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Digital Acceleration Program which forms strategic partnerships with governments to help build digitally inclusive societies , more resilient economies and the workforce of the future .

“ Cisco is investing in this program to build a talent pipeline of skilled workers for the cybersecurity industry in New Brunswick and beyond ,” said Shannon Leininger , President of Cisco Canada .

“ In this post-pandemic , digital-first world , a skilled IT workforce is integral to Canada ’ s long-term economic prosperity and competitiveness . Through partnership

Demand for cybersecurity talent is growing and our students need to be prepared . models like these , we can scale cybersecurity skills training nationally and help Canadians pursue highpaying , high-skilled jobs .”

“ We know that cybersecurity skills are in demand – and that this demand will only continue to grow as our world becomes ever-more connected ,” said Tyson Johnson , Chief Executive Officer , CyberNB .

“ CyberNB will be rolling out the curriculum to English and French schools across the province , providing training and support for teachers to successfully implement the industry recognized program in the classroom and give their students real-world , highdemand skills training .”

The program is available to grades nine through 12 . The entire course takes up to 255 hours to complete , and includes modules , hands-on labs , quizzes , activities and exams . p

Tenable partners with CyberNB ’ s Critical Infrastructure Security Operations Center to increase the resilience and security of Canada ’ s critical infrastructure .

Through the strategic partnership , Tenable will bring its risk-based vulnerability management and industrial security solutions to the CI-SOC , empowering critical infrastructure stakeholders to see , predict and reduce cybersecurity risk .

CI-SOC brings together data from multiple critical infrastructure owners and operators across all sectors . By leveraging Tenable ’ s industry-leading solutions within the CI-SOC , including Tenable . io and Tenable . ot , stakeholders gain deep visibility and analytics across this massive data set to understand their cyber-risk posture .

In addition , CyberNB members can now use Tenable ’ s technology to identify vulnerabilities , prioritize those with the greatest business impact and act quickly to reduce risk . The partnership will also facilitate information sharing between the private and public

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