On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 08:54:24AM -0400, Jason Rotunno wrote: >>Hi Jeff, >> >>Passing this along in case any CS students are interested in the Cyber >>FastTrack program discussed at the beginning of the message. >> >>Jason >> >> >>On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:01 PM SANS NewsBites <newsbites at email.sans.org> >>wrote: >> >>> Annotated News Update from the Leader in Information Security Training, >>> Certification and Research >>> View this email as a web page >>> <https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=7d86674830c364d7b5bce20c1781aad4c7312c3b72657d5d7ea590e6153ed8c5a9feadcb171a44761374e7e23d09c7a524cdc9f57fa1b046ed595904797d9d66> >>> >>> [image: SANS NewsBites - Annotated News Update from the Leader in >>> Information Security Training, Certification and Research] >>> April 09, 2019 Vol. 21, Num. 028 >>> >>> *Do you know a college student who is interested in Cybersecurity? Check >>> out Cyber FastTrack* >>> Who is *Cyber FastTrack* for? >>> · College students aged 18 and above who want to land a dream job in >>> cybersecurity and earn further scholarships >>> What's it all about? >>> · A free online learning program to help college students quickly learn >>> the skills they need to fast track their way to a cybersecurity career >>> · As well as hours of free learning, students can earn scholarships for >>> further study with SANS, or $500 towards college tuition >>> >>> *When is it open? · April 5 to May 10 www.cyber-fasttrack.org >>> <http://www.cyber-fasttrack.org>* >>> >>> All U.S. colleges and college student get access to the cybersecurity >>> talent test for 4 weeks. >>> >>> The talent test game at www.cyber-fasttrack.org enables colleges to find >>> talented students who can be great part-time workers while in school and >>> star cybersecurity professionals upon graduation. Although the site says >>> SANS allows the program to be used only in the 27 states where the >>> governors personally announced the program, the reality is that *all US >>> college students are eligible to use the first phase called Assess*. If >>> you find students who get 12-14 of the fun Assess challenges right, you >>> have a superstar in the making. Colleges that have the most students >>> playing report that the IT staff and/or computer science/IT program >>> director or dean sent a note to students like the one above that has had a >>> huge impact since Friday when the program opened.