Choose a topic in cyber security, IT risk or compliance. Learn through visual explanations, understanding, application and recall. Choose a focused course or a structured learning path.

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How Competance works for you

01 · Practice

Practitioner experience

Developed by the team behind Securance. Training connects IT risk, compliance and cyber security concepts to situations professionals encounter at work.

VisualiseUnderstandApplyRecall
02 · Method

Structured learning

Start with a visual overview, understand the concept, apply it in context, then practise recall. Each step gives the next one a clear foundation.

03 · Review

Human-reviewed content

AI supports course development and review. Practitioners assess the material and its relevance, keeping professional judgement in the learning process.

Individual courses and learning paths

Start with the topic and depth you need. Explore the learning outcomes and entry requirements to choose your next step.

Training for your team

Discuss the courses and learning paths that match your team’s responsibilities.

Discuss team training
Topic
The framework, regulation or skill your team needs.
People
Team size, roles and existing knowledge.
Objective
What the team needs to understand or apply at work.
Timing
Your preferred start date and training timeframe.

 


Philosophy
Compliance can feel overwhelming.
Learning method
Until you see the structure.
01
Visual insight
Conceptualize and structure.
02
Understand in depth
Explore theory and context.
03
Apply context
Develop skill with practice.
04
Practice & recall
Application to stay ahead.
Foundation → ExpertIndividual courses
Learning pathsStructured journeys
GRCI CertificationAccredited · Includes exam
AI-EnabledAlways current. Always ahead.
The power of simplicityIf you can't explain it simply...
PragmaticBuilt for the work.
Liased with Securance — 25 years of in-depth real practice

The Competance name is the method

Competance is what happens when competence meets assurance. Every course moves from visual overview into depth, theory integrated with context, then application, then recall: the order in which knowledge actually sticks. We've worked this way for 25 years. T-shaped, broad understanding, sharp expertise, going deep where your role demands it. Simple to explain, because we understand it deeply.

AI Enabled, built by humans

Standards don't stand still. SOC2, NIS 2, DORA and GDPR shift as regulators refine what they expect. AI scans that shift and surfaces what matters, cutting through the noise so the power of simplicity stays true. Our practitioners then review every course by hand, turning that insight into something pragmatic, built for the work. Not a one-time build, but a living body of knowledge.

Liaised with GRCi. Substance to rating

GRCi the authoritative index for GRC performance is rated, tying together the SOC 2 and ISAE 3402 indexes across Europe. An index is as good as what feeds it. We train the people who keep that intelligence sharp, and the same expertise trains GRC professionals. Learn here, and you're shaping the standard everyone else is measured against. Boost your confidence, master the field.


Find out the latest on GRC and cyber

GRC and cyber security don't stand still, and neither do we. Every shift in regulation and market development gets tracked, with AI and human review working side by side. We test it critically against what we know from real practice, then explain it the way we teach: overview first, then depth. We focus on why it matters, and what it means for you.

Competance has everything that I need for successful study: Professionals, assignments, planner, notebooks, a staff who are very skilled and experienced, and ready to help at any time.
— Bernard Steijn