ABOUT AKYLADE:
AKYLADE Inc., your trusted partner in the IT and cybersecurity certification industry, validates your knowledge and experience by providing real-world certification exams that help you to get hired into your dream cybersecurity role. AKYLADE leverages decades of cybersecurity hiring management expertise to create certifications that go beyond the ordinary. We understand what employers are looking for and have infused each of our certifications with the on-the-job skills and invaluable knowledge needed for success. For more information, visit https://www.akylade.com/
AKYLADE is co-founded by Jason Dion (founder of Dion Training Solutions), who strives to help candidates pass their cybersecurity, IT service management, and project management certifications. To date, he has helped over two million students across 195 countries get certified and advance in their careers. With decades of real-world experience, he has served as an information systems officer, director of a Network Operations and Security Center, the global lead for Cyber Defense for U.S. Cyber Command, and a director of information assurance operations for the National Security Agency, amongst other high profile cybersecurity positions. He holds a Master of Science degree in Information Technology with a specialization in Information Assurance and a Chief Information Officer Graduate Certificate from National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace.
ABOUT SPACETEC:
SpaceTEC is one of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for developing partnerships between academic institutions and industry partners to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels.With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the ATE program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive the world’s economies. Located in Titusville, Florida, SpaceTEC® supports the education and credentialing of aerospace aviation and advanced manufacturing technicians in core high-technology fields that drive the region’s economies. Through a national consortium of community and technical colleges, universities, business and industry organizations, government agencies, and now the Space Coast Aerospace and Defense Training Center, SpaceTEC not only credentials candidates, but also educates and promotes careers for employment in technical occupations.
The organization has been accredited by the International Certification Accreditation Council to ISO 17024 standards and offers performance-based examinations that result in industry-driven nationally recognized credentials that reflect the competencies employers demand. Successful candidates can qualify for college credits via transcripts provided by the American Council on Education and the National College Credit Recommendation Service. The SpaceTEC national credentialing program has earned a formal Safety Approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation and recognition by FAA’s National Safety Team (FAAST).
