By Amber Lowry, Program Director for CyberUp CyberUp recently celebrated its five-year anniversary and I can’t help but think back on how action-packed these last five-years have been. Take a walk down memory lane with me if you will as I reminisce on my last four and a half years with CyberUp through the lens [...]
A little over four years ago a group of community leaders came together and presented an idea on how we can grow the regional workforce. These leaders included organizations like St. Louis Regional Chamber, Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois, and Scott Air Force Base. The base was seeking a solution to their growing skills gap [...]
Over the last few months we have made plans on what to do for CyberUp’s 5-year anniversary. COVID has changed how we would like to celebrate with our friends but as they say in Hollywood, “the show must go on.” Please join us now through Thanksgiving in virtually celebrating where we were, where we are [...]
National Cyber League and CyberUp collaborate on cybersecurity games for middle- and high-school students St. Louis, MO – [August 31, 2020]. The National Cyber League (NCL), a national leader in high school and college student cybersecurity competitions, and CyberUp, an organization offering cybersecurity apprenticeships and youth cybersecurity competitions, have agreed to partner in providing middle [...]
By: Mike A. Bryan “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” - George Bernard Shaw Mary K. Price, or Mickey as we know her, is one of our most recent candidates to begin an apprenticeship. She has been at Barry Wehmiller since the [...]
St. Louis, MO – Aug 20, 2020. CyberUp is teaming up with DoD, DHS CISA, and private sector entities to host a full month of cybersecurity awareness activities in October, for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). NCSAM was created as a collaborative effort between government and private industry to ensure every American has the resources [...]
By: Mike A. Bryan Meet our newest apprentice, Alex Hummel! Alex has been placed at ATB Technologies and is very excited for the opportunity to put his cyber skills and knowledge into practice. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Alex’s father moved the family to St. Louis for his job, and decided to stay even when offered [...]
By: Amos Reed We’ve heard the mantra repeated the past few months as we’ve endured the shifts from our “normal” in the wake of COVID-19: “We’re all in this together.” Every person has experienced an upheaval of their daily routine. Some have been called upon to serve longer hours caring for those who have been [...]
By: Mike A. Bryan Today, there are over 500,000 open cybersecurity roles. That number is predicted to grow even more to 1.5 million by the year 2021. Traditional education and training institutions are unable to meet the demands of employers. On average, 3% of all college graduates focus on computer science or STEM-related degrees. These [...]
