Firebrand Recognised as Global Top 20 IT Training Company for Ninth Year
Chris Fielder
12 February, 2019
Firebrand Training are delighted to have been named in the exclusive 2018 Top 20 IT Training Companies in the World by Training Industry.
This is the ninth year Firebrand have received the award, having been selected for demonstrating excellence in key areas, including:
- Breadth and quality of IT training content and courses
- Leadership and innovating in IT training
- Company size and growth potential
- Strength of clients
- Geographic reach
Training Industry are the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders. They produce news, articles, webinars and research reports and their Top 20 List is a globally-recognised and sought-after award.
Leading the IT training market
Ken Taylor, president of Training Industry says, “Firebrand Training was selected based on the breadth and quality of its IT training client portfolio and its standing as an overall innovator among IT training companies.”He added that market-leading IT Training companies like Firebrand “continue to lead the way in the information technology training market, with offerings and capabilities that are under constant development to keep up to date with the needs of the market.”
Protecting against cyber crime
This award acknowledges Firebrand as a leader in the constantly evolving IT training market, according to Danielle Draewell, Market Research Analyst at Training Industry.Danielle praised how “Firebrand Training has developed programs and tools specifically to support law enforcement working to counter cybercrime, including its Hydra tool, a simulation for police officers intended to improve incident response.”
Firebrand’s Hydra tool is a dedicated cyber suite, created in line with Hydra – a training environment utilised by police to teach real-time decision making. Firebrand regularly hold practice hack attacks and simulations. These can even include mock crime scene scenarios resembling real life cases, with realistic suspects, victims and senior officers.
Firebrand use these tools to train 80% of the police forces across the country. Commercially, Firebrand train and certify professionals on many cyber-security courses such as CEH, CCSP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCNA Cyber Ops and more.
Robert Chapman, co-founder of Firebrand Training, responded to the award saying:
"Being recognised as one of the Top 20 IT Training Company's in the world for the ninth time is a great honor. That's one year off a decade of internationally-acclaimed training. I'm proud that Training Industry have commended Firebrand's innovation in accelerated training, and our commitment to offering life changing training at twice the speed across 700 courses."
About Firebrand Training
Firebrand Training is your fastest way to learn. Whether you’re training on Firebrand’s cyber security courses, 100s of Microsoft certifications, cloud or project management, you’ll train at twice the speed on our all-inclusive courses.Firebrand are proud to have been named one of the Top 20 IT Training companies in the world nine years running. Since 2001 we’ve trained over 70,652 professionals, saving over a million working hours using our unique method of accelerated training.