Summer Projects and Training

We have all been busy on Summer Projects, and I hope you all have been able to make major inroads on whatever projects you have been tackling.  We have been busy updating some of our courses and creating a constant flow of critical how to's and related articles.

As announced in our last newsletter, the Telecom 101 self paced course has been updated, facelifted and re-recorded.  It is available online for all new Telecom/Provider employees, and even not so new folks as well.  Make sure you have an account at the Online School, if not sign up - its free.  Then head to this link to enroll, pay, and take the course.  All done online!!  I look forward to reading your evaluations to allow you to let me know what you think of this updated course.

We completed the free broadband training project in conjunction with the Northwest Technology Center in Alva OK.  Thanks to those service providers that took advantage of this free training!  There is more funding available, so if you missed this opportunity and are in Oklahoma, or Kansas, contact Charlotte Hadwigger at (580) 327-0344 Ext 2013 with your training needs.  

Security Security Security As many of you know, new Security requirements and secure supply chain requirements have been creeping into the telecom grant processes.  There are four primary security requirements that are the most often mentioned.  I have read and summarized those four requirements and posted that information on our blog.  Check that out here:

• What is the NIST Special Publication 800-161 About?
• What is the NIST Special Publication 800-171 About?
• What is the ISO/IEC 27008 Guideline About?
• What is the NIST Special Publication 800-183 About?

Congratulations to all students that have attained either the Network or CSR certifications.

  If you want to train/certify your CSR's using our online Certification process, please contact us by clicking on the little red/white envelope icon on this page for more details.