CHANTILLY, Va., Aug. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Engility Holdings,
Inc. (NYSE: EGL), in partnership with the Center for Cyber Safety
and Education, has awarded cybersecurity scholarships to four
deserving veterans.
"We are honored to welcome a new generation of cybersecurity
professionals who will help our nation meet the challenges of the
future," said Lynn Dugle, Engility
Chairman, President and CEO. "By selecting veterans as scholarship
recipients, we tap the passion, experience and desire to serve our
country embodied by our men and women in uniform, and we equip them
for a career in a critical-need, high-demand field."
To help meet the national need for qualified cybersecurity
professionals, the scholarship program provides military veterans
with career development opportunities, training and certifications
in cybersecurity.
The CyberWarrior summer 2018 class includes:
- Jonathan J. Cervantes, an Army veteran from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Clint J. Lovell, an Army veteran living in
Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Maria M. Mena, an Air Force veteran from Nashua, New Hampshire
- Davide Giovanni Zampieri, a Navy veteran from
Baltimore, Maryland
The scholarship recipients will be honored at a presentation
ceremony at the TechNet Augusta conference on Tuesday, August 21.
"With national security concerns at an all-time high, we need to
equip these worthy candidates with the tools they need to enter the
cybersecurity workforce as quickly as possible," said Patrick Craven, director of the Center for Cyber
Safety and Education. "We applaud these men and women for the hard
work they've done to get here and are proud to assist them along
their journey."
Engility and the Center for Cyber Safety and Education award the
CyberWarrior Scholarships twice a year. The scholarship program is
open to military veterans honorably discharged from one of the five
branches of the military or those currently serving as active
members in the National Guard or Reserves. The scholarships include
everything the recipients need to prepare to become certified for a
career in cybersecurity, including training classes, textbooks,
materials and exam vouchers for the (ISC)2®
certification of their choice.
At the end of the training, the veterans will have enhanced
opportunities to secure cybersecurity jobs with highly technical
cyber skill sets, such as security analyst, security engineer,
security auditor and security architect. The program focuses on six
(ISC)² certifications: Certified Information Systems Security
Professional (CISSP®), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle
Professional (CSSLP®), Certified Cloud Security Professional
(CCSP®), HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner
(HCISPP®), Certified Authorization Professional (CAP®) and Systems
Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®).
Four more scholarships will be awarded later this year for those
honorably discharged as of October 26,
2018 or currently serving in the Guard or Reserves.
Applicants may apply starting August 1, 2018 until
September 24, 2018 at
www.IAmCyberSafe.org/cyberwarrior/.
About the Center for Cyber Safety and Education
The
Center for Cyber Safety and Education (Center) is a non-profit
charitable trust committed to making the cyber world a safer place
for everyone. The Center works to ensure that people across the
globe have a positive and safe experience online through their
educational programs, scholarships, and research. Visit
www.IAmCyberSafe.org.
About Engility
Engility (NYSE: EGL), a $2 billion technology leader, has thousands of
employees around the world working to make a difference. Our
history of delivering results for the defense, federal civilian,
intelligence and space industries spans more than 60 years. We
provide leading-edge solutions and services on Earth, in space and
across cyber by leveraging expertise in systems engineering &
integration, high performance computing, cybersecurity, readiness
& training, enterprise modernization and mission operations
support. To learn more about us, please visit www.engility.com,
listen to our Get S.E.T podcast and connect with us on Facebook,
LinkedIn and Twitter.
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