Mandiant, Inc. announced its new training program – Mandiant Academy. Leveraging Mandiant’s leading threat intelligence and cyber security expertise, the program provides education courses, incident response and threat intelligence analysis certifications, and operational skills training to meet the shifting needs of security teams today. Delivered by frontline industry experts, Mandiant Academy is designed to help close the cyber security skills gap by maturing security teams’ on-the-job capabilities and improving their ability to prevent, detect and respond to today’s evolving threat actors. The On-Demand Cyber Threat Intelligence Training courses provide security practitioners with professional-grade classes to learn critical security skills, including best practice threat intelligence frameworks, attacker tradecraft, RFI analysis and more. In addition to these courses, Mandiant Academy gives organizations a range of tailored education options, including: A proctor-based certifications program designed to test security teams’ incident response capabilities and threat intelligence knowledge against real-world cyber threats. Courses that are instructor-led, dedicated to one organization or delivered remotely to individual security professionals. On-demand sessions that can be taken from the comfort of a student’s home or other desired space, at their convenience. Immersive, hands-on experiences customized to validate a team’s capabilities with real-world scenarios in Mandiant’s ThreatSpace cyber range, a three-day cyber simulation exercise that emulates real-world threats. Security Expertise and Incident Response courses taught by active security practitioners. Leveraging Mandiant’s extensive incident response experience on the frontlines, these instructors offer first-hand knowledge of attacker TTPs, tools and malware to apply on-the-job. Mandiant is also introducing a new book, “The Defender’s Advantage”, for cyber security professionals and organization leaders as an educational resource. “The Defender’s Advantage” provides expert insights on activating cyber defenses and employing accelerators to gain an advantage in the evolving cyber security landscape. The book includes advice on building security teams with the right people, right processes, and right capabilities to hunt for threats and manage incidents, as well as expertise from leaders in the field including Mandiant’s Threat Intelligence and Strategic Consulting Teams.