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Interested in a career in cybersecurity? Or are you interested in cybersecurity for fun? Either way, the State of Indiana wants you to become a Cyber Warrior!

CYBER RESOURCES & PROGRAMS

  • Cybersecurity for Education Toolkit 2.0 - To help our K-12 school communities continue to be strong and protected while staying connected, the Indiana Executive Council on Cybersecurity (IECC), together with the Indiana Department of Education (DOE) and our federal partners at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA), recently launched this updated, FREE-to-download guide featuring a wide range of easy-to-understand cybersecurity resources, best practices and tips for everyone, including :
    • Students of all ages and their families
    • Teachers, staff, and administrators
    • Superintendents and school board members
    • Every person who lives in our school communities
      • The toolkit is created as a PDF that can easily be saved as a Word document that will enable you to cut and paste, copy and/or repurpose all of the articles, images and social media posts in the Toolkit 2.0, as needed. We encourage everyone to use these materials and share it with your colleagues at school and your students as a turnkey resource; saving you precious time as you focus on the rapidly challenges taking place in education.
  • National Security Agency (NSA)
    • Participate in GenCyber, a K-12 summer camp
      • The GenCyber program provides summer cybersecurity camp experiences for students and teachers at the K-12 level. The goals of the program are to increase interest in cybersecurity careers and diversity in the cybersecurity workforce of the nation, help all students understand correct and safe on-line behavior and how they can be good digital citizens, and improve teaching methods for delivery of cybersecurity content in K-12 curricula. To ensure a level playing field, GenCyber camps are open to all student and teacher participants at no cost.
  • Student Programs
    • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Cyber and IT Internships
  • NEW! Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp - Founded by Mark Cuban in 2019, the AI bootcamps initiative has hosted free camps to high school students across the United States. By integrating AI across all subjects and industries, the Foundation helps ensure students are not just consumers of technology but innovators and ethical leaders in an AI-driven world. Here in Indiana, the 2026 boot camps will be conducted in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and West Lafayette on October 31, November 7 and November 14. For more information, visit: Students - Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp and to apply go to: http://portal.markcubanai.org/apply. 
  • RING (Regions Investing in the Next Generation) is a free online high school cybersecurity course that offers interesting and engaging content specifically for students attending schools without a cybersecurity program, rural students and homeschool students. RING is provided at no cost through a federal grant by the National Security Agency. Students can enroll for an entire academic year or a single semester. To get started, students can request enrollment by completing the Student Enrollment Request Form.
  • IBM SkillsBuild
    • Students of all ages can benefit from free IBM resources for developing cyber security skills. The resources range from foundational to advanced and many have IBM badge credential associated with them. Additional courses around Cyber Security related to Artificial Intelligence are also available. Once your receive the IBM industry badges the steps provided for you to add them to your LinkedIn profile are provided. Take advantage of getting some of the most in-demand skills to keep your digital footprint safe or to build your skills to be more market ready for today’s cyber security opportunities.

A CAREER IN CYBER

Interested in a good-paying career that will never get boring? If so, visit the Indiana Cyber Hub Careers page.