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Immersive Core
- Categories:
- Cyber Security
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Code:
- IMMCORE
- Exam:
- Not Applicable
Overview
Immersive Core establishes the foundation organisations need to build, exercise, and prove cyber readiness. We combine cyber readiness, exercising, validation, and measurement experience, enabling learners to build and improve practical capability through hands-on labs and a business and technical resilience exercise simulation.
It also addresses the requirement to prove AI and agent readiness, developing knowledge and practical security skills for AI-enabled systems. Learners have access to all course materials and labs for 12 months.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Target audience
Immersive Core is designed for organisations seeking to develop and demonstrate cyber readiness across technical, operational, and wider workforce roles.
- Cyber security professionals
- SOC and security operations teams
- Incident responders
- Security engineers and analysts
- Offensive security and penetration testing teams
- Application and cloud security professionals
- Cyber risk and resilience professionals
- Crisis management and business continuity teams
- Security and technology leaders
What's included
Select your preferred way to learn:
What is Virtual?
Live, instructor-led training delivered online
Interactive online sessions led by subject matter experts. Learners join live classes, take part in discussions, and complete practical exercises from any location, making it easy to fit collaborative learning into busy schedules.
If you prefer to connect to a course that is taking place in a physical classroom, you can choose our Remote Access option. .
Best for: Teams and individuals who want expert guidance, real-time collaboration, and flexible access.
What's included?
3 Days instructor led course
Exam: Not Applicable
6 month free access to QA learning platform
Free 6-Month Access: Learning Platform Discovery plan
Included FREE with every instructor‑led course
Get free guided access to the QA Learning Platform. Assess your skills, explore in-demand topics, and understand which areas to focus on.
Learn AI, Cloud, Data, and Leadership skills at your own pace.
Put skills into practice with hands-on Labs and Simulabs.
Validate knowledge and highlight gaps with skills assessments.
What is bespoke training?
Custom instructor-led training designed by QA to fit your needs
Tailored programmes built around your organisation’s goals, challenges, and skill levels. Delivered in the format that suits you to maximise relevance and impact.
Best for: Organisations and teams looking to target specific business priorities and capabilities with QA subject matter expertise.
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Dates
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Learning outcomes
Delegates will learn how to:
- Build practical, role-relevant cyber capability
- Assess existing knowledge and identify capability gaps
- Exercise individuals and teams against realistic cyber threats
- Test decision-making and response under pressure
- Exercise technical, operational, and organisational resilience
- Assess cyber readiness across internal and supply chain environments
- Measure improvement using consistent readiness data
Course outline
Onboarding to Immersive Core environment
- Become familiar with the learning environment, exercise format, available labs and tools, and navigation
- Simulation discovery and choice, learn how to respond within the simulation
Business and technical exercise simulation
- Apply understanding through a combined business and technical exercise
- Work through a realistic cyber security simulation scenario
- Test technical response, decision-making, communication, and organisational resilience
Assessment and improvement
- Build knowledge and practical capability across individuals and teams
- Exercise capability against realistic threats, incidents, and crisis scenarios
- Prove readiness using assessments, exercise performance, framework mapping, and measurable evidence
- Use data and insights to identify gaps and direct capability development
Exams and assessments
No formal examination, however, learners progress from understanding concepts to applying practical skills, before being challenged to use those capabilities under increasingly realistic operational conditions.
Hands-on learning
Learners build and improve practical capability through hands-on labs and a business and technical resilience exercise simulation, applying skills in realistic cyber scenarios.
Good to know
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What our customers are saying
“I would say the secure software engineering programme QA built, is beyond training. It is more around making transformation in the mindset of people, and this was exactly what we are looking for.”
Emil Minev
Senior Consultant & Programme Manager, Paysafe Group
“I really enjoyed the practical experience given by the labs, and also being able to make use of the expertise of the trainers and learn tips and tricks from them. Overall, it was an excellent overview of the cyber security profession as a whole. The learning experience was fun and exciting!”
QA learner
“I loved learning about Open Source Intelligence - the things you can do just with Google are amazing! Also, being able to meet, work with, and chat to other people interested in cyber was fantastic.”
QA learner
Portfolio Director
Richard Beck
Portfolio Director – Cyber
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How do QA’s virtual classroom courses work?
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How do QA’s online courses work?
QA online courses, also commonly known as distance learning courses or elearning courses, take the form of interactive software designed for individual learning, but you will also have access to full support from our subject-matter experts for the duration of your course.
Once you have purchased the Online course and have completed your registration, you will receive the necessary details to enable you to immediately access it through our e-learning platform and you can start to learn straight away, from any compatible device. Access to the online learning platform is valid for one year from the booking date.
All courses are built around case studies and presented in an engaging format, which includes storytelling elements, video, audio and humour. Every case study is supported by sample documents and a collection of Knowledge Nuggets that provide more in-depth detail on the wider processes.
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When will I receive my certificate?
Certificates of Achievement are issued at the end the course, either as a hard copy or via email. Read more here.