The audit firm KPMG Switzerland, with its UK-based partner Immersive Labs, is opening a cyber academy in Switzerland. The two launched the Digital Cyber Academy (DCA). The cloud-based cyber training and assessment platform is available for free to all Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences as well as using the tool in-house to train its own cyber people.
Users of the DCA are immersed in virtual cyber labs and presented with a variety of challenges taken from real life. In doing so, they aim to hone their own skills in dealing with cyber risks in a targeted way and lay important foundations for a career in the cyber world. Some 365 universities and universities of applied sciences in Australia, the UK, Canada, Singapore and the US are already using the platform to improve their students’ abilities in cyber security and defence.
KPMG Switzerland is the first Swiss firm to integrate the DCA into its own recruitment process. Students who master the challenges confronting them will, among other things, have the chance of a highly promising career in KPMG’s Cyber Security team. How well they perform in the DCA exercises sheds light on a participant’s skills profile and indicates what roles and responsibilities a potential candidate would be suited to before they have even been for an initial interview.
Matthias Bossardt, Head of Cyber Security at KPMG Switzerland said: “With the Digital Cyber Academy, Switzerland as a training and business hub will benefit from the next generation of experts who can deal confidently with increasingly complex cyber risks. Ultimately, this added value will be a boon to Swiss companies. Users who successfully complete the DCA program will significantly enhance their cyber skills, opening the doors to some promising career opportunities in cyber security and defence.”
Visit https://dca.immersivelabs.online/.
