This pattern of spending too much
time figuring things out and not
enough time working is called analy-
sis paralysis. If I would have just got-
ten busy working, then I could have
figured the rest out along the way.
Instead, I ended up losing my busi-
ness because I didn’t make enough
money to stick around. When faced
with a problem you do not know how
to solve, get to work and the answers
will come to you. Genius is born in the
doing.
I speak with information technol-
ogy (IT) instructors from all over the
United States and Canada. One thing
I hear a lot is how much time is spent
in getting courses ready. From writing
curriculum, to purchasing equipment,
to figuring out a particular vendor’s
software, and so forth. I have even
seen instructors make video tutorials
just to help students figure out how to
navigate complicated courseware.
They end up providing tech sup-
port for the vendor, which hardly
seems fair. TestOut has solved all of
these problems in an effort to help
instructors and students get to work.
Our courseware is so simple and
intuitive that an instructor could have
their class up and running (including
LMS setup) within a couple hours of
deciding to use TestOut.
Putting it all together
In light of the new Executive Order
on Strengthening America’s Cyberse-
curity Workforce, it is more important
than ever to use IT training materials
that effectively teach concepts and
give students the experience needed to
become contributing members of the
workforce.
TestOut is getting ready to release
ethical hacker training and certifica-
tion courseware that will help learners
become job ready in a fraction of the
time required by other solutions. Let’s
consider some of the key highlights:
Our new Ethical Hacker Pro is
convenient and ready to run out-of-
the-box, with no setup required. The
simulated equipment saves users
more than $100,000 in hardware and
software costs. Students get real work
experience by addressing real-world
scenarios. Students can earn TestOut’s
own performance-based certification,
in addition to being fully prepared to
take and pass EC-Council’s Certified
Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification
exam.
In addition to the highlights men-
tioned above, students who success-
fully earn TestOut’s Ethical Hacker
Pro certification will be able to take
advantage of a benefit not offered by
any other courseware provider or in-
dustry certification program: TestOut’s
Skills Guarantee.We are so confident in our training,
and so confident that Pro-certified
individuals will succeed in the work-
place, that we will back them up with
a $1,000 guarantee. If any employer
finds, after hiring a Pro-certified stu-
dent and putting them to work for at
least 3 weeks, that they do not possess
the IT skills we have certified under
the applicable Pro certification, then
TestOut will pay that company up
to $1,000. (More details: http://www.
testout.com/skillsguarantee.)Get the benefitsIn order to work smart, increase
effectiveness, and get to work as an IT
instructor or as a student entering the
tech industry, it is important to start
with a solid foundation. TestOut’s
courseware can help learners and
instructors looking for training in
ethical hacking (and many other IT
areas) get up and running quickly and
efficiently.
Where other certification providers
either recommend or require years
of on the job experience before new
learners are able to sit for a certifica-
tion exam, TestOut allows students
to quickly gain a certification that is
backed up by a $1,000 guarantee. As-
suring job readiness and employability
is our foremost concern as we support
the effort to strengthen America’s
cybersecurity workforce.CERTIFICATION
In light of the new Executive Order on Strengthening
America’s Cybersecurity Workforce, it is more important
than ever to use IT training materials that effectively
teach concepts and give students the experience needed
to become contributing members of the workforce.