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About NextLabs Certified Solutions Specialist (NCSS)
The NextLabs Certified Solutions Specialist (NCSS) is designed for data security professionals seeking advanced expertise in designing and implementing data-centric security solutions using NextLabs policy and enforcement technology.
Objective
The NCSS certification equips specialists to:
- Design secure, policy-driven architectures
- Configure and implement enforcement technologies
- Apply data-centric security principles across enterprise environments
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Extend implementations to specialized domains, including SAP
For full details on learning paths, prerequisites, and certification requirements, see the NextLabs Certified Solutions Specialist Certification Guide.
NCSS Certification Courses
Build a new skill set by learning how to implement NextLabs’ products with our upcoming NCSS Certification Courses.
These sessions combine architectural theory with hands-on practice, giving you the tools to master the CloudAz Policy Platform and extend this knowledge to SAP.
Specialists may also embark on another journey by enrolling in our SkyDRM Training Course to learn about NextLabs’ Enterprise Digital Rights Management product and capabilities.
Course Schedules
All session times are listed in Pacific Time (PDT).
Policy System Certification
(Prerequisite for SAP Products Course)
- Focus:Â CloudAz architecture, attribute-driven policy language, and security models.
- Sessions
- CloudAz Overview
- Policy Authoring Basics Part 1
- Policy Authoring Basics Part 2
- Policy Management
- Standard Reports
- Hands-on Exercises
- Hands-on Exercises
2026 Course Schedule
Session time: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT (Pacific Time)
- Mar | Start: Mon, Mar 16 | End: Tue, Mar 24 – Closed
- May | Start: Mon, May 11 | End: Tue, May 19 – Closed
- Jul | Start: Wed, Jul 15 | End: Thu, Jul 23 – Open
- Sep | Start: Mon, Sep 14 | End: Tue, Sep 22 – Open
- Nov | Start: Mon, Nov 16 | End: Tue, Nov 24 – Open
Registration closed on Monday, March 9, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT. We will update this page with upcoming sessions shortly.
SAP Products Certification
- Prerequisite: NCSS Policy System Course
- Focus:Â Deep dive into the SAP product suite, featuring Data Access Enforcer (DAE), masking, filtering, and obfuscation.
- Sessions
- Overview, User Attributes, Integration, and Control Center
- Data Masking
- Data Filtering
- Data Obfuscation / Format Preserving Encryption
- Hands-on Session
- Hands-on Session
- Implementation Methodology
- Business Cases
- DAM, DLP, and DRM
- Non-Core SAP Capabilities
2026 Course Schedule
Session time: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT (Pacific Time)
- Apr | Start: Wed, Apr 7 | End: Thu, Apr 20 – Closed
- May–Jun | Start: Wed, May 27 | End: Tue, Jun 9 – Closed
- Aug | Start: Mon, Aug 3 | End: Fri, Aug 14 – Open
- Sep–Oct | Start: Wed, Sep 30 | End: Tue, Oct 13 – Open
- Dec | Start: Wed, Dec 2 | End: Tue, Dec 15 – Open
Registration closed on Monday, March 9, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT. We will update this page with upcoming sessions shortly.
SkyDRM Certification
- Prerequisites: This course has no prerequisites.Â
- Focus: Understand Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM), SkyDRM’s architecture and core components, and access control policies.
- Sessions
- Fundamentals, Key Business Problems and Use Cases
- Architecture, Components, and Core Functionalities
- Overview of Admin Console
- Policy Authoring
- Web Client
- Rights Management Desktop (RMD) Client
- Rights Protection Tool (RPT)
- Auditing and Reporting Capabilities
- Hands-on Session 1
- Hands-on Session 2
2026 Course Schedule
Session time: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM PDT (Pacific Time)
- Jun | Start: Mon, Jun 15 | End: Fri, Jun 26 – Open
(Subject to change based on demand)
Register for NCSS Certification Courses​
Please complete the form below to register for one or more NCSS Certification courses.
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Registration Has Closed – New Dates Coming Soon
Thank you for your interest. Registration for March-April series has now closed.
We will be announcing new upcoming sessions shortly. Please check back soon for updated dates and registration details.
