COUNTRY FOCUS: KSA
and 16 faculties. The campus is 12 million
sqm of land. Based on the university’s
commitment to serving the region, many
branches of the University of Tabuk have
been constructed in the near provinces.
The FNSA was created to address the
international shortage of cybersecurity
experts and to build a workforce skilled in
all aspects of Fortinet’s end-to-end network
Security Fabric, who will be trained in
state-of-the-art lab environments through
experienced instructors. The academy brings
the training and certification opportunities
to help build a workforce skilled in all aspects
of Fortinet’s network security platform who
will be recognised in the industry among an
elite group of security professionals.
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“Organisations in the Middle East
have struggled for years to close
the significant skills gap between
cybersecurity talent required for
the business and its actual market
availability,” said Alain Penel, Regional
Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet.
Alain Penel, Regional Vice President –
Middle East, Fortinet
“Our partnership with Tabuk University
is a step towards helping close the
skills gap in the network security arena
at the grassroots level and prepare
students for a career in network security.
The FNSA programme will provide
industry-recognised Fortinet training and
certification opportunities to students
who enrol at the university.” n
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