Exclusive Networks , a cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure , has announced a major partnership with Guardia Cybersecurity School ( Quest Education Group ), to tackle the escalating cybersecurity skills shortage .

Launching in September 2022 , Guardia Cybersecurity School will become the first IT school entirely dedicated to cybersecurity . With two campuses based in Lyon and Paris . Exclusive Networks says it ’ s passionate about its commitment to developing the next generation of cybersecurity talent through this new cybersecurity education institution .

With the selection process underway , 150 students will join this new programme with the choice of a three or five year course .

" As a cybersecurity specialist , it is only right that we help to nurture the cybersecurity professionals of tomorrow , not simply for the purpose of the industry itself , but in the interest of the wider public ,” said Laurence Galland , VP HR at Exclusive Networks .

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ISLAND Israeli cybersecurity startup Island , which was first exposed in Calcalist , has officially come out of stealth . The company , which develops a secure enterprise browser , announced that it has raised almost $ 100 million to date , with its investors including Insight Partners , Sequoia Capital , Gili Ra ’ anan ’ s Cyberstarts , and Stripes .

� QUANTUM COMPUTING A new study conducted by Hyperion Research announced that the global quantum computing market earned an estimated $ 490 million in 2021 . The market is anticipated to expand at an annual rate of 21.9 % through 2024 .

� US SCHOOLS Cyberattacks are rapidly increasing in US schools amid a reliance on technology . According to a report by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , an organisation that tracks cyberattacks on US schools , in 2020 alone , there were more than 400 cyberattacks on schools , a number that experts said is a vast undercount .

� CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANISATIONS Claroty released a new report , revealing that 80 % of critical infrastructure organisations experienced a ransomware attack in the last year , with an equal number reporting that their security budgets have risen since 2020 .

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