What is Ethical Hacking and how do I become an Ethical Hacker

Ethical Hacking or Penetration Testing is a way of identifying and evaluating security weaknesses in a computer system or network buy simulating a malicious attack, but instead of using this for evil J like a traditional hacker(or cracker) you present the weaknesses to whoever is responsible for the system to allow them to resolve the weakness before it is used to breach the security of the system. The person who carries out the ethical hacking is known as a Ethical Hacker or Penetration tester.

How do you become an Ethical Hacker/Penetration Tester?

There are 2 certifications that certify individuals skills as an Ethical Hacker the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and CPTS (Certified Penetration Testing Specialist/Engineer). Both are widely recognised and respected certifications globally.

 

Who delivers the training and what is their background?

New Horizons Deliver the training in Ireland and we work a security specialist US organisation called Mile2 to deliver these courses at our Dublin office.

Mile2 was developed in response to the threat of corporate and national information security attacks in the aftermath of 9/11. Mile2 designs, develops, and delivers Information Security training and consulting services that meet military, government, private sector and institutional specifications. Mile2's penetration testing training and consulting has become the de facto standard for the European and US military. Mile2 has serviced the Royal and US Air Force, Marines, Army and National Guard, United Nations, NATO, European Military and Government personnel, along with a large number of fortune 100 companies. In addition, m2 has served over 6000 private sector organizations and individuals in the finance, banking, insurance, oil and gas, telecommunications, charities, banking, insurance, health, communications, transport, law enforcement and education outsourcing and education industries that place a high premium on Information Security.

Certified Pen Testing Specialist (CPTS)/Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) training running February 15th in Dublin.

Click here for a course outline.

We currently have a special offer of 20% off and additional 5% for our blog readers who sign up in January.

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Currently hiring Telesales staff and MCT’s Trainer for .NET for full time positions

Role:                .NET Trainer

Salary:             Depends on Experience

Other benefits: Pension

23 days Paid Holidays

Access to full suite of IT Training

Paid for exams and certifications

 

Deliver quality technical training classes to a variety of clientele. Classes delivered at our client sites and for “closed” groups of delegates in our classroom.

 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Teach assigned .Net/SQL classes and tailor/customise classes where appropriate.

·         Assist the Training Manager in supporting the Sales Department.

·         Provide knowledge base to Account Executives and clients in areas of expertise.

·         Assist Account Executives in determining client needs.

·         Assistance in managing the Internal Network.

·         Position is based in Dublin

·         Perform other duties and tasks as designated by the Training Manager.

 

The ldeal Candidate should be a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and hold MCTS and MCPD in Visual Studio 2005 and or 2008 and SQL.

 

Minimum requirements:

·         MCTS SQL Server 2008

·         Fluent English

·         MCTS ASP.NET 2.0 or 3.5

·         Experienced training/presenting (The right person if successful would be provided triaining for MCT qualification)

 

Ideal but not required:

·         MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer)

·         MCPD .NET 2.0 or 3.5

·         MCITP SQL 2005 or 2008

  

Role:                Telesales Account Executive

Salary:             24K + Commission

Other benefits: Pension

23 days Paid Holidays

Access to full suite of IT Training

 

Description:

 

Telesales representatives required for immediate vacancies in leading IT Training company. Comprehensive training will be provided on an ongoing basis..

 

Responsibilities:

·         To book 5 new appointments per day

·         To make a minimum of 65 outbound calls to business prospects

·         To reach a minimum of 120 minutes talk-time per day, i.e. actual time spent actively contacting and speaking to prospects

·         To complete all administration within any defined period

 

The Person:

·         Ability to work independently and consistently achieve set targets/results.

·         Excellent organisation and time management skills.

·         Fluent English

·         Confident and professional telephone skills coupled with a determined and driven character

·         Strong communication skills.

·         Basic PC Literacy

·         Experience working with customers either face to face or over the phone.

 

New Horizons is an equal oppertunities employer.

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Silverlight 4 Developer Seminar, MTUG Event

Take a tour of the new features in Silverlight 4 including a dive into some of the new ready for business features like printing, rich text support, and expanded databinding support. Also hear about exciting Silverlight additions to the media stack, and get an introduction to the Silverlight 4 elevated trust out of browser model.

Tim Heuer is a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight.  He helps build the worldwide Silverlight community and loves talking about the platform and technology in general, as well as learning and being inspired how others are using it.  Having over 13 years of experience with Microsoft web technologies, Tim is excited about the opportunities that Silverlight brings for developers and designers and wants to ensure that everyone has the best information and tools available to them for success.

MTUG will meet in the Radisson Hotel - Golden Lane on Monday the 1st of February first meeting of 2010 and I hope everyone can make it.

 

Start Date/Time:	01 February 2010 19:00
End Date/Time:	01 February 2010 21:00
Recurring Event:	One time event
Importance:	Normal Priority
Category:	Developer

Register at:

 

http://www.mtug.ie/Home/tabid/38/ctl/Details/Mid/369/ItemID/40/Default.aspx?ContainerSrc=[G]Containers/_default/No+Container

Join MTUG today to be the first in the know for similar events and to support your local Microsoft Technology User Group:

www.MTUG.ie

Groups already running include:

Cork

Dublin

Galway

Midwest

North West

Northern Ireland

Sharepoint

Business Server

SQL Server

Windows Server

XNA

 

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Microsoft Second Shot is back for a limited time.

Take a Second Shot at Certification and Advance Your Career.

Whether you are currently unemployed, looking for a promotion, or trying to become indispensible in your existing role, Microsoft Certifications can validate your training and knowledge for skills applicable for some of the top IT and Developer jobs in the industry.

Second Shot provides a free retake when you fail your first attempt at an IT Pro or Developer Microsoft Certification Exam, reducing concern and fear of not passing your exam. Customers must take both the first and (if necessary) second retake exams before June 30, 2010.  

The Second Shot promotion is being launched today and all the information on this should be up by close of business today.

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.

For more information, to book exams and relevant links click here

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How to become a Microsoft Small Business Partner? It is as easy as 1,2,3,4

For some it seems that gaining any level of Microsoft Partnership is a complicated and requires heavy investment hopefully this post will help someone out there with gaining their Microsoft Small Business Partnership. The requirements for becoming a Microsoft Small Business Partner are quite straight forward, in fact if you are already an active Microsoft Partner with the right competency you may already meet the requirements. To help you get started New Horizons and Microsoft Ireland will give you a free exam voucher for Exams #70-653 (SBS 2008) and Exam #70-654 (EBS 2008) these must be taken before May 31, 2010, numbers are limited and are on a first come first served basis and there are also courses available that are part funded by Microsoft Ireland you pass your exam on the first go.

Step by Step how to become a Microsoft SBS Partner/registered member

1. If you are a Registered Member, Certified Partner, or Gold Certified Partner, skip to step 2. If you are not yet a Registered Member, Certified Partner, or Gold Certified Partner, enrol now.

To become a Registered Member:

1.      Sign in with your Windows Live ID (if you do not have a Windows Live ID, create one now). 2.      Tell Microsoft about you and your company. 3.      Agree to Microsoft’s terms and conditions.

To become a Certified Partner or Gold Certified Partner:

1.      If you do not have a Windows Live ID, create one now. 2.      Sign in to the Partner Membership Centre, by using your Windows Live ID. 3.      Complete your partner profile and accept the Microsoft Partner Network agreement. 4.      Earn 50 Partner Points. (Can be gained by the certifications you and your staff hold, client referances etc) 5.      Pay the Microsoft Partner Network fee.

2. Subscribe to Microsoft Action Pack or enrol in the Microsoft Empower for ISVs programme(If you already have done one of these skip to step 3)

 

3. Complete the Small Business Sales and Marketing Assessment. (Free to take)

 

4. Pass any of five technical exams.

• 70-653: TS: Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuring (Free as above)

   For Preparation Courses click here

• 70-654: TS: Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring (Free as above)
• 70-236 TS: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring

   For Preparation Courses click here

• 70-631: TS: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring

   For Preparation Courses click here

• 70-655 TS: Windows Vista and Server Operating Systems, Preinstalling for OEMs

If you have any comments or suggestions to help aspiring Microsoft Partners please leave them below.

To book a free SBS 2008 exam, or a Microsoft Sponsored course or to find out more please do not hesitate to contact me today:

Phone:     01 8898702

Mail:        alan.deery at newhorizonsireland.com

Referances: Microsoft.com

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Overview, Courses and Certification

Microsoft Dynamics is a familiar line of business management solutions that help grow your business with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities designed to help automate your unique business processes and accelerate your organization’s success.

 

CRM is a company-wide business strategy designed to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer loyalty. True CRM brings together information from all data sources within an organization  to give one, holistic view of each customer in real time. This allows customer facing employees in such areas as sales, customer support, and marketing to make quick yet informed decisions on everything from cross-selling and upselling opportunities to target marketing strategies to competitive positioning tactics.

 

According to Forrester Research, spending on customer relationship management is expected to top $11 billion annually by 2010, as enterprises seek to grow top-line revenues, improve the customer experience, and boost the productivity of customer-facing staff.

 

Customer relationship management tools have been shown to help companies attain these objectives:

 

·         Streamlined sales and marketing processes

·         Higher sales productivity

·         Added cross-selling and up-selling opportunities

·         Improved customer service

·         Increased call center efficiency

·         Higher close rates

·         Better customer profiling and targeting

·         Reduced expenses

·         Increased market share

·         Higher overall profitability

 

Microsoft Sponsored training for Dynamics CRM training and applicable for the competencies for partners.

 

Keep up to date with and register for the latest training programs delivered by our Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solution. Upcoming courses include

• Applications in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• Installation and Deployment in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

 

Start Date	# Days	Course	Cost (Additional Discounts available for Microsoft Partners)	Course Description (or link to page on MS Learning)
20 Jan 10	3	Applications in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (8913)	€680	http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=8913B&locale=en-us
04 Feb 10	2	Installation and Deployment in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (8911b)	€475	http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=8911B&locale=en-us

 

To book a course, or for more information on the above a please do not hesitate to contact New Horizons on 01 8898700, Web Enquiry, or email alan.deery@NewHorizonsIreland.com

 

For a full list of technical training please see the following link:

http://www.newhorizonsireland.ie/LocalWeb/Ireland/Mentored-Learning-Courses.aspx

To become a Microsoft Partner on Dynamics you need have staff who are certified for Dynamics DRM exams and certification available:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/dynamics-crm-specialist.aspx#tab2 

 

 

Referances

www.Microsoft.com

www.wikipedia.org

www.destinationcrm.com

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Business Intelligence (BI) SQL 2008 Overview, Courses and Certification

Business Intelligence (BI) refers to skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support decision making. With Business Intelligence you can use your existing information to predict future trends in your market to aid you in decision making ,marketing and sales.

For more information for specific departments:

http://www.microsoft.com/bi/department/department.aspx?id=tab1

There are three areas to Business Intelligence SQL Server 2005/2008 SSAS, SSIS and SSRS they are as follows:

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) delivers online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining functionality for business intelligence applications. Analysis Services supports OLAP by letting you design, create, and manage multidimensional structures that contain data aggregated from other data sources, such as relational databases. For data mining applications, Analysis Services lets you design, create, and visualize data mining models that are constructed from other data sources by using a wide variety of industry-standard data mining algorithms.

Course: 6234 Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

After completing this course, youwill be able to:

• Describe how SQL Server Analysis Services can be used to implement analytical solutions.
• Create multidimensional analysis solutions with SQL Server Analysis Services.
• Implement dimensions and cubes in an Analysis Services solution.
• Implement measures and measure groups in an Analysis Services solution.
• Query a multidimensional Analysis Services solution.
• Customize an Analysis Services cube.
• Deploy and secure an Analysis Services database.
• Maintain a multidimensional Analysis Services solution.
• Implement a Data Mining solution.

SQL Server Integration Services (SSRS)

SQL Server Reporting Services is a comprehensive, server-based solution that enables the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, Web-based reports. An integrated part of the Microsoft Business Intelligence framework, Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server with familiar and powerful Microsoft Office System applications to deliver real-time information to support daily operations and drive decisions.

Course: 6236 Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Reporting Services and its components.
• Create a Reporting Services report.
• Enhance a Reporting Services report.
• Create and manipulate data sets.
• Use report models to implement reporting for business users.
• Configure report publishing and execution settings.
• Implement subscriptions for reports.
• Administer Reporting Services.
• Implement custom Reporting Services applications.

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSIS)

Microsoft Integration Services is a platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformations solutions. You use Integration Services to solve complex business problems by copying or downloading files, sending e-mail messages in response to events, updating data warehouses, cleaning and mining data, and managing SQL Server objects and data. The packages can work alone or in concert with other packages to address complex business needs. Integration Services can extract and transform data from a wide variety of sources such as XML data files, flat files, and relational data sources, and then load the data into one or more destinations.

Integration Services includes a rich set of built-in tasks and transformations; tools for constructing packages; and the Integration Services service for running and managing packages. You can use the graphical Integration Services tools to create solutions without writing a single line of code; or you can program the extensive Integration Services object model to create packages programmatically and code custom tasks and other package objects.

Course: 6235 Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Integration Services and its tools.
• Create an Integration Services package.
• Implement control flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement logging in an Integration Services package.
• Debug and implement error handling in an Integration Services package.
• Implement checkpoints and transactions in an Integration Services package.
• Deploy an Integration Services package.
• Manage and secure an Integration Services package.

The MCTS Business Intelligence certification allows you to demonstrate your expertise with SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services and SQL Server Analysis Services.

For more information on the MCTS for Business Intelligence Click Here

(referances: Microsoft.com)

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Free Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint Services webinars January 2010

Top Tips & Tricks for getting the most out of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
Explore how Excel 2007 takes advantage of a new, results-oriented user interface that provides easy access to powerful productivity tools, offers a larger workspace, and delivers faster performance. Plus, discover the synergy of working with Microsoft PowerPoint to present and deliver information to your audience.
Presenter: Andy Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Time: 5 pm GMT
 
Tips & Tricks for Creating Complex Documents with Microsoft Word and Collaborating with Microsoft SharePoint Services
Get informative tips to help you create better documents easier than ever before, and learn why the less work you do, the better your Microsoft Office Word documents will be. Witness how Microsoft SharePoint Services enhances the collaborative process.
Presenter: Andy Reed, Senior Training Specialist, Microsoft Corporation
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time: 5 pm GMT

For more information and to book:

http://www.newhorizonsireland.ie/LocalWeb/Ireland/Webinars.aspx

 

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