Latest knowledge helps protect global cyber threats and strengthen the digital security landscape in Thailand Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirapat Chiewchanwattana (Right) Dean of College of Computing, Khon Kaen University is granted Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform from Mr. Dominic Neo (Left) Regional Vice President of Sales, Stellar Cyber and Captain Sirinate Rugvong RTN. (Middle) Special Expert, NCSA to open cybersecurity curriculum, recently.
Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR technology, announced its partnership with The National Cyber Security Agency of Thailand (NCSA) in providing the new Open XDR platform, under the Stellar Cyber University Program, to enable Khon Kaen University (KKU) free access to the Stellar Cyber’s advanced comprehensive detection and response platform. This collaboration is to add best-of-breed tools to KKU’s existing cybersecurity program and to accelerate the highly qualified cybersecurity graduates to meet the world demand.
Cybersecurity, today, evolves fast. Organizations need many types of cybersecurity tools to detect and manage attacks. Unfortunately, the number of cybersecurity pros who are keen in diversified tools far exceeds the number available and the production is in slow pace for many reasons. Stellar Cyber University Program works with academic institutions worldwide to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap. The program enables the schools to open appropriate curriculum; instructors and students to get the real practice on the new Open XDR technology. This helps produce the next generation of cybersecurity professionals faster.
Dominic Neo the Vice President of Sales for ASEAN and ANZ at Stellar Cyber said, “Under the Stellar Cyber University Program, educational institutes get free access license to the Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform to use in their labs. The platform includes SIEM, NDR, UEBA, FIM, IDS, Malware Sandbox, SOAR, and TIP, providing a comprehensive set of tools for real training. The knowledge is the same level of other worldwide educational institutions who join this world-classed program, including Glendale Community College in the US, for example.
Stellar Cyber sees College of Computing at KKU’s strong commitment in developing cybersecurity personnel of the future, by offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as certificate programs in this field. To support this vision, Stellar Cyber is happy to provide the university with an Open XDR license to help enhance the efficiency of cybersecurity education. NextWave (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the key distributor of Stellar Cyber, will provide technical advice as well as cybersecurity experts to spend time with the instructors, training them on the platform so they are well-prepared to deliver student lessons.
Captain Sirinate Rugvong RTN., Special Expert, NCSA revealed, “NCSA has been responsible for accelerating the development of cybersecurity personnel all along. Recently, The National Cybersecurity Academy has initiated the project to accelerate the development of cybersecurity personnel, Phase 1, including organizing various training courses to develop cybersecurity skills for children, youth, office workers, the elderly, and the disabled. From the over 1 million participants on all platforms, NCSA clearly witnesses the exponential growth in the education sector. Therefore, we are very pleased that Stellar Cyber has come to strengthen cybersecurity landscape in Thailand by providing the Open XDR platform to help produce high-quality personnel to cope with new threats.”
Associate Professor Dr. Sirapat Chiewchanwattana, Dean of the College of Computing at Khon Kaen University said, “The College of Computing is established as faculty-level unit, serving the strategy of Khon Kaen University. It offers courses to cultivate the students with knowledge and quality that meet the needs of the business world. In 2023, it launched two new courses: Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security. The Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform is ideal for cybersecurity education because it incorporates the most critical cybersecurity tools in one intuitive dashboard and integrates with any third-party tool to deliver a holistic view of cyber threats, that the students have complete investigation on the whole process. KKU has five lecturers who are experts in the XDR platform, who will maximize the new Open XDR platform capabilities to educational and research benefits. Around 300 students are expected to benefit from this program during the 2 academic year of partnership. This will also help Thailand secure its economic and digital security infrastructure.
About Stellar Cyber:
Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform delivers comprehensive, unified security without complexity, empowering lean security teams of any skill to secure their environments successfully. With Stellar Cyber, organizations reduce risk with early and precise identification and remediation of threats while slashing costs, retaining investments in existing tools, and improving analyst productivity, delivering an 8X improvement in MTTD and a 20X improvement in MTTR. The company is based in Silicon Valley. For more information, contact https://stellarcyber.ai.
About National Cyber Security Agency
The National Cyber Security Agency of Thailand is responsible for coordinating and implementing national cybersecurity policies, strategies, and initiatives. The main factor in establishing the activities of the Center of Excellence in Cyber Security is to develop personnel of all ages to have knowledge and understanding in cyber security in terms of prevention, response, and reduction of risks from cyber threats, both domestically and internationally, including creating awareness of the situation of cyber threats together in order to conduct integrated and current operational operations, which will lead to sustainable cyber security.
About College of Computing, Khon Kaen University
College of Computing, Khon Kaen University is one faculty in Khon Kaen University. The Department of Computer Science in Faculty of Science was transformed to College of Computing on March 23, 1994. It was established as a new department of Khon Kaen University. The new department was announced in the Government Gazette on October 15, 2021. Currently, the College of Computing offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, totaling 8 programs, and opened 2 new programs in 2023: Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security. For more information, please visit https://computing.kku.ac.th/history-cp.
About Nextwave Co., Ltd.
Nextwave is a leading Cybersecurity and IT distributor in Thailand, specialized in advanced and value added solutions. Over 20 years, we have been delivering trustworthy services through our channel partners and providing technical consultants to leading enterprises. For more information, please visit https://www.nextwave.co.th/
