What so SPecial about DISM (S54)

Frequuently, we are being asked this question, "What is so special about DISM (S54)"?

Below are some answers to the question:

1) First to establish Cyber Wargame Centre in Institutes of Higher Learning.
- the centre was launched recently on the 3 Jan 2013.

2) First polytechnic in Singapore to use the training curriculum from Paraben Inc. in the area of mobile/handheld device forensics.

3) First to sign Memorandum-of-Understanding (MOU) with security vendor, e-Cop
- to establish a Cyberwatch Competency Centre which leverages e-Cop solutions built on Microsoft platforms - the first of its kind in this region.

4) First to sign Memorandum-of-Cooperation (MOC) with EC-Council under Academia Programme
- one and only polytechnic to offer the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) course.
- one and only polytechnic to offer the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigor (CHFI) course.
- one and only polytechnic to offer the EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) course.

5) First to sign Memorandum-of-Cooperation (MOC) with ThinkSECURE
- one and only polytechnic to offer the Organizational Systems Security Analyst (OSSA) course.
- one and only polytechnic to offer the Organizational Systems Wireless Auditor (OSWA) course.

6) First to partner with ThinkSECURE to organize a wireless hacking tourament in Singapore
- one and only polytechnic to work with ThinkSECURE to co-organize an event at the regional level which attracted many teams from the neighbouring countries.

7) First to have security diploma students to be accepted into the NUS Prep Programme

8) First to setup VMWare Infrastructure in the DMIT Infocomm Security Lab
- we are the first educational institution in Singapore to implement VMware Lab Manager into our IT Security Labs to provide greater automation and control.

9) First to sign Memorandum-of-Cooperation (MOC) with D-Link International
- we are the first educational institution to work with D-Link to jointly set up a laboratory which will be used for research and development in the enterprise network security space.

10) First polytechnic to setup the honeeebox sensor (http://www.honeynet.org/)
- we are the first polytechnic to setup the honeebox sensor under the Singapore Honeynet Chapter.

11) First to sign Memorandum-of-Cooperation (MOC) with Symantec
- we are the first educational institution to work with Symantec to setup SP-Symantec Infocomm Security Lab in Nov 2007.

12) High number of Integrated Infocomm Scholars - IIS

13) High number of National Infocomm Scholars - NIS

...... and many more.......