Posted by admin October 4th, 2018

Since its inception in the USA in 2004, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month aims to focus on raising awareness of cyber security threats, promote cyber security amongst companies and the general public and provide resources to protect themselves online enabled through education and sharing of good practices. The European Cyber Security […]

Posted by admin September 11th, 2018

Following confirmation in August by Dixons Carphone (owners of Currys PC World, Carphone Warehouse, Mobiles.co.uk and Dixons Travel (the airport tech retailer) that c10m records had been stolen, British Airways have now announced that the Credit Card information of at least 380,000 customers has been hacked. The airline (part of […]

Posted by admin August 7th, 2018

Alongside our extensive Security and Software Testing training course availability, we are delighted to be able to offer ISTQB Advanced Security Tester training from Randy Rice (over from the USA) who is chair of the ISTQB Advanced Security Tester Working Party which created the 2016 Advanced Security Tester Syllabus. ISTQB […]

Posted by admin August 1st, 2018

Following their announcement on 13th June 2018 that hackers had accessed the personal details of 1.2m customers in 2017, Dixons Carphone  (owners of Curry PC World, Carphone Warehouse, Mobiles.co.uk and Dixons Travel (the airport tech retailer), amongst many others) have now upgraded that to confirm that c10m customer records have […]

Posted by admin May 9th, 2018

Following the success of the two exclusive scrum training events held in February, Dr Jeff Sutherland is returning to the UK later this year. If you missed out last time, then make sure you book early and ensure you don’t pass up your chance to learn Scrum from its inventor […]

Posted by admin February 22nd, 2018

We here at Focus on Training make no apology for again reminding you that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes in to full force on 25th May 2018 and is widely regarded as the most significant reform of Data Protection Law over the past 25 years. Many reports suggest […]

Posted by admin February 22nd, 2018

Last month we reported that ‘Prices on all VMware courses are increasing from the end of January, in many cases by a considerable amount, with many having already increased.’ This month we report that VMware (who provide cloud computing and platform virtualisation software and services) have reversed that decision completely […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Whilst we make no guarantees that the information contained within these articles is still accurate, or indeed valid, it is interesting to see the top 10 Blog articles read by you, our readers, over the past couple of months (some of them are years old!). APMP or PRINCE2 or PMP? […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Focus on Training is pleased to announce the launch of a new range of courses covering Finance, Accounting and Taxation. Our range of finance and accounting training courses are specifically for business and finance professionals looking to broaden their knowledge or refresh in key areas, including Governance, Risk, Financial Markets, […]

Posted by admin February 21st, 2018

Earlier this month it was reported that thousands of government websites have been hijacked by hackers to mine cryptocurrency. The websites included The Information Commissioner’s Office (the guardian of the UK’s information rights and data privacy and those responsible for ensuring GDPR implementation), the NHS, the Student Loans Company and […]