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Cisco Launches $10 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship; Creates New and Revises Cyber Certifications

Friday, June 17th, 2016

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Cisco [CSCO] announced a new $10 million Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program as well as enhancements to its security certification portfolio on Tuesday.The new scholarship is a two-year program meant to help increase the pool of available talent with critical cybersecurity proficiency. Cisco highlighted research shows there will be a 2 million person cybersecurity professional global shortfall by 2019.The company will offer training, mentoring, and certification that aligns with a Security Operations Center Analyst industry job role. This program will also…

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