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.
FIU’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Fellowship develops students for DCWF Work Role ID 111 – All-Source Analyst, giving them the coursework, research experience, and practitioner mentorship needed to collect, fuse, and assess multi-source cyber intelligence in support of U.S. national-security missions.
Format
Asynchronous Online
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, military spouse, or government personnel.
Spring 2025
Start Date: June 12, 2026 • End Date: April 30, 2027
Application deadline: May 31, 2026
The National Cybersecurity Workforce Development Program, CyberSkills2Work, is led by the University of West Florida and funded by the DoW CIO Cyber Academic Engagement Office and the NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Program.