UK workers directly, it is hoped that employers will make time available...
[November 20, 2008, 16:00]
Training Organisation Increases Efficiency for Mobile Assessors
White Papers Dimensions Training Solution needed to: increase the efficiency of field staff by reducing their reliance on paper-based processes; and track the whereabouts of field staff in real time, to gauge the efficiency of their daily routes, and be able...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
IT job market feels the economic pinch
News Meanwhile, training seems to have taken a back seat: the percentage of IT staff who said they had received training in the last 13 weeks was just 24 percent, according to e-skills UK. In total, more than 77 percent of ICT staff said they had been...
[March 17, 2009, 13:56]
Poor training causes security holes
News Worryingly, 22 percent of respondents said none of their IT staff have received specific security training while more than two thirds of companies polled said only a quarter of their IT staff are trained on security issues.
[March 27, 2003, 17:14]
How SAP Training Skills Development Workshop Takes Trainers to New Heights at British Airways
White Papers The SAP Training Skills Development workshop was a key element in the education strategy, enabling 50 British Airways staff to evolve rapidly from training material developers to effective trainers covering a massive 32,000 man days of training...
[June 14, 2006, 0:00]
Kimberly-Clark Expands Training 16 Percent With Software Assurance Training Vouchers
White Papers Kimberly-Clark knows that IT training is a constant requirement to keep its staff current on the latest technologies. The vouchers, worth U.S.based on the company's Enterprise Agreement, increase instructor-led training for Kimberly-Clark IT staff...
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Talkback The usual excuse for not giving the training is that the staff "have it already at home", so they are 100% familiar with it already. The vast majority of teachers have had no training in the Microsoft software they are expected to use because of...
[May 10, 2005, 15:09]
Should a security professional have a legal background?
Blog Comment They might even be useful training IT staff at least to know what legal requirements are related to data security. Legal training in privacy and regulatory issues might be useful for the IT staff to at least become aware of what items in their...
[August 26, 2008, 8:14]
Things your PC never volunteers
Blog Whilst it is tricky sparing the time to send staff on training courses why not offer an incentive for them work at one in their own time? Ideally send staff on a training courses or at the very least buy in some training materials but in a small...
[November 20, 2008, 17:03]
