Bochum – May 22, 2024 – VMRay is excited to announce the launch of VMRay Academy, a comprehensive and free self-learning platform designed for security professionals, students, and enthusiasts. This new platform offers curated, insightful content aimed at enhancing cyber resilience, accelerating detection and response, automating security tasks, and building robust cyber threat intelligence.
VMRay Academy provides a wide array of course topics ranging from sandboxing to incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, and defending against sophisticated malware and phishing threats. With content designed to meet the diverse needs of the cybersecurity community, VMRay Academy is set to become a valuable resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding and expertise in the field.
Course Highlights:
- Threat Hunting in the Post-Macro World: Explore advanced techniques for identifying threats in a landscape where traditional macro-based attacks are becoming obsolete.
- Converging Incident Response and Detection Engineering: Learn how to proactively enhance security by integrating incident response with detection engineering.
- Combating Sandbox Evasion: Discover strategies to detect and counteract sophisticated evasion techniques used by modern malware.
- Building a Tailored Cyber Threat Intelligence: Develop customized threat intelligence to address unique security challenges faced by your organization.
- Automating Malware Alert Triage: Reduce EDR false positives and streamline alert management with automation techniques.
- Finding the Right Approach to Security Automation: Gain insights into effectively automating security processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Filtering Out the Noise: IOCs vs. Artifacts: Understand the difference between indicators of compromise and artifacts to better manage and prioritize threats.
- Navigating Email Security Challenges: Improve your return on investment by mastering the complexities of email security.
VMRay Academy’s courses include hours of video content, supplemented with free e-books, infographics, explanatory diagrams, and sample analyses of the most prominent and recent malware families. This comprehensive approach ensures that learners have access to a wealth of information in various formats to suit their learning preferences.
In addition to the expertise and findings from VMRay’s own threat researchers and security experts, VMRay Academy features insights from guest speakers. These include security leaders, CISOs, industry analysts, and professionals from other security vendors, providing a well-rounded perspective on current cybersecurity challenges and best practices.
“We are thrilled to launch VMRay Academy and offer these valuable resources to the cybersecurity community,” said Alexandra Günnewig, VP of Marketing at VMRay. “Our goal is to empower professionals at all levels with the knowledge and tools they need to protect their organizations and stay ahead of evolving threats.”
Enrolling in VMRay Academy is simple and free. Interested individuals can visit vmray.com/academy, select the courses they need, and start learning immediately.
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About VMRay
At VMRay, our purpose is to liberate the world from undetectable digital threats. Led by reputable cyber security pioneers, we develop best-of-breed technologies to detect and analyze unknown, evasive, and sophisticated threats that others miss.
We empower organizations to accelerate analysis and response, automate security tasks, and build their own threat intelligence by providing the world’s best detection and analysis platform for malware and phishing threats.
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Contact:
Fatih Cam
Corporate Communications & Brand Manager
