EC-Council - Grooming Ethical Hackers for Singapore's Workforce

[L-R] Dr. Timothy Chan, Director, DMIT of Singapore Polytechnic and Mr. Sean Lim, Vice President of EC-CouncilStore this angel in big sizeNovember 2, 2009 – Singapore Polytechnic (SP), will be the aboriginal convention of college acquirements in Singapore to absorb EC-Council programs into its absolute courses; the Part-Time Specialist Diploma (E-Commerce Technology) and the Certificate of Competence in Information Technology (Infocomm Security).

EC-Council is a member-based organisation that certifies individuals in assorted e-business and aegis skills. It is the buyer and developer of the apple acclaimed Certified Ethical Hacker course, Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator program, License Penetration Tester affairs and assorted added programs offered in over 60 countries about the globe.

Said Dr. Timothy Chan, Director, School of Digital Media and Information Technology (DMIT) of Singapore Polytechnic, “Integrating EC-Council programs into our courses is a footfall that underlines SP’s legacy, which is developing a able workforce with specialised abilities for the country. As we steadily advance into a absolutely knowledge-based economy, we accede the access in appeal for manpower with ability in the advice aegis sector. We are assured that EC-Council abilities will fortify our students’ ability and skills, authoritative them angle out from the rest.”

Students demography the Diploma in Infocomm Security Management (DISM) at SP will aswell be the aboriginal to accept scholarships and awards accretion S$45,000 from EC-Council. The scholarships & awards are fabricated accessible with the signing of a Memorandum of Co-operation (MOC) amid DMIT and EC-Council endure week.

Under this MOC, three scholarships admired at $2,500 anniversary will be awarded annually over the next 5 years to admirable SP acceptance demography the full-time authority course. In addition, the organisation will aswell accolade a $1,000 graduation accolade and a $500 EC-Council Circle of Excellence Award to admirable acceptance during the aforementioned period.

On top of that, SP will be the aboriginal polytechnic to action EC-Council courses to acceptance beneath the Academia Partner Program. In band with the MOC, SP’s School of DMIT has become an EC-Council Academia Partner and an Accredited Training Centre that will action EC-Council able acceptance training programs.

EC-Council will be accouterment advertence abstracts and publications accompanying to advice security, which will be accessible to acceptance at the DMIT’s Infocomm Security Labs. There will aswell be opportunities for ability sharing, agents exchanges and engagements amid both parties.

Six SP advisers accept auspiciously completed the world-renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) affairs afresh and addition two final-year acceptance are set to abide the training as well, authoritative them the aboriginal SP advisers and acceptance to accompany the all-around association of certified EC-Council members, currently continuing at over 26,000 above added than 60 countries.

“In this era of K-economy, EC-Council recognises the charge to breeding added advice aegis cadre and experts. There’s no bigger way to do so than paving the way for a accumulation of admirable acceptance who aspire to be allotment of the advice aegis community. As such, we are badly admiring to accept Singapore Polytechnic as one of our apprenticeship partners”, said Mr. Sean Lim, Vice President of EC-Council.

The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) envisions itself to be a association of accepted interest, area individuals assemble on one belvedere for communication, apprenticeship and ability administration behindhand of their specific responsibilities or abilities. The organisation welcomes any alone who believes in our aesthetics in creating acquaintance and aboveboard desires to enhance their abilities and that of the E-commerce circle. Administration of the aesthetics is done by its associates in accordance to autonomous principles.

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