Become an IT security specialist.

What language are the courses taught in?

The catalog records a teaching language for over 10 of them, and 9 of those are Swedish. 10 are recorded as taught in English.

The other over 60 record no language at all, so the course page, and then the provider, is where to settle it.

The catalog shows only what providers have filled in themselves. Where the field is empty the course card says nothing rather than guess. A Swedish course name says nothing certain about the teaching language either.

Which programmes lead all the way to IT security specialist?

8 programmes carry the job title or a close one in their name, and they come first on the page.

The titles here are IT security specialist, IT security technician and IT security manager, as both vocational college programmes and diploma programmes. The course page tells you how long the programme runs and how it is delivered.

What skills does an IT security specialist need?

The Swedish Public Employment Service occupation data lists, among others, information security, cybersecurity in networks, cloud and applications, protection of critical IT infrastructure and security analysis. The courses on this page are arranged in four skill areas after them.

A large share of the courses deal with management systems and rules, such as ISO 27001 and the NIS2 directive, which Sweden implements through its cybersecurity act. The technical side, such as network security and penetration testing, has its own heading.

Who provides the IT security courses?

Over 20 providers offer at least one course on this page. The largest are IFI AB (30 courses), Informator Utbildning (over 10) and Företagsuniversitetet (7).

Every provider puts its own name on every certificate it issues, and the name on the course card leads to the provider page.

How were the courses on this page chosen?

The skills come from the Swedish Public Employment Service occupation data, which describes what the job asks for. Under each skill are the courses in the catalog whose name is about that skill, and each course appears under one heading.

Matches are read from the course title and not from the provider description, because a description mentions much that the course is not about. A word counts only where it starts a word in the title, and titles that only resemble the subject are excluded by name.

A heading with no courses is not shown, and the list is never filled out with courses that do not belong. The counts change when the catalog does, because every figure is read from the catalog when the page is shown.

Are the courses online or on site?

The catalog records a format for 20 of the courses here: 7 online, over 10 blended and 1 on site. Over 60 courses record no format.

Where the provider has filled in the format it is on the course card. Where it is empty, the provider is the person to ask.

Do the courses qualify for Swedish student finance (CSN)?

9 courses here belong to vocational college (yrkeshögskola), and the rest are shorter courses from commercial providers and industry bodies.

Student finance from CSN belongs to vocational college and other regulated forms of education. Whether a course is open for applications, what it costs and when it next starts are questions for the provider.

What does a verified certificate prove?

That the provider named on the certificate issued it to the person named on it, and that an employer can check it directly with the provider.

Together they have issued over 1,000 certificates, and over 50 courses have issued at least one.