Cybersecurity Safeguards our Digital World
In today's world, where our daily activities, work, and personal connections rely heavily on digital spaces, the need for cybersecurity experts is more pressing than ever. With a staggering 3.5 million global positions expected to remain unfilled by 2025, there's a clear call to action for those considering where to focus their career efforts​ (Cybercrime Magazine)​. Cybersecurity isn’t just about guarding computers and data—it’s about protecting our way of life in a digitally connected world.
This field is rapidly evolving and expanding, which means it consistently offers new and exciting challenges that are crucial in shaping the technological landscape. Now is the perfect time to dive in, especially since employers are increasingly valuing skills over degrees. Skills in areas like artificial intelligence, cloud computing security, and proactive threat detection are in high demand​ (Home | ISC2)​. By stepping into a cybersecurity career, you’re not just securing a job—you’re also playing a key role in making the digital world a safer place for everyone. This is a call to all problem solvers and protectors: your skills are needed more than ever.
We offer a variety of cybersecurity bootcamp pathways, all designed specifically to prepare learners with the skills and certifications needed for the most in-demand job roles in the field today:
Duration: As Little as 16 Weeks
Course Fee: As low as $8,500
Most learners qualify for discounts or scholarships. Ask about options available to you!
Market Trends
- University of Maryland research indicates that there is a cyber attack every 39 seconds.
- As 5G and machine learning proliferate, ransomware attacks, data breaches and the imminent threat of cyberwarfare continue to rise.
- There is a high demand for cybersecurity professionals across industries
Job Demand
Source: LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report
Source: Occupational Outlook Handbook, USBLS
Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2020
Program Outline and Highlights
The Foundational Bootcamp Path helps students build a strong networking and OS foundation. It emphasizes design, implementation, and administration of IP networks. Students become competent at Linux systems administration, and learn how to deploy and manage common applications and services using Linux servers. They are encouraged to develop an automation mindset and build the skills to automate routine IT infrastructure deployment, configuration, and monitoring activities. The Foundational Bootcamp also includes built-in exam preparation and vouchers for the CompTIA A+ Certification exam, recognized as an industry standard certification.
The Intermediate Bootcamp Path builds upon the foundational phase, introducing students to security frameworks that give them a conceptual understanding of IT assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. They learn to install and configure network security devices and perform penetration testing to identify threats and vulnerabilities. This pathway also includes dedicated training and exam vouchers for the CompTIA Security + Certification exam (in addition to all content and benefits from the Foundational Path).
The Advanced Bootcamp Path extends the skillset trained, teaching students to manage and analyze cyber-attack incidents in compliance with standard incident response and security operations procedures. Students will gain hands-on experience in networking operations, ethical hacking, threat detection and more. This pathway also included dedicated training and exam vouchers for the CompTIA Security Analyst (CySA+) Certification exam (in addition to all content and benefits from the Foundational and Intermediate Paths).
Student Guidelines
- Students must possess the curiosity and a determination to persist with demanding hands-on exercises and assignments.
- In addition, students need to fulfill the below
requirements:
- High School Diploma from an accredited institution
- Spoken and written English skills
- Appropriately configured PC with webcam and headset
- Uninterrupted internet connection
- Uninterrupted time to complete the learning activities on schedule
Delivery Guidelines
- Sessions will be conducted between 6:00PM – 10:00PM EST ON MONDAYS AND 6:00PM - 8:00PM EST ON THURSDAYS.
- Live online lectures on context-setting and concept building concepts
- 60% of the program is hands-on i.e. in each program, a student would spend over 60% of time on coding or hands-on activities
Who Should Attend?
Students who are keen on taking up a cybersecurity incident analyst role or those looking for a career shift into cybersecurity can take up this program. No prior programming experience is required to do this program – just curiosity and a determination to persist with the demanding hands-on exercises and assignments. Some other basic requirements are:
- High School Diploma from an accredited institution
- Spoken and written English skills
- Appropriately configured PC with webcam and headset
- Uninterrupted internet connection
- Uninterrupted time to complete the learning activities on schedule
Exit Profile
Our program gradually transforms students with no information technology background into cybersecurity incident analysts, incident responders and penetration testers. They become adept at securely managing IT infrastructure, identifying cybersecurity risks, effectively responding to incidents, and communicating and collaborating with stakeholders.
On successful completion of all the assignments and projects, each student will be able to:
- Perform network administration and troubleshooting on Linux
- Automate tasks using shell scripting
- Configure and manage application servers
- Install, configure, and monitor network security devices
- Ensure IT infrastructure assets are securely provisioned
- Manage advanced server configurations and virtual IT infrastructure
- Ensure proper configuration and security of fixed and mobile end-point devices
- Scan, monitor and perform penetration testing to identify threats and vulnerabilities
- Troubleshoot and document security incidents
- Work in an Agile team environment
- Comply with standard operating procedures and practices to track, report, manage and analyze incidents
Program Coverage – Competencies - Knowledge and Skills
This program is designed to build the knowledge and skills required to perform the tasks required for the Cybersecurity Specialist role. As part of the learning journey, students build the right attitude that sets them up for seamlessly transitioning to this role, as well as making them aware of some of the best practices that professionals are expected to adopt. The tough challenges that they encounter as part of the program and the capstone project help accelerate their experience. As part of our holistic approach to making them job-ready we ensure that students are equipped with the right technical and engineering competencies.
Doing this program is not just about attending live sessions alone – it is also about following through and completing the hands-on assignments and projects. For an assignment to be considered complete, students must refactor their solution after getting it reviewed. Assignment completion is necessary to move forward in the program.