Courtesy of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program (CETAP) grant, the program will include a series of summer camps meant to introduce students aged 13 to 21 to key cybersecurity topics and help them develop skills that will allow them to pursue potential careers in the industry.

The program was piloted in 2017 in collaboration with Virginia’s Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI), to create a cybersecurity curriculum for the blind and vision impaired. Ninety-four percent of the students participating in Virginia’s DBVI programming have shown interest in pursuing cybersecurity education and careers.