WE Introduction to Cybersecurity Bootcamp
Overview
A concerted effort between CyberTalents and Trend Micro to provide a free introductory cybersecurity training program to students and fresh graduates who are looking to enhance their technical skills and start their careers as cybersecurity professionals. Trend Micro is offering 1,000 free cybersecurity scholarships for talents from Arab and African countries, giving them a chance to demonstrate and discover their passion for cybersecurity on CyberTalents interactive and gamified learning platform.
What Will You Learn?
This training program is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge in cybersecurity to enable you to discover several cybersecurity tracks providing all required fundamentals. The program will prepare you to get started in the cybersecurity field with the necessary pre-required knowledge in each track.
The bootcamp will run for 6 weeks from 17th July to 24th August, during your learning journey, the instructors will walk you through different topics including essential cybersecurity concepts and their goals, some threats and vulnerabilities, OS Security, Web Application Security, Data Encryption Techniques, and Network Security Fundamentals.
Moreover, a Q&A session will be held every week where the students will prepare their questions and have a live call with their instructor to answer them all.
In the last week of the program, we will run mentorship sessions for the students where they get to have a one-to-one call with a cybersecurity expert sharing their expertise with the students and providing them a guideline about what they can do after the program.
Who Can Apply?
To be eligible to apply, applicants must meet the criteria below:
- Resident in any Arab or African country.
- Age between 18 - 30 years old.
- Learn Linux Essentials course and finalize its challenges here.
- Basic knowledge of Computer Systems.
Certificates
Students who committed to the program and got good scores in the CTF assessment will receive their certificates by the end of the bootcamp.
Registration ends on 10th June!
