In gathering data on different resources that exist for the security component we want to include in our product, there really are not a whole lot of firms offering that type of training. Certification is provided through higher learning institutions as part of a larger program, but the credit hours can run rather pricey. One school I found has a cost of approximately $495 per credit hour, but you need 12 hours to get the certificate. Once you figure the math, you’d be looking at almost $6,000 overall. Other programs have a single cost of about $495, but the content is remarkably different from what has been proposed to us. I will drop another breadcrumb for fun: a course in one of the programs deals with Israeli security, definitely a part of safety but we want to base our product on emerging trends that affect us all in some way, shape, or form.
I am sorry that I can’t provide more than cryptic clues at this point, but the project is still in the development stage so I have to keep things confidential. Everyone likes the direction where we are heading though, so it shouldn’t be too long before we can tell you more. In the meantime, I will keep plugging away at it and doing whatever the ICC needs me to. Being part of something still out of the mainstream is quite the adventure. There are challenges to it, but it’s a lot of fun too, so if I haven’t said it before, let me say now how much I appreciate getting to do this.