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About NCSC Assured Training

Overview

Assured Training in association with the National Cyber Security Centre helps individuals and organisations quickly identify high quality cyber security training courses.

NCSC Assured Training and Certification

Benefits of NCSC Assured Training

For Individuals

  • Quickly identify and access high-quality, industry‑assured cyber security training  
  • Access training and course content that meet NCSC-assured standards  
  • Explore tailored topics for newcomers and experienced professionals across different competency levels 
  • Pursue specialized courses that fit your schedule and your training needs.

For Organizations

  • Improves employee confidence and performance in cybersecurity roles  
  • Provides easy benchmarking and selection of high-quality training aligned with NCSC standards  
  • Assures trainer competence and course administration quality via independent assessments  
  • Supports compliance, governance, and cyber resilience initiatives 
  • Outlines different provider offerings which makes course selection easier and clearer.
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    Access Cyber Awareness & Resilience

    • Course level: Courseware
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 0.6

    Upskill with our suite of immersive training. Build awareness & a resilient culture through your best defence - your people - with eLearning, animation, videos, audio stories and games to engage your employees at the right time, little & often.

    Applied Cyber Security for OT Engineers

    • Course level: Application
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 5.0
    • APMG Exam available

    A unique, specialised and blended learning approach, this course has been written by OT cyber security professionals for OT Engineers. You will gain an understanding of security requirements and how to translate these into scalable reference designs.

    Applied Networking for OT Engineers

    • Course level: Application
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 4.0
    • APMG Exam available

    This 4-day course equips SCADA, Automation, and Maintenance Engineers with the skills to design, implement, and maintain secure, high-performance industrial networks. Through hands-on training, you'll master network fundamentals and best practices.

    BCS Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CiSMP)

    • Course level: Application
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 5.0

    A thorough, practical, 5 day course designed to provide the knowledge and skills required to manage information security, information assurance or information risk based processes. QA's course is aligned with the latest national information assurance frameworks (IAMM), as well as ISO/IEC 27002 & 27001.

    BCT Certificate in Cyber Incident Management

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 2.0
    • APMG Exam available

    A two day non-technical course, aimed at preparing organisations to manage their cyber response at the strategic/crisis management level. Topics include cyber risk assessments, playbook development, GDPR reporting incidents and reputation management.

    Board-level Cyber Security Strategy Training

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 0.1

    Cyber security board-level training is designed to support senior management and executive teams with understanding their roles and responsibilities with protecting their business against
    cyber threats. The training session will provide board members with a detailed breakdown of the current risks facing their business and sector, the consequences of an attack or breach,
    identifying vulnerabilities and gaps in their security, and remediation steps to build resilience from the top-down.

    Boxphish Cyber Security Training

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 0.5

    Boxphish Cyber Security Training is split into two learning journey's, each roughly 90 minutes in length and each with 12 different topics covered.

    The year one journey contains the following courses: 1. cyber security fundamentals; 2. phishing 101; 3. social engineering; 4. passphrases; 5. malware; 6. ransomware; 7. mobile devices; 8. physical devices; 9. workplace security; 10. social media; 11. account takeover; 12. safe home working.
    The year two journey contains the following courses: 1. online self defence; 2. safe internet usage; 3. go phish; 4. data breaches; 5. credit card fraud; 6. personal security; 7. online scams; 8. spear phishing; 9. ceo fraud; 10. online shopping; 11. identify theft; 12. gdpr.

    These courses consist of a 6 minute (avg.) video, some knowledge testing and a short quiz. They are designed to educate and inform the user of the threats they might encounter and what actions they can take to protect themselves from these threats.

    Building & Optimising Incident Response Playbooks

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom
    • Duration (days): 1.0

    An overview course with various interactive exercises for students to help them understand the fundamentals of IR playbooks. The course also provides sufficient foundational information to help students create their own IR playbooks.

    C-Suite Cyber Security Training

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom

    This briefing, conducted by our experienced Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), is tailored for board-level executives. Its purpose is to furnish senior leaders with a comprehensive understanding of the prevailing cyber threat landscape specific to their industry. The session will cover the potential impact of these threats on their organisation and highlight the essential controls necessary for sustaining robust defence mechanisms. Additionally, it emphasises the crucial role that these leaders play in fostering and perpetuating a culture of cybersecurity within your organisation, which is vital for maintaining an effective frontline defence against cyber threats.

    Case Study: Spear Phishing

    • Course level: Awareness
    • United Kingdom

    An interactive alternative to traditional training, the spear phishing case study provides a behind-the-scenes look into the inner workings of an offender’s criminal activity and the subsequent police investigation. An opportunity to learn first-hand the importance of good cyber practices and how they directly help
    to mitigate attacks. Delegates will leave with a renewed sense of the importance of good cyber hygiene as well as understanding the positive impact policing can have during the initial phases of an investigation.

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    Working with APMG has really helped open some doors by assessing our ‘Applied Cyber Security for OT engineers’ training to gain NCSC certified training status. We looked at this pathway in the early stages of the courses development but thought it was a ‘a bridge too far’, however with APMG help, they guided us through this process. Having the course certification has led to an increase in enquiries and ultimately an increase in bookings. We’re now delivering what our customers and the industry has been asking for! We haven’t stopped there, we are now embarking on the next stage to launch an industry recognised certification with APMG which delivers a digital accreditation highlighting the exam is based on an NCSC Assured Training Course.

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    FAQs

    • Provisional results: After completing the Foundation examination, candidates may receive provisional results either orally from the invigilator or on-screen at the end of an online exam.
    • Official results: Once processed, official results, including a PDF breakdown of marks by syllabus area, are available in the APMG Candidate Portal. Results are issued as the total number of marks achieved.
    • Processing time: Exam papers are usually marked immediately after the exam. APMG formally processes and confirms results via the Candidate Portal within 2 working days of receiving completed papers.
    • Outstanding payments: In exceptional cases, results may be withheld until full payment has been received.

    Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam, you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal.

    Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'.

    This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.

    Once you have created an account with Credly, log into the account and accept your pending badge.

    Candidates will be able to claim their digital badge and electronic certificate from the APMG Candidate Portal within two business days of their exam result being issued.

    If you are sitting the examination through an Accredited Training Organization, the cost of the exam is generally included in the course fee. Please ensure you confirm with your training provider that the exam is included in these costs. 

    If you have selected a self-study option, please note that APMG-International uses a global pricing model for all exams. The examination fees for candidates attending a public exam centre are determined by the location where the exams are administered.

    To find out the costs in your region, please refer to our examination portal or contact the APMG-International Service Desk (servicedesk@apmg-international.com).

    Most, if not all, of our certifications come with at least one Sample Exam to help participants prepare for their exam. Access to the Sample Exams can be located on our website.

    Some certifications do not require training in order to take the exam however, for most certifications, training is advised. 

    For some certifications individuals also have the option to self-study in preparation for the exam and, when they are ready, can even take the exam from the comfort of their home or office.

    You can find details of our self-study exams, available to purchase, via our public exams portal.

    Unfortunately, no. Only Accredited Training Organizations and their registered partners are authorized to use these logos. If you do not fall under these categories and would like to request permission to use the logo, please contact the APMG-International Service Desk (servicedesk@apmg-international.com).

    However, successful candidates are able to share and display their digital badge publicly.

    Please contact us via email addressed to customerservice@apmgroup.co.uk. Please review our policies before submitting your written feedback.

    PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs) are either: Education or Giving Back to the Profession. You can earn PMI Education PDUs by attending non-PMI provider courses if they align with the PMI Talent Triangle® skill areas. Visit the PMI website for details on PDUs, how to record them and required documentation.

    • Most training providers include the exams with their courses. 
    • Self-study candidates can book and take the exam online from anywhere, with a proctor monitoring via webcam, microphone and desktop. 
    • After booking, you'll receive a registration email to schedule your session through the Candidate Portal, with exams available 24/7.
    • APMG also offers limited public exam sessions at designated regional offices.

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