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Thales Cloud Protection and Licensing Solutions is the bedrock of security for a digital landscape fueled by the cloud, data, and software. Elevate your proficiency in harnessing these cutting-edge solutions with the Thales Technical Training and Certification program. Our expert Technical Training Team, armed with years of invaluable experience, has meticulously crafted a comprehensive training portfolio to empower you in seamlessly deploying new services. Stay at the forefront of technology by embracing our training programs, designed to impart the latest skills and best practices for swift and reliable service deployments.

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The following Technical Training Certification programs are available:

The Associate Certification Course provides a high-level overview of the product line and of each related product. The course is self-paced, delivered through narrated presentations and short video sessions with no lab practice.

The Professional Certification Course is product specific. It provides in-depth technical training on a product with theoretical sessions and lab practice, in which students install and configure the product(s) or solution. The course can be delivered onsite or online (depending on the product), as instructed or self-paced training.

The Advanced Certification Course is an expert-level certification that requires a comprehensive understanding of the relevant product. It extends the knowledge and experience obtained in the Professional Certification Course. The course can be delivered onsite or online.

Note: Professional-level certification is a prerequisite for the Advanced training.

Students who pass the relevant certification exam are entitled to a certificate and digital badge.

Identity & Access Management (IAM) Certification Courses

IAM Certification courses provide students with all the tools needed to install and support Thales's Authentication and Access Management solutions.

Thales Identity and Access Management Associate Certification Course

The self-paced certification course reviews the Thales Workforce Authentication and Access Management products, covering cloud and on-prem solutions. Students will briefly review STA and SAS-PCE authentication services as well as Thales's PKI offering. This includes the solutions architecture, deployment features, automated workflows, and authentication methods.

Students who successfully complete the certified Associate Certification Course will be able to understand Thales's Workforce Authentication and Access Management product portfolio, available services, and deployment features.

Completing this course, provides the base for all Thales authentication professional certification courses.

Thales IdCloud Associate Certification Course

This online, self-paced certification course is designed to equip students with expertise in the Thales Digital Banking Identity Cloud product suite (aka IdCloud). Students will review the IdCloud solution's key features, services, architectural components, and real-world use cases. 

Students who successfully complete the certified Associate Certification Course will be able to understand the concepts and challenges of Digital Banking and understand IdCloud digital banking services, workflows, and deployment options.

Thales OneWelcome Associate Certification Course

The Thales OneWelcome Associate Certification Course enables students to leverage Customer Identity and Access Management Solutions offered by Thales.

This self-paced certification course reviews the Thales OneWelcome cloud-based CIAM solution, covering the core solution architecture, Identity Applications, deployment features, automated workflows, and authentication methods.

Students who successfully complete the certified Associate Certification Course will be able to understand CIAM concepts, as well as get familiar with the Thales OneWelcome cloud-based Identity Platform, the range of Identity Applications and various customer identity validation methods.

Completing this course provides the base for all Thales authentication professional certification courses.

Thales OneWelcome Advanced Certification Course

The Thales OneWelcome Advanced Certification Course is a 5-day online program that provides hands-on experience on the configuration aspects of the OneWelcome solution as well as a thorough understanding of the product's technical aspects. This training consists of a combination of technical content and hands-on labs. Students will gain an in-depth technical understanding of the product, including its strengths, limitations, and market comparison. 

SafeNet Trusted Access (STA) Professional Certification Course

The STA Professional Certification Course provides a deep technical review of STA Services. The course covers the architecture, deployment, administration and maintenance of a cloud based authentication service with an advanced risk engine and policy based access management solution. The sessions are learned through narrated presentations and hands-on lab practice, which is made available over a remote virtual lab and a STA account.

SAS-PCE Professional Certification Course

The SAS SPE/PCE Professional Certification Course is offered to engineers who have completed the STA Cloud Authentication Certification course.

This Professional Certification Course focuses on the SAS-PCE Authentication Solution for on premise deployment. The knowledge covered includes the installation and configuration of the SAS-PCE Authentication Server, solution architecture, RADIUS based authentication, user provisioning options, deployment and maintenance, high availability and fail-over. The sessions are learned through frontal presentations and hands-on lab practice.

PKI Professional Certification Course

This Professional Certification Course focuses on Thales’s PKI authenticators, PKI enrollment and life cycle management based on the vSEC Card Management System (CMS).

This onsite training is delivered through frontal presentations and hands-on lab practice. Students who participate in this Professional Certification Course will practice certificate-based authentication, PKI-based security solutions, authenticator enrollment, and more.

Hardware Security Module (HSM) Certification Courses

Thales’s Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) provide reliable protection for applications, transactions and information assets by securing cryptographic keys. HSMs are the fastest, most secure and easiest application security solution to integrate for enterprise and government organizations to achieve regulatory compliance, reduce the risk of legal liability and improve profitability.

HSM Associate Certification Course

The HSM Associate Certification Course provides students with an introduction and overview of the world of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). The training covers core concepts concerning all types of HSMs provided by Thales including Luna HSM, DPoD Cloud HSM, ProtectServer, and payShield. Completing this course provides the base for all Thales HSM professional level certification courses.

Luna HSM Professional Certification Course

The Luna HSM Professional Certification Course focuses on the Luna HSM 7 product line with a technical deep dive into the solution architecture, deployment, administration and maintenance of the HSMs. Students will learn about both PED and Password authenticated Luna HSM models and perform hands-on exercises to install, configure, and troubleshoot the products in a live classroom environment.

Data Protection on Demand (DPoD) Professional Certification Course

The DPoD Professional Certification Course provides a full overview of the Cloud HSM platform, whether you are a service provider or a security administrator for your organization. In this training, you will learn about the DPoD marketplace, the different use cases, success stories and integrations supported by the platform.

payShield HSM Professional Certification Course

The payShield Professional Certification Course is onsite and instructor led. The course focuses on the payShield 10K Hardware Security Module, administration, configuration, and how a payment HSM is implemented in a banking environment.

ProtectServer HSM Professional Certification Course

The ProtectServer HSM Professional Certification Course covers basic configuration and administration of ProtectServer HSM and its toolkits.

The students will learn about the eco-system in which ProtectServer operates in, how to operate the different toolkits for various environments (C, Microsoft, etc.) as well as experience the simulation platform of ProtectServer.

Data Encryption Certification Courses

Thales’s Data Encryption and Control solutions focus on data security – covering the broadest variety of data types. The solutions offer a unified platform with data encryption and granular access control capabilities that can be applied to databases, applications, mainframe environments, and individual files. By providing centralized management of keys, policies, logging, auditing, and reporting functions, these solutions simplify key management, ensure regulatory compliance, and maximize security.

CipherTrust Data Security Platform (DSP) Associate Certification Course

The CipherTrust Data Security Platform Associate Certification Course provides a technical overview of the CipherTrust platform, supported connectors, applications and features through narrated presentations and demo videos. At the end of the training, students will have a better understanding of the CipherTrust product offering and its supported components.

CipherTrust Data Security Platform (DSP) Professional Certification Course

The CipherTrust DSP Professional Certification Course focuses on the CipherTrust Data Security platform and CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager (CCKM). CipherTrust is built on prevailing cloud-based technologies, providing a cloud friendly, key management solution. It employs a REST interface and a micro service based architecture, allowing for easy deployment and scalability within your environment. With this new architecture, CipherTrust simplifies administration, helps ensure compliance, and maximizes security by providing centralized management of keys, policies, and essential functions.

CipherTrust Data Security Platform (DSP) Advanced Certification Course

The CipherTrust Data Security Platform (DSP) Advanced Course focuses on advanced integrations of the CipherTrust Data Security platform with 3rd-Party Applications. The course is delivered as on-site and instructor-led training (in the classroom).

The CipherTrust Data Security Platform is an integrated suite of data-centric security products and solutions that unify data discovery, protection, and control in one platform. CipherTrust offers key management capabilities that can be integrated with virtually any commercial encryption products.

High Speed Encryption (HSE) Professional Certification Course

Thales’s High-Speed WAN encryptors provide the fastest, simplest, and easiest way to integrate network security solutions for enterprise and government organizations that need to protect mission-critical data. With organizations expanding and becoming more geographically dispersed, the global collaboration between partners, suppliers, and customers is forcing a requirement for secure and transparent high-speed communications across the network.

In this course, students will participate in classroom sessions covering the available network encryption products, the solution’s architecture, installation, configuration and management options. Classroom sessions are followed by hands-on lab practice in which students install and configure network encryption products.

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Course structure

Our classes deliver an ideal blend of data protection principles and practical hands-on workshops.

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Course requirement

Designed for participants with varying levels of experience in cryptography.

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Course result

Accelerate deployment of Thales solutions and increase the security and scalability of the systems on which your organization depends.