Cybersecurity and Information Security Training
Information security training for your technical staff, from Security+ and CISSP to incident response. Every Empath Learn seat includes more than 750 cybersecurity courses. For your clients, three premium catalogs in Empath Grow.
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Areas: Security Operations, Frameworks and Awareness
60+
Empath Courses for MSPs
700
Curated Collection Courses
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Hands-On Labs, Up to 20 Hours
Start Here: Start Security Training by MSP Role
A response lead, an all-staff learner and a certification candidate need different first assignments.
- For a response lead Fundamentals of Incident Response Empath, 25 min Establish an incident workflow.
- For every employee Test Your Phishing Recognition Skills Curated Collection, 9 min Practice spotting suspicious messages.
- For a security candidate CompTIA Security+: General Security Concepts Empath, 152 min Start a longer fundamentals track.
Build the response lead's next assignments on the security and compliance role page.
“There's something for everyone here. Every employee needs to speak Cybersecurity.
This includes techs, marketing, finance. I have my whole team signed up as it's great for onboarding new employees. Empath saves us time by unraveling the latest cyber news, like the new FTC safeguard rules. Empath demystifies topics like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and cyber insurance so newcomers can get into the club.”
What Does Information Security Training Cover?
Information security training teaches people to protect a company's systems and data, from finding weak spots before an attacker does to handling an incident when one gets through.
The Cybersecurity list of the Empath course catalog has more than 750 courses in three areas: Security Operations (more than 500), Frameworks & Governance (more than 150) and Security Awareness (more than 60). The main topics, counted by course title:
- 20+ titles of Security+ training, for techs working toward CompTIA Security+
- 20+ titles of CISSP training
- 10+ titles of incident response training, plus 5+ on threat intelligence and threat hunting
- 5+ titles on penetration testing, plus ethical hacking for CEH v13
- 20+ titles on cloud security
- 20+ titles on managing security risk
- Frameworks and compliance, including NIST, CMMC, SOC 2 and PCI DSS
- More than 60 security awareness courses in the Curated Collection, which your clients can get in Grow, including 8 titles on phishing
For networking, cloud and CompTIA A+ skills, see the IT courses. Microsoft security certifications such as Security Operations Analyst Associate are in the Microsoft Learn courses, also included in every Empath Learn seat. If a client must follow rules such as HIPAA, the compliance obligations courses cover them.
Counts from the full course list. One title can cover two topics, so the counts overlap.
Courses Included in Every Empath Learn Seat
Ten of the 750+ courses, from Empath and the Curated Collection. Both are included with every Empath Learn seat. Titles appear exactly as they do in Empath.
Built for MSPs by Empath
More than 60 courses in this category come from Empath's own catalog for MSPs. Four of them:
- CompTIA Security+: General Security Concepts, Empath. The first of Empath's five Security+ courses, one for each exam domain. 152 minutes.
- Fundamentals of Incident Response, Empath. Incident response basics, with NIST, MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain. 25 minutes.
- What Happens When It Happens: The Role of the Cyber Broker and Cyber Insurance Carrier in IR, Empath. What the cyber insurance broker and carrier do during an incident. 35 minutes.
- Top 10 Reasons Your Cyber Sales Fail, Empath. For MSP owners and sales staff who sell security services. 135 minutes.
The others include courses on CMMC, SOC 2 and the vCISO role.
The Curated Collection
700 Curated Collection courses, most of them from Skillsoft, hands-on labs included. Six of them:
- CompTIA Security+ Lab, Skillsoft. A hands-on lab on network vulnerability analysis and hardening. 17 hours.
- CISSP 2024: Risk Management Concepts, Skillsoft. Risk management for techs working toward the CISSP. 45 minutes.
- Threat Intelligence & Attribution Best Practices: Threat Intelligence Concepts, Skillsoft. The types of threat intelligence and how to use it to prevent and mitigate attacks. 98 minutes.
- CEH v13: Malware Threats, Skillsoft. Malware threats, for ethical hackers working toward CEH v13. 66 minutes.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliance, BizLibrary Productions. The basics of PCI DSS compliance. 24 minutes.
- Test Your Phishing Recognition Skills, BizLibrary Productions. An interactive lesson on spotting phishing emails. 9 minutes.
The rest include more than 20 CISSP titles and three more hands-on labs, among them a 20-hour cybersecurity fundamentals lab and a security architect sandbox. For AI security, see the AI & Copilot courses. Every title is in the full course list.
Is Cybersecurity Training Included or Premium?
Included for your team in Empath Learn. Premium for your clients in Empath Grow.
Empath Learn
Included with every seat on every plan: the security courses from Empath and the Curated Collection, hands-on labs included.
Empath Grow
Premium catalogs with security courses: the Curated Collection, Bigger Brains and Inspired eLearning. In Empath Grow, each client has the Curated Collection or Bigger Brains, not both.
The Bigger Brains catalog has 10 courses tagged for cybersecurity, mostly at awareness level. It is for Grow only, because the Curated Collection in Learn already includes Bigger Brains courses.
Inspired eLearning has more than 30 security titles. You can add it for your team in Learn or for your clients in Grow. Empath's own 60+ security courses are for your team, in Learn only.
The security awareness courses can help meet some training requirements. Empath runs no phishing simulations and is not a security awareness platform.
One course from the Bigger Brains catalog:
- Cybersecurity in the Workplace, Bigger Brains. Security awareness for client staff.
Premium catalogs work the same on Grow and Grow Lite. For costs, see plans and pricing.
Who Is Cybersecurity Training For?
Your technical staff first, then the rest of your MSP, then your clients' staff.
- Your help desk and technicians, working toward Security+ and CISSP
- Your security and compliance lead, who runs frameworks such as NIST and CMMC
- Owners and executives, who deal with cyber insurance and vCISO services
- Your sales staff and vCIOs, who sell security services to clients
- Your clients' employees, who need security awareness training
Questions About Cybersecurity Training
Short answers for MSP owners choosing security training for their team or their clients.
What is the best cybersecurity training?
For an MSP technician, start with CompTIA Security+, then move to CISSP, with hands-on labs along the way. Every Empath Learn seat includes more than 20 Security+ titles, more than 20 CISSP titles and four hands-on security labs.
How do I get trained in cyber security?
Start with the basics, then pick a certification track and try what you learn in a lab. In Empath Learn, one way to start is Fundamentals of Incident Response, then CompTIA Security+: General Security Concepts and the CompTIA Security+ Lab. All three are included in every Empath Learn seat, on every plan.
Is information security training included in Empath Learn?
Yes. Every Empath Learn seat includes information security training from Empath and the Curated Collection, on every plan. That is more than 750 cybersecurity courses: more than 60 from Empath and 700 from the Curated Collection, with four hands-on labs. Inspired eLearning, a premium catalog with more than 30 security titles, can be added for your team.
Which security courses can my clients get in Empath Grow?
Your clients can get security courses from three premium catalogs in Empath Grow: the Curated Collection, Bigger Brains and Inspired eLearning. Examples are Test Your Phishing Recognition Skills from the Curated Collection and Cybersecurity in the Workplace from Bigger Brains. To train every client employee, see the Every Employee page in the Empath course catalog. In Empath Grow, each client has the Curated Collection or Bigger Brains, not both.
Can my team earn security certifications through Empath?
Yes, your employees can work toward certifications such as CompTIA Security+ and CISSP in Empath, but Empath does not issue certifications itself. Some courses help them prepare, and each exam is taken with the certification's owner, such as CompTIA or ISC2. The certification belongs to the employee who earns it.