A limited number of $1,000 Chevron Cybersecurity scholarships will be awarded to students enrolled in the Cybersecurity concentration or certificate programs and who have actively participated in the activities. Use this form to apply by Mar 15 2021 (link).
The best way to learn cybersecurity is ‘hands-on’. To participate in labs and competitions, create a personal cyber lab running virtual machines and the Kali Linux suite of cybersecurity pentesting tools. Use these instructions to start installing the free open source Virtualbox and Kali Linux software.
Checkout the Top Ten Cyber Threats Revealed (according to CommsBusiness). Most of these require the bad actor to gain the trust of an unsuspecting user. Stay vigiliance, do not trust any suspicious digital requests, and report all incidences.
Along with information assurance, computer network security, digital forensics, cryptography, risk assessment/mitigation, disaster recovery, security regulations/compliance, and information security management, IoT is one the key focus areas of the CERC. https://lnkd.in/dgUpb-uhashtag#iothashtag#cyber
