Province of Sultan Kudarat, CybersCool Defcon Inc. and Sultan Kudarat State University Sign Partnership Agreement on Cybersecurity Training.
Hon. Datu Pax Ali S. Mangudadatu, Governor of the Province of Sutan Kudarat, Retired Chief Justice Hon. Reynato S. Puno, Chairman of CybersCool Defcon Inc., and Dr. Samson L. Molao, Ph.D., President of Sultan Kudarat State University, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Cybersecurity Training last July 30, 2023 at the Provincial Capitol Building in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat. The MOA will allow the provincial and municipal officers, employees and personnel to attend and participate in the Cybersecurity Bootcamp Zero to Hero Course of CybersCool Defcon Inc.
The Cybersecurity Bootcamp Zero to Hero Course uses an intensive and comprehensive 14-week blended learning method of in-person (face-to-face) and on-line skills proficiency training program on cybersecurity. The cybersecurity course was developed by ThriveDX, a global leader in cyber education.
The course modules and contents are aligned with the specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) required under the NICE Framework (Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity) by the U.S. NIST and the Skills Framework for ICT by IMDA Singapore and the course certification is recognized by international companies and organizations, particularly in the U.S., Europe, Israel and Singapore.
CybersCool Defcon Inc. was launched as the First Globally Accredited Cyber School in the Philippines last July 20, 2022 at the Conrad Manila in Pasay City with Secretary Ivan John Uy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology as the Keynote Speaker and Brigadier General (Res.) Rami Efrati, the top cybersecurity expert from Israel, as the Principal Speaker.
In attendance during the MOA signing ceremony were Mr. Edison Abella, President of CybersCool Defcon Inc., with the other CybersCool officers, namely Messrs. Tatoo Amsili, Co-Founder and Director, and Ericson Atanacio, Director, and in the presence of the officials, officers, employees and staff of the Provincial Government of Sultan Kudarat, including its Board Members and Municipal Mayors.
(July 30, 2023; Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Philippines)