Spokesmen for Mile2 and EXCOM Education today jointly announced a strategic partnership of their respective companies. The international IT community recognises this alliance as marriage between two leading IT training institutions – EXCOM Education in Australia and Mile2 on the global landscape. Critical areas of security training which can now be made available to Australian businesses and individuals through this union include:
- Penetration Testing
- Digital Forensics
- CISSP Certification
- Social Engineering - Human Factors
- Disaster Recovery
- Wireless Security
Courses range from foundation security skills for IT professionals through to the highest levels of industry certification. There are even courses in Mile2’s list of offerings which are restricted by the US government as only available to approved military and law enforcement organisations of allied countries.
Mile2 is a global organisation with an extensive history in the security field. In the aftermath of 9/11, the critical need to develop a team of security training experts became evident following the threat to national and corporate security, and it was these events which have lead to a singificant growth phase for the company.
Mile2’s enduring goal is to establish and contribute to a universal benchmark standard for adoption by government, military and corporate organisations whose intellectual property, secrets and infrastructure assets are significant strategic targets for compromise by hackers. Mile2 is established in North America, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific Region and has dedicated or affiliate facilities in over 280 cities worldwide.
EXCOM Education is a national IT technical training provider who has specialised in this field for 10 years, and is backed by its principles with over 24 years of combined experience in the industry. Adopting a strategy of focusing solely on IT technical training, EXCOM has experienced remarkable sustained growth, providing an extensive range of training courses enabling candidates to enhance their current knowledge & skills on Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, Cisco, Linux, Checkpoint, CompTIA and a host of other systems, products and certifications. EXCOM is 100% Australian owned with established training centers across the country including Sydney Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth.
EXCOM has established a unique reputation in the industry for quality and excellence in their chosen field. The company holds authorisations from most of the major vendors, and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner – an exceptional achievement considering the company purely provides learning services – and is the sole Novell Platinum Training Services Partner for the region. Combine this with several outstanding recent awards and recognitions including: Citrix Authorised Learning Centre (CALC) of the Year (ANZ) award 2 years running, Microsoft Partner of the Year 2004 - Learning Solutions (Aust & NZ), and Microsoft World Wide Customer Experience Award winner 2004, and the accolades speak for themselves.
It is abundantly clear that this partnership is a coming together of entities with a common underlying culture. Both EXCOM and Mile2 subscribe to providing the best IT related education in the world by the best people, materials and cutting edge technology to consistently yield optimum solutions for the benefit of the candidate.
Clients will benefit from the international consulting experience of Mile2 whose instructors augment their teachings with real world experience, and profit from Mile2’s strategy of focusing narrowly on IT Security. They will also benefit from EXCOM’s national standing, its value-added services, full-time instructors, post-course support, and commitment to providing the highest quality training experience. “We believe that this partnership will achieve a distinct edge over any comparable offerings in the marketplace.”
Clearly this partnership presents the Australian public with a new premier choice for IT security education. Moreover, Australian society at large will take advantage of the benefits to business and government security that this partnership promises. In the final analysis, the Mile2 – EXCOM Education collaboration appears to be a significant win-win situation, with the Australian public reaping the benefits as well. |
