These are few excerpts from recent classes.
Author: Barry Hudson
ISC2 is offering an entry level Cybersecurity Certificate with free training and exam fee.
Are you considering a career change or curious about Cybersecurity?
(ISC)2 (the World’s Leading Cybersecurity Professional Organization) is offering free 1 year enrollment and offering a free introductory certificate, Certified in Cybersecurity. If you do not hold any certs from (ISC)2, you can enroll for free as an (ISC)2 Candidate, and take the self-assessment test (as many times as you want), then take to the self-paced online course (takes about 20 hours), and finally sit for the Certified in Cybersecurity exam for free.
Then it only costs $50 per year to maintain your membership and gain access to lots of other free training and community. This offer ends in September 2024. I recently had 3 sophomore level students complete my “Intro to Cybersecurity” class, the ISC2 online course, and pass the exam.
Complete: 2023 USCA SRESFS Internship.
I have completed my teaching for 22 of the brightest college students I have ever encountered. They have completed the DOE-sponsored SRESFS Cyber Security internship in conjunction with Savannah River National Laboratory, SC-State, and USC-Aiken. They were hand-picked from 14 universities across the USA. Two of my 10 remote students are in Puerto Rico.
In 10 weeks, we completed 4 college-level courses: Intro to Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Legal and Ethics in Cyber, and Cryptography. We enjoyed visits from 4 USCA Cyber Operations speakers, 6 SRNL and SRNS speakers, an on-site SRNL Cyber capabilities tour, a tour of the Georgia Cyber center, and performed an actual policy audit at a small business in Aiken. Another highlight was presenting what the students learned about cyber risks and controls at the Aiken Rotary Club July meeting.
These students will also leave armed with new career skills including updated resumes, LinkedIn accounts, and completion of the ISC2 Certified in Cyber Security online course. Three students have already taken and passed the ISC2 exam.
This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my entire career.
