Web Security Review

by Matt Hines

EC-Council University’s security science program aimed at helping qualified IT professionals advance their skills and take on high-level industry jobs.

EC-Council University, a New Mexico-based distance learning company, has launched the program to help qualified workers advance their training and move to the next level of the security profession.

Founded in 2006, the school is a spin-off of the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants, an online trainer that claims to have certified more than 40,000 IT professionals already, including 12,000-plus security specialists.

With the growing need for highly skilled security experts among businesses, EC-Council founders say there’s a scarcity of people who have all the know-how necessary to make the leap to CTO-level work.

“Traditionally, a lot of white hat hackers have been people with computer science backgrounds who taught themselves about hacking, but we’re trying to change the surface of the industry because we can’t leave this field of study up to chance,” said Jay Bavisi, president of EC-Council.

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