Cyber Bootcamp

Transform from IT to Cyber in 17 Weeks!

This 17-week bootcamp is designed to rapidly upskill IT professionals to become proficient in cybersecurity.

Cyber Bootcamp

Who is it for?

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This course delivers the required baseline training individuals need to transition into cyber. Each module is taught by an experienced cyber professional with military cyber operations and/or corporate cyber defense experience.Participants may be existing employees wishing to advance their skills, new hires, or military service members. See more about our veteran initiatives here.

The first half of the course builds upon a participant's existing knowledge and experience The second half is the core of the program, focusing on red team and blue team tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as well as guided, real life scenario-based lab exercises where participants gain the hands-on experience that will be immediately applicable to positions currently being recruited by companies. Our curriculum is aligned to the NICE framework and includes input from industry leading Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). Participant learning will be assessed through pre and post training assessments. 

February 4, 2025 through May 29, 2025

Tuesday & Thursday, 8 AM - 5 PM CST, over 17 Weeks (276 total training hours)

Location: Virtual

Benefits to Employers

  • Relevant Content & Curriculum - Continually updated based on input from industry and experienced cyber operators and subject matter experts (SMEs)

    • Includes required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) and relevant Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to ensure courses are relevant to your needs. 

    • Raise awareness of the complexities of securing systems and infrastructure and the capabilities of advanced adversaries.

    • Curriculum is mapped to the NIST-NICE Framework and industry learning objectives.

  • Highly Qualified & Battle-Proven Instructors - Your professionals will learn from our cadre of over 10 instructors, who have developed a broad and deep base of educational content and curriculum that includes instructor presentations, reading materials, demos, and numerous on-keyboard labs and simulated exercises.

  • Virtual Participation - Courses are accessible via video conference and include small group and one-to-one instructor interaction and access to our cloud-training environment

  • Assessments - Participants are assessed to ensure they are meeting the required training objectives.

    • Upon successful course completion, participants receive an industry-recognized Training Certificate

  • Outcome-Driven - Participants are able to immediately leverage course material for the benefit of their organization

What You’ll Learn

Module Topics

  1. Course Introduction

  2. Introduction to Cybersecurity

  3. Networking and Network Services

  4. Operating Systems Concepts

  5. Computer Science for Hackers

  6. IT Concepts for Security

  7. Administrative and Legal Security Concepts

  8. Red Team and Vulnerability Management

  9. Blue Team, DFIR and SOC

  10. Wrap Up

What You’ll Need

  • For the Training

    • Laptop/PC with camera & mic

    • Business casual attire

    • Appetite for learning

    • Other materials as assigned

  • The week before the bootcamp starts, we’ll provide participants with:

    • Invitation to Slack Channel

    • Calendar Invitation to All In-Classroom Instruction Days

    • Enrollment into Learning Management System

    • Introduction to Instructors & Facilitators

    • (In-person only) Parking Map & Options (parking is self-paid)

    • (In-person only) WiFi Access Information

The Cyber Defense Bootcamp offers GSK (and any employer) a unique opportunity to not only find talent in a challenging hiring market, but to also show an investment in all of our team members regardless of their being new to the company or a current employee who is building on their skillsets and career opportunities.

— Adam Holland, Former Sr. Director - Security, GlaxoSmithKline, Currently Wendy’s CISO

Opportunities in the Industry

  • High Demand

    There are currently over 1,400 open jobs in Arkansas and over 467,000 in the US. Industry expects the national workforce gap to reach 3.2 million in the next couple of years.

  • Career Growth

    With so many work roles in Cybersecurity, the Cyber Training Bootcamp provides the necessary KSAs to build upon and grow in a position that highlights key strengths.

What others are saying…

 

“The Cyber Defense Bootcamp provides an active duty service member a focused transition to civilian employment and provides them with the operational skills needed to conduct civilian cyber operations.”

— Col. (Ret.) Rob Ator, Director Military Affairs, State of Arkansas

“The Cyber Defense Bootcamp prepares cyber operators to conduct threat assessments and defend critical networks.”

— Lee Watson, Founder & CEO, Forge Institute

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