About US
The Cyber Scheme is a not for profit organisation and is run by an independent Board of Directors. The aim of the Cyber Scheme is to provide via training and associated progressive qualifications a range of professional capabilities in the areas of penetration testing, forensics, malware analysis, risk assessment, risk management and related cyber security capabilities. The profession needs properly trained and certificated professionals. The Cyber Scheme will help to encourage new talent into the cyber industry and to provide a professionalization route for those already working in the industry
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The Scheme was accredited by, and set up with the approval of GCHQ/CESG and will be monitored on an on-going basis by CESG to ensure that both course content and academic and examination standards are maintained and reflect the current needs of the industry.
The Cyber Scheme has also appointed a diverse range of professionals as the executive membership committee, who are responsible for overseeing the development and on-going governance of the scheme. Presently, the board has representation from; UK Cyber Challenge, IISP, IRM PLC KPMG, Random Storm and Encription Limited. Other major organisations have also shown an interest in being involved in the scheme in the future.
The profession needs properly trained and certificated professionals. The Cyber Scheme will help to encourage new talent into the cyber industry and to provide a professionalization route for those already working in the industry.
The Cyber Scheme Team Member/ Leader (CSTM/L) and certification has been approved by CESG for equivalence as part of the CHECK Team Member/ Leader (CTM/L) eligibility criteria.
Get involved
Cyber Scheme membership is open to individuals, Corporate Organisations, Government bodies and Academia. The Cyber Scheme members currently consists of a range of organisations that are either involved directly in the cyber security industry, such as those that conduct security testing, or have a vested interest in the ongoing professionalism of the industry. We are always on the look out for volunteers to assist, so please conact us if wish to help.
Corporate Sponsors
We would not exist without the help and support of our Corporate Partners.
Affiliations
The Cyber Scheme is currently negotiating with academic partners such as Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the University of Gloucestershire (UoG) with a view to having Cyber Scheme courses and qualifications accredited at level 7 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). To this end the Cyber Scheme Team Member (CSTM) Qualification has recently been endorsed by UoG as being equivalent to study at level 7 of the NQF and would be granted Accreditation for Prior Learning at this level on an appropriate MSc programme.
The CSTM course has recently been presented for accreditation with the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) and we expect to be in a position to announce that this course has been accredited in the near future.