IT Security Training And Certification Program Launched

Jul 15, 2008 4:06 PM

Catbird, a developer of comprehensive security for virtual and physical networks, has launched the Certified Virtual Security Professional (CVSP) Program. The CVSP program provides IT professionals with in-depth knowledge and tools required for best-practice implementation of security in a virtual environment.

The CVSP curriculum encompasses emerging industry standards and guidelines, including requirements established by government agencies and virtualization platform vendors as well as seasoned real-world experience from Catbird consultants in the field. Course topics include migration of existing physical best practices to virtual infrastructure, virtual security implementation architecture, compliance solutions to ensure separation of duties, secondary/change controls within a virtual context, virtual network configuration and management.

"Virtualization security is a critical requirement in the planning and deployment of production-ready virtualized environments, but IT professionals have had to scramble to figure this stuff out on their own," notes Michael Berman, CTO of Catbird. "Catbird's CVSP provides the training and certification IT professionals need to come up to speed quickly."

The two-part program includes one full day of coursework, supplemented by a second day of hands-on lab work and question and answer time. Completion of the one-day course gives trainees introductory, actionable information. Students in the two-day course graduate with an advanced understanding of the myriad of security and compliance issues surrounding virtualization security with hands-on training on avoidance and mitigation.

"It's about time that expert training in virtual security would be available to security engineers in a professional setting," says Dusty Wince, CEO of Catbird training partner Knowledge Consulting Group. "Our CVSP-certified engineers have all been extremely satisfied by what they have learned and can apply within the virtual environment on clients' sites."

The CVSP program is designed to enable security engineers, along with IT audit and compliance professionals, to conduct security assessments and implement virtual infrastructure security measures to maintain compliance with regulatory and internal standards. Graduates of the course will come away with the ability to analyze the efficacy of their existing virtual security protocols as well as the know-how to take proactive measures to enhance their existing security. Upon completion of the CVSP program, students are eligible to sit for the CVSP certification exam.

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