NSITE Cybersecurity Program

NSITE Foundations of Cybersecurity

The NSITE Foundations of Cybersecurity virtual training program contains two courses. NSITE’s Introduction to Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Essentials. This course is offered in partnership with CISCO and provides blind and low-vision participants with the knowledge and experience needed to build a foundation of cybersecurity basics and learn valuable security principles to defend networks.

Cybersecurity professionals who can protect and defend an organization’s network are in high demand.

All NSITE programs are adapted for the learning styles of blind and low-vision learners. All may apply. However, qualified applicants who are blind or have low vision receive enrollment preference.

Program Start Date: November 2024

Tuition: $2750.00

Tuition includes 15 hours of self-paced online learning and 10 weeks of instructor-led coursework.

Participants Learn:

Through the course of the two program components outlined below, participants will learn cybersecurity basics and valuable security principles to defend networks.

  1. Introduction to Cybersecurity – Self-paced Online Modules
    Develop cybersecurity basic skills to protect your personal digital life and gain insights into the biggest security challenges companies, governments, and educational institutions face today.
  2. Cybersecurity Essentials – vILT with a CISCO-Certified Instructor
    This course covers essential knowledge for all cybersecurity domains including information security, systems security, network security, ethics and laws, and defense and mitigation techniques used in protecting businesses.

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of IT Essentials; or Demonstrated understanding of computer networks.

Achievement: NSITE Digital Badge: Cybersecurity

Click here to apply for Foundations of Cybersecurity

After you complete the application, an NSITE team member will contact you within three weeks to set up an online interview to validate interest and readiness

NSITE CCST: Cybersecurity

Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST): Cybersecurity

The successful candidate has the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate cybersecurity skills. This test will be an entry point into the Cisco Certified program. The next certification in the pathway is Cisco’s CyberOps.

This is a certification for entry-level cybersecurity positions such as Cybersecurity Technician, Cybersecurity Analyst, Tier 1 Help Desk Support roles, students, interns, etc. The exam targets secondary and immediate post-secondary students, including entry-level IT and cybersecurity professionals. The successful candidates are qualified work-ready cybersecurity technicians with at least 150 hours of instruction and hands-on experience.

Next Cohort: February 2025

Cost: $5000.00

Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Foundations of Cybersecurity; or Demonstrated understanding of computer networks.

Achievement:

  • NSITE Digital Badge: CCST: Cybersecurity
  • The opportunity to sit for the CCST: Cybersecurity Certification

Click Here to apply for CCST: Cybersecurity

After you complete the application, an NSITE team member will contact you within three weeks to set up an online interview to validate interest and readiness