Choosing a pathway to a promising career in cybersecurity.
Florida International University
FIU CyberSkills2Work offers a short-term, intensive training program designed to recruit, prepare, and place participants into the cybersecurity work roles of cyber defense forensics analyst and threat/warning analyst. The program delivers three pathways in an asynchronous and synchronous online format and provides training, certification, assistance with job placement, mentoring, and a career path to transitioning military personnel, transitioning first responders, and veterans. This program is at no cost to selected participants.
The Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst Pathway is designed to prepare participants for a cyber defense forensics analyst work role, which uses forensics analysis policy, tools, data recovery, cybersecurity, and law and ethics in the digital investigations of crimes. Participants will also learn how to identify intrusions, gather information, and collect legal evidence against network intruders by covering theoretical and practical aspects of the foundations of computer network security, incident response tools and techniques, and an overview of how criminals are using computer networks to commit crimes. Graduates of this pathway can expect to work as a digital forensics investigator.
Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Must have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent,
Must be part of one of these groups: veteran, transitioning service member, first responder, or military-affiliated individual.
Must have some IT or cybersecurity experience.
Fall 2024
Start Date: September 16, 2024 • End Date: November 10, 2024
Application deadline: September 1, 2024
Winter 2025
Start Date: January 6, 2025 • End Date: March 2, 2025
Application deadline: December 22, 2024
Spring 2025
Start Date: March 10, 2025 • End Date: May 4, 2025
Application deadline: February 23, 2025
The National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program, CyberSkills2Work, is funded by the National Security Agency National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).