IT staff offered fast-track hacker course

IT professionals are being offered fast-track training in hacking skills as a means to combat cyber-attacks. Accelerated learning company The Training Camp has introduced a five-day Certified Ethical Hacker course detailing the tools and techniques used to target corporate networks. In the past few years, so-called ethical hacking has become an increasingly popular method of detecting vulnerabilities in systems and networks. Many companies pay high fees for penetration testing services.

Robert Chapman, co-founder of The Training Camp, said: "This is about giving people inside your organisation the skills to carry out penetration testing on your behalf without having to hire an external consultancy."

The course is based on that of US training developer EC-Council.

The Training Camp's US arm has been offering a fast-track version for around four months and the company is running its first UK-based course early next month.

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