Certifications
Certifying a cybersecurity skill
Security is proven through acts: hardening a system, detecting an intrusion, running an incident response, reporting to a leadership team. The documents awarded here name those acts one by one, with the supervised volume that produced them.
What the document attests, act by act
An employer hiring in security wants to know what the person can run alone, with an incident under way. The awarded document answers that: it lists the assessed acts, in the trade's own vocabulary, and the supervised hours that prepared them. It is then checked on the public page, with no account, which counts double in a field where claims come cheap.
- Harden a workstation, a server and a network device against a framework
- Detect abnormal behaviour and qualify an alert
- Run an incident response and keep its traceability
- Conduct a technical audit and prioritise remediation
- Report risk to a leadership team in terms of decisions
The volume behind the signature
- professional qualifications
- 5
- credits combined
- 350
- supervised
- 3500 h
- catalogue programmes
- 2
The scale, from technical post to leadership
| Professional qualification | Duration | Credits | Supervised hours | Blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Support and Systems Technician | 9 months | 60 | 600 h | 5 |
| Systems and Network Administrator | 9 months | 70 | 700 h | 5 |
| Infrastructure and Cloud Manager | 1 year | 80 | 800 h | 5 |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 9 months | 70 | 700 h | 5 |
| Enterprise Architect | 9 months | 70 | 700 h | 5 |
The programmes that lead there
A long programme installs the depth a real incident demands: cryptography, architecture, response, governance. The volumes below are those of the filed catalogue.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Supervised hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity programme — Bac+5 level | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 7 500 000 GNF per year |
| Networks and Cloud | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 5 600 000 GNF per year |
Security recruiter questions
How do I check a candidate really holds this skill?
By opening the reference carried on the document. The public page shows the title, the validated competencies one by one, the credits, the date and the status. Consultation is free, anonymous and immediate — the only format a high-volume hiring process actually processes.
The field moves fast: does the document stay relevant?
The date of award appears on the document and on the public page, which lets a recruiter judge for themselves how current the achievement is. Competency blocks are retaken separately, so an update bears on the block concerned rather than the whole qualification.
What does a level 7 security qualification cover?
Expert and executive: the person sets the policy, commits a budget and answers for choices before a leadership team. The catalogue carries 17 at this level, each of 70 credits and 700 supervised hours.
Can a single security block be validated?
Yes. Each block yields its own personal attestation, with its supervised volume and its public reference. It is the format chosen by teams that need one precise capability in place before an audit deadline.
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