Case Study: Citigroup achieves scalable, high‑attendance global application security training with Black Duck Virtual Instructor-Led Training

Black Duck Virtual Instructor-Led Classes for Application Security Training at Citigroup

Citigroup (Citi), a global bank with roughly 200 million customer accounts and development staff spread across 54 countries, needed consistent application-security training for about 12,000 employees. Traditional offsite instructor-led classes proved impractical — visas, equipment paperwork, seasonal scheduling and long lead times made in-person training costly and inaccessible for many teams.

Citi adopted Black Duck’s Virtual Instructor-Led Training: live, expert-led webinar courses delivered in short sessions with hands-on labs, breakout groups, whiteboarding, demos and polling, scheduled for global time zones. The virtual format boosted attendance, cut travel and logistics waste, and earned strong positive feedback from managers, architects, developers and new hires.

Citigroup

Peigi Maides

Vice President