Telefonica announced the launch of a new cybersecurity reskilling and upskilling initiative for employees at its Security Innovation Days event in Madrid. The CiberAcademy+ and CloudEX Academy will be run by the company’s Telefonica Tech unit aim to develop and enhance internal talent with a proposal based on the education, training and certification of Telefonica professionals in the field of cybersecurity.
Both academies will have online platforms and are initially open to all Telefonica Tech professionals working in the cybersecurity and cloud business areas, regardless of their level of training. They will be adapted to the professional profiles (technical, non-technical, commercial, etc.), languages and markets in which the employees work, said Telefonica, adding that around 3,000 Telefonica Tech professionals will have access to the training platforms in the first phase.
Telefonica also indicated that, in spite of their internal nature, the company’s aim is to offer its customers the option of accessing the platforms in the coming months in order to train their own professionals.
