QA Cyber Practice offers the UK’s broadest and deepest end-to-end curriculum, aligned to the UK National Cyber Strategy, to strengthen the UK cyber ecosystem by enhancing and expanding the nation’s cyber skills at every level.
What we do, beyond public schedule courses.
The QA cyber practice has an extensive capability providing solutions and services for our clients beyond the traditional training course.
- Best practice cyber learning pathways
- Workforce competency assessments
- Bespoke learning solutions (courses and programmes)
- Skills gap analysis
- Tailored cyber learning pathways for organisations and teams
- Career profiling using best practice skills frameworks
- Multiple gamified learning platforms for simulations and experiential learning
- Regional & national competitions
- Blended learning capability @scale - global delivery for secure by design engineering
- Cyber Skills Forums (Government & Industry)
- National (Award Winning) cyber programmes
- Extensive 50+ cyber partner learning eco-system
- Gateway for innovative cyber learning start-ups
- Nano learning in Emerging Tech
- Free community resources
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We build and deliver more cyber programmes than any other UK provider. We have more than 25 specialist cyber instructors who, across a range of national programmes, have educated 17,000+ students in the last four years. Our 80+ cyber courses include more than 20 certified by the National Cyber Security Centre.
QA helps deliver Cyber Security programmes for a range of the UK’s biggest organisations across the private and public sector, including Atos, MoJ, Ministry of Defence, Women in Cyber Programme, National Cybercrime programme, MS Azure Cyber Security Programme and Secure Engineering Programme.
Our Cyber Security partners
Learning Paths
Cyber Security learning paths
Want to boost your career in cyber security? Click on the roles below to see QA's learning pathways, specially designed to give you the skills to succeed.
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Gamified Platforms
Apprenticeships
Cyber Security apprenticeship & degree programmes
Our cyber apprenticeship programmes are arming UK organisations with the defenders of the future.
“Being the first female cyber security apprenticeship achiever in the UK is exciting because I'm hoping that, with this result, I can help to inspire more women into a career in tech. I want them to know that you don't always need a strong technical background before starting your career, or have a particular 'personality type' to fit into the industry.”
Stephanie Haynes, UK's first female cyber apprentice
CyberFirst
Introducing CyberFirst
CyberFirst is a pivotal part of the UK government’s National Cyber Security Programme, helping young people explore their passion for tech by introducing them to the world of cyber security. It covers a broad range of activities including schools development courses, a girls-only competition and comprehensive bursary and apprenticeship schemes.
The schools development courses, designed and developed by QA in collaboration with the NCSC offer over 2500 free course places to 12-17 year old students annually at universities and colleges across the UK. Each course is designed to give talented young people the technical skills, practical experience and industry exposure they need to start their journey toward cyber-related careers and opportunities, preparing them for a possible role in making Britain the safest place to live and work online. In 2019 the CyberFirst courses were formally recognised by The Scottish Qualification Authority who credit rated them comparable to GSCE level, against their robust and rigorous educational framework.
Higher Education
Cyber Security higher education programmes
QA Higher Education partners with Northumbria University to deliver a cyber security masters programme that is designed to give students the specialist skills required to meet the increased demand and continue the fight against cybercrime.
“Cyber security is a never-ending game; it’s about finding something new and working with it. Having a masters degree can help you through all of these challenges in a systematic and methodical way.”
Stephen Sampana, MSc Cyber Security (Part-Time)
Experts
Meet our Cyber Practice Director
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Richard BeckDirector of Cyber SecurityRichard is an experienced security professional, turned educator, with over 15 years in operational security roles. He is driven by a commitment to helping the UK to address immediate and longer-term cyber skills shortages and bring a more diverse range of individuals and experiences into cyber through eco-system collaboration. Richard has designed and architected numerous enterprise and nationwide cyber programmes, including CyberFirst for the NCSC and the award-winning National Cybercrime Programme. Richard sits on the TechUK Cyber Management Committee, supporting on the skills agenda and is a member of the Offensive Security Advisory Board. He was appointed to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) Digital Route Panel in 2022. He pioneered the original cyber apprentice ‘fast track’ programme with HMG to establish successful L4 cyber apprentice opportunities. He is passionate about making a difference through technical education that equips individuals from all backgrounds with tomorrow’s digital skills to maximise their potential and succeed in the workplace. |
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