Simplilearn Named to Top 21 Cyber Security Bootcamps by Course Report

Course Report: an Authority on Bootcamps

Course Report is a leading authority on digital skills training bootcamps. Their team has studied the cyber security bootcamp industry since 2013. As of 2021, there are more than 100 cybersecurity bootcamps around the world. To help prospective learners to choose the right bootcamp for them, Course Report has put together a list of top cyber security bootcamps, ones they feel worthy of recommending.

Course Report chose its 21 top cyber security bootcamps according to specific criteria:

• The cyber security program must be immersive (20+ hours) 
• It must be led by an instructor or mentor
• The curriculum must prepare learners for the CISSP, Security+, and GCIH certification exams
• The bootcamp provider must offer career assistance
• The bootcamp must have graduated at least one cohort of learners and have a four-start or better alumni rating

Other attributes Course Report’s team considered included a selective application process, reputable instructors and mentors, a commitment to diversity, transparent student outcomes, and scholarships or innovative payment plans.

Simplilearn’s Master’s Program Bootcamps

Simplilearn’s mission is to help professionals acquire the skills to succeed in the digital economy. Course Report says, “Simplilearn’s Master’s Programs are intensive 90-hour online bootcamps for cyber security, full stack web development, data science, DevOps, digital marketing and other tech topics... Each Master’s Program provides live instructor-led online classrooms, self-paced video content, industry-based real-life projects, simulation exams, an online community moderated by experts, and other resources.”

Simplilearn offers a Cyber Security Expert Master’s Program that incorporates seven cyber security courses (six core and one elective) into a comprehensive certification bootcamp. This bootcamp covers CompTIA Security+, CEH (v11) Certified Ethical Hacker, CISM OSL, CISSP®, and Certified Cloud Security Professional certifications.

Simplilearn’s other Master’s Program bootcamps follow the same model. For example, the data science bootcamp covers statistics, clustering, R Studio, data visualization, regression models, Hadoop, Spark, PROC SQL, SAS Macros, and more. The full stack web development bootcamp teaches students to build applications using MEAN stack technologies, including MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Post Graduate Programs: Collaborations With Leading Universities

Simplilearn also collaborates with leading universities to provide joint Post Graduate Programs. These programs combine the courses of the Master’s Programs with additional content and benefits from the universities. The Post Graduate Program in Cyber Security is offered in collaboration with MIT’s Schwarzman College of Computing. 

Other Post Graduate Programs include:

• PGPs in Data Science, Data Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, and Digital Marketing in collaboration with Purdue University
• PGPs in Cloud Computing, DevOps, and Full Stack Web Development in collaboration with Caltech CTME
• PGPs in Project Management, Agile, and Lean Six Sigma in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Accelerating a Cyber Security Career

The Cyber Security Expert Master’s Program is targeted at professionals in the IT and cyber security fields. Security auditors and consultants, threat penetration testers, IT directors, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and compliance/risk officers are some of the roles from which program learners have come. However, the program is also suitable for college graduates who don’t have a programming or IT background, as it is comprehensive training from the basics up.

Professionals and aspiring professionals who want to accelerate their careers in cyber security or the other disciplines covered by Simplilearn bootcamps can learn about these programs through the All Courses navigation on Simplilearn’s homepage. This navigation tool also leads to the Post Graduate Programs in each category of study.