Study: Trend towards IT security outsourcing shows a lack of IT security expertise in companies. IT security experts can acquire the highly sought-after specialist knowledge in this area through a new Kaspersky training course on Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques.
The annual Kaspersky report “IT Security Economics” confirms a growing trend towards outsourcing IT security services because many companies no longer have the necessary expertise themselves. Among the companies surveyed in Europe, 44 percent of small and medium-sized companies with up to 999 employees and every second large company cite this as the main reason. IT security experts can now acquire the highly sought-after specialist knowledge in this area via a new Kaspersky training course on Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques. The video course covers the topics of reverse engineering, incident response and digital forensics in 60 teaching units and offers extensive exercise options.
Training in Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques
In response to the outbreak of the corona pandemic in 2020, digitization in the economy was accelerated by months or even years, but the IT infrastructure was also more complex and insecure at the same time. Cybersecurity experts are hard to find on the market and in-house training is lagging behind. Many companies therefore want to outsource their IT security to Managed Service Providers (MSP) or Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP).
Outsourcing motives were 2021 percent each for all companies surveyed by Kaspersky in Europe in 46:
- the acquisition of special knowledge,
- financial considerations
- and compliance reasons.
In the previous year, 80 percent of large companies still focused on the efficiency of the provision of IT security solutions, for smaller companies it was mainly cost reasons (42 percent each). When asked about the reasons for increasing the IT security budget, 38 percent in Europe name the increased complexity of the IT infrastructure, followed by the desire for more expertise in this area (33 percent).
Improve your own IT security expertise with Kaspersky
The need for IT security experts has never been greater than it is today. Kaspersky is accommodating this and is now offering specialists such as reverse engineers, incident response experts and digital forensic experts the opportunity to acquire specialist knowledge in demand through the online training program Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques. The focus is on static code analysis, because it is the safest way to determine its functionality and to discover artifacts of cybersecurity incidents that work with as yet unknown malicious code. Companies can use it to initiate damage-limiting measures in the event of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT).
The focus of the training is to convey Kaspersky's expertise in automatic decryption, decoding and testing of samples. "During my 20-year career at Kaspersky, I've been able to get to the bottom of many interesting and notorious APT campaigns," said Igor Kuznetsov, Chief Security Researcher and a member of Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team. He put the training together and selected practical examples from the Lazarus, MiniDuke and Carbanak campaigns. The most important aspects of static code analysis with the disassembler IDA Pro as well as special sticking points that require special treatment are shown. “This expertise was encapsulated in the Advanced Malware Analysis Techniques training course and can now be passed on to the next generation of IT security professionals. We hope that our experience and the tools provided will take the handling of cybersecurity incidents to a new level - for example, through the analysis of complex malware, an onsite incident response and the correct classification of samples."
Learning content: Analysis of complex malware
The training consists of 60 video lessons and 100 hours of practice-oriented learning in the virtual lab. Participants can take six months to complete the full scope. A detailed description of the content of the online training can be found online at Kaspersky.
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