Our four-day training offering, "Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments", was presented October 27 through 30 2008 and May 5 through 8. This course covers the major hacking techniques, shows how to determine one's own vulnerability to such attacks, and how to protect against them. The course is intended for security professionals, auditors, and system and network administrators. The course outline and some background information is available here. For more details please contact us.

Rui has taught the the Mile2 Certified Penetration Testing Specialist / Expert bootcamp in Tampa, Florida (July 7 through 12) and a Certified Penetration Testing Specialist class in Ottawa (early December '08).

Two more successful presentations (13 students each) of our 4-day Web Application Security course took place, May 12 to 15, 2008, and April 28 through May 1, 2009 (13 students in each class), at the On-Track Computer Training facility in downtown Vancouver (1600 - 650 West Georgia St.) The course outline and some background information is available here.

We have a range of training offerings, including:

• Secure Web Application Development and Testing (4 days)
• This course aims to provide Web application developers with an understanding of application security issues and attack vectors, and the skills, tools and techniques to code defensively against web attacks.
• For developers; testers/QA; architects; analysts; system, network and database administrators; auditors; and security and compliance staff. 
• The course outline and some background information is available here. 
• We are planning to present this course again early in 2009 in both Victoria and Vancouver BC (dates will be posted here as soon as they are finalised).  
• For more details please contact us.

• Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments (4 days) - NEW!
• This course describes the major hacking techniques, shows how to determine one's own vulnerability to such attacks, and how to protect against them. 
• For security professionals, auditors, and system and network administrators.
• The course outline and some background information is available here.  
• We are planning to present this course again early in 2009 in both Victoria and Vancouver BC (dates will be posted here as soon as they are finalised).  
• For more details please contact us.

• Wireless Network Security Complete (3 days) - NEW!
• Under development - the outline will be posted here soon.
• There are two major focii for this course: How to secure wireless networks and how to attack them. 
• If you are interested in attending or need more information, please contact us.

• CISSP®/CISM® module reviews (1-3 days per domain)
• CISA® review
• Network and Systems Security (Introductory and Advanced)
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning (DRP/BCP) (taught at BCIT with Tina Yeo)
• VoIP Security 
• Wireless Networks and Wireless Network Security (CWNA and CWSP certifications) (taught at BCIT)
• Introduction to Computer Crime (includes Introduction to Forensics, Computer Investigations, and the Internet as a Resource) (taught at BCIT)
• Privacy (1-2 days, could be part of a security awareness campaign) (taught at UBC)
• Computer Ethics (1-2 days, could be part of a security awareness campaign) (taught at UBC)
• PCI Compliance (1-2 days)
• Linux/Unix Security
• Windows Security
• Practical Cryptography (taught at BCIT)

These courses can be easily tailored to meet customer requirements. If you need security training in an area that is not covered here, please contact us.

Our consultants continue to present these and other courses at local colleges (BCIT) and universities (UBC). We also provide in-house security awareness consulting services, to ensure that information security remains top of mind not only  with management and staff, but also with external consultants and contractors.