Transitioning service members, National Guard members, reservists, military spouses and veterans have an opportunity to take free cybersecurity courses.
Cisco, AWS, (ISC)2, PANW and Fortinet have partnered together with the
Commonwealth of Virginia to offer five cyber training tracks; (1) Cybersecurity
Operations, (2) Security Infrastructure, (3) Software Engineering, (4) Operations/
Technical Support and (5) Security Management, (6) Network Security.
Yyotta will deliver the training at the Quantico Corporate Center in
12-15 week mixed online and classroom sessions. Training is scheduled to start
this spring 2017, and over the next 12 months the goal is to train approximately
200 veterans.
Virginia Values Veterans (V3) will provide engagement opportunities with
Virginia employers.
As a prerequisite to this program, registrants are required to sign up for
the FREE 15-hour, online, self-paced “Introduction to Cybersecurity” course by
registering at www.netacad.com/web/us/military.
The Quantico kickoff will be hosted at SAIC on June 26 from 4pm to 6pm. SAIC’s office is at 800 Corporate Drive, Suite 401, Stafford, VA 22554
