Logical Operations, the world’s leading provider of information technology instructor-led courseware, was a sponsor of the first Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC), a two-day hackathon event held by Rochester Institute of Technology this past weekend on November 7th and 8th. Student teams from RIT, Alfred State College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, Syracuse University, Tompkins Cortland Community College, University of New Hampshire, University of Buffalo and the United States ...

For every cyber impostor targeting your hard-earned research and development, customers' personal information, or potentially embarrassing secrets, there's at least one cautious manager who still needs more proof you deserve immediate reinforcements. Remember the old self-help homily, "life is not a dress rehearsal"? It applies to today's cybersecurity training imperatives. Just in time for the mobile and application-based "trust economy" consumers expect from every organization, service or brand that wants ...

The Town of Penfield, N.Y., has taken proactive steps to prevent security breaches and keep their data secure from cyber threats by partnering with New Horizons of Logical Operations to provide CyberSAFE end-user security training to all Penfield employees during the week of November 2nd through November 6th, 2015. With all of the recent cyber-attacks and data breaches in the news, especially the Excellus BlueCross BlueShield cyber-attack that has affected ...

Logical Operations, the world’s leading provider of information technology instructor-led courseware, is set to sponsor the first Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC), a two-day hackathon event held on November 7th and 8th at Rochester Institute of Technology. The sponsorship of this exclusive inter-collegiate penetration testing competition coincides with Logical Operations’ dedication to enabling professionals to become the first line of response against cyber-attacks through hands-on, instructor-led training that will prepare ...

A new competition at Rochester Institute of Technology is allowing students to attack the problem of cybersecurity from a different vantage point. Rather than only defending against attackers, as other national competitions challenge computing security students to do, they will be charged with attacking a network. Nine teams from regional universities will face off as they attempt to break into computer networks, evaluate their weak points and offer plans to ...

When I travel by air, I ask for an exit row seat. Of course, the privilege of having extra room for my long legs comes with the responsibility to open the exit door in the event of an emergency. Like most passengers, when the flight attendant asks if I can open the exit door, I always respond “yes” — even though I’ve never actually opened an exit door. Of course, ...

IBEX, a leading provider of instructor-led technical training, announces the addition of CyberSec First Responder: Threat Detection and Response to their public training schedule. This cybersecurity training course and corresponding ProCert Accredited certification, Certified CyberSec First Responder, were developed by Logical Operations with the goal of helping organizations combat cybersecurity threats. The number of exceptional IT security breaches continues to grow exponentially, which is part of an overall trend toward ...

IBEX IT Business Experts, LLC (IBEX), a leading provider of instructor-led technical training, announces the addition of CyberSAFE to their public training schedule. Logical Operations developed this end-user cyber security-training course and corresponding assessment with the goal of helping organizations combat cybersecurity threats through educating end-users. End-users play a critical role in protecting an organization’s data, but often times, they are the weakest link in the security chain. In fact, ...