NSA, LifeJourney Partner To Give Students a Taste of Cybersecurity Careers
LifeJourney,
an online
career simulation experience provider, will launch Day
of Cyber February 29 at the
RSA 2016 Conference in San Francisco in conjunction with the National
Security
Agency (NSA).
The Day of Cyber is a self-guided, online
interactive
tour designed to help middle-school through college students become
more aware
of careers that may be available to them in cybersecurity. During the
experience, students will be able to digitally follow a day in the life
of six
NSA professionals as they explain and demonstrate what their careers
are about.
The
program is intended to
offer a fully automated online test drive in which students can see the
potential benefits of pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering
and math)
careers and becoming part of the in-demand digital workforce.
"Cybersecurity
is the
modern equivalent of the space race," said Robert Rodriguez, chairman
and
founder of the Security Innovation Network. "The need for the
development of a
cyber generation is impacting culture and education in much the same
way the
space race did in the 1960s. Cybertechnology is the new alphabet and is
now the
base foundation for so many digital opportunities for the future."
According
to LifeJourney
representatives, more than 2 million students and teachers have registered
for the
program in the last three months. The program, available to anyone with
Internet access, is free and, although it will kick off February 29, the
Day of
Cyber can be experienced any time after that.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.