Testimonials Library

“This course has enlightened me in particular when it comes to the more technical stuff. However, the course was well-percepted. I think I could understand it at every part. There’s nothing too technical but it equally let me go into the depths of the ICT world, as I call it. When it comes to cyber-attacks, the idea of threat agents on how they operate, their thought process, their motivation, why they would attack us and the idea of automation to safeguard your ICT infrastructure... The idea is to communicate, have a response plan. The lesson I got from your Amar is not to panic and you’ve certainly been engaging throughout, to hold the delegates on call and keep their attention and keep them in check, that was very good. So definitely an excellent trainer and I would highly recommend this course. Thank you.” Damian Gavin- Resilience Manager -Northern Emergency Preparedness Group

“The first thing that helped me in the course was the broad base of people who’ve been invited to the course. The rest of the people knew a lot about the subject so you get a bit of context. The training was delivered in a way that we all could understand it. A lot of it was complex but it was explained in a way with diagrams and situational awareness so that we could all understand it. You don’t need to be Bill Gates to understand this, you could be anybody. I think what I’ve got from this is that for those who didn’t understand or have a real education in cyber threats, can get it from this training. I’ll be informing others in the company and I’m sure there will be others in my company who will find this course very helpful, very worthwhile. Thanks Amar, you’ve been a great trainer and as has been said before you broke down the information into nice, bite-sized chunks. You gave us good breaks when we needed them. It’s a hard subject at times.” Richard Smith - Business Continuity and Emergency Response - Police Service of Northern Ireland

“I’ve come to this course quite suddenly. Quite unexpectedly my head of service recommended this to me and I’m quite glad that he did. A lot of what Amar talked about, I’ve good intentions to do the things he’s recommended. I feel the part that I’m going to take away is to tell my team that we do some of these things and follow through on them. It’s been a proper kick on the backside to make sure we go on and do some of the stuff. Amar, thank you very much. It was very helpful, you’re a great trainer and very clear.” Fred Greer- Senior ICT Officer- Mid Ulster District Council

“I’m not a technical expert in this field so I was quite apprehensive on this course. I found that I easily followed it all the way through. Your training has been excellent. I’ve got a lot to think about and I’ll go back and discuss with my colleagues what we’ll need to do in the event of a cyber incident. So, thank you.”Raymond Hall- Resilience Manager SEPG- LG Civil Contingencies

"I have found this course very helpful and insightful. I am also retarding not just the playbooks but also the threats and ultimately, it gave me a good overview and encourages more investigation and learning. I also cooperated some of my colleagues at RBC who have also attended this course and other trainings under Amar's supervision. I highly recommend it and I also looking forward to bring this back and I will also expand my knowledge, thank you."John Somers - Director, Risk, GBR Global Business Resilience - RBC Investor & Treasury Services

"It was a very good course. It's not just been talking about how to pass in the exam, its actually of real-world examples, how to really help to enhance my knowledge and how to view threat actors and how theory can actually be a threat to any organisation. This course how to use playbooks and how to basically course structure and how data can be used to strengthen your own internal security processes and procedures. It was a great course, thank you very much." Karl Roberts - Director - Archer IT Limited

"I thoroughly enjoyed today's course. Certainly I deal with a lot of organisations at the end of their tether when there's a cyber incident or a cyber event. Todya's session has provided some governance and some guidance that I dish out to these companies and actually helps and aids you when provided the guidance. A couple of good examples of products and processes to help those businesses and help me understand the probelms they are going through so I can certainly understand their pain but not send them down the wrong pathway. Chris White - Head of Cyber and Innovation - The Cyber Resilience Centre for the South East"

"I look into information security and cybersecurity, and apart from these I also look into data centre security as well. The session with you, Amar was very interesting. In fact, it was an eye opener. The perspectives that you put forth were really amazing. In fact, what I would say is, my perception or my understanding of incident response was entirely different and the perspectives which you put forth were very enriching, very deep. And the human element which is considered was really amazing because based on your experienced and based on your knowledge, I am really impressed. thank you for sharing your knowledge and understanding. I’m deeply grateful to you for this. Sameer Thakur - AVP - Information Security Risk Management - HDFC Bank

"I intend to use the information of the course as we have developed a cyber incident response, a kind of prepared pack for micro or small businesses. So, it will be a matter of revising that against what we have learned today so what we can ensure that it’s consistent with NCSC-approved materials and training and cascading the right knowledge to the audience who would not be able to access or take the time out for formal training like this. The idea for us is that we give them a structured plan that they can follow like a recipe."