The Malaysian Cyber Security Awards 2018 was organized on 26 September 2018 in conjunction with Cyber Security Malaysia – Awards, Conference & Exhibition (CSM-ACE) 2018 which was held from 24 to 28 September 2018 at Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur.
Tecforte won The Cyber Security Innovation (Education) of the Year Award with ELITE a unique Educational Outreach Program that addresses the major shortage of talent and skillsets faced by the Cybersecurity industry.
Leong Wei Khuan, the Senior Manager (Solutioning & Consultancy) from Tecforte represented the company to received the award that was presented by YB Tuan Eddin Syazlee Shith, Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia.
Elevating IT Education (ELITE), is a unique one of a kind Education Program set up by Tecforte to resolve the shortage of talent and skillsets faced by the Cybersecurity industry in Malaysia today.
The program has been designed to address & close the persistent gap between the readiness of the graduates and the minimum expectation from the industry. ELITE is a game changer in Cybersecurity Education, as it helps to produce industry-ready and industry-relevant graduates that are able to “hit the ground running” and be able to meet the expectation of the cybersecurity industry.