New UK cybersecurity training scheme prepares for hackers

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http://www.cnet.com/news/new-uk-cybersecurity-training-scheme-prepares-for-hackers/

By Rich Trenholm
@rich_trenholm
CNet News
June 24, 2014

With hackers attacking almost every government body, institution and 
business, organisations have to do more than hide behind technology -- 
they have to invest in people too, from the server room to the boardroom. 
That's the message from cybX, a new cybersecurity training scheme in North 
Yorkshire.

Cybx is a simulator for an organisation's technical staff to run through 
mock cyber attacks -- a sort of boot camp for those in the front line of 
cybersecurity. cybX begins its first mini training exercise next week, and 
full courses start at the beginning of August.

Training takes place at the Emergency Planning College, near York. The EPC 
is a crisis management training centre that teaches government departments 
and businesses how to cope when things assume the dimensions of a pear, 
whether it's a cyber attack, a terrorist incident or just crowd control at 
a major event. It's run by Serco, a British outsourcing company that does 
everything from managing airbases and hospitals to tagging criminals.

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