Blog: Cybersecurity

Kennedy Arnold is a graduate of the Virginia Tech Cybersecurity Bootcamp who successfully transitioned from beginner to job-ready Cybersecurity professional. Here's her journey of achieving career success through the bootcamp.

Cybersecurity Instructor Josh Mann shares his insights on how to succeed in bootcamp and beyond.

Learn how to keep your data safe this Valentine’s season by knowing what online threats to look for and these cybersecurity tips.

In this spirit of Halloween, we’ve created 5 hypothetical horror stories to help inform, entertain, and inspire you to secure your data this season and beyond. Read on to learn how cybersecurity best practices can help you prevent a harrowing tale of your own this Halloween.

As instances of cyber attacks grow and evolve it’s difficult to know which data is at risk. This uncertainty stems from a lack of context, which can be remedied through a basic understanding of proven cybersecurity protective measures.

Soft skills are becoming increasingly valuable in cybersecurity jobs, along with education from skills-based tech bootcamps and industry certifications. Learn how to leverage transferable and soft skills into cybersecurity roles.

Cybersecurity is critical in today’s digital world. Now more than ever, organizations should implement robust cybersecurity systems to defend against these threats, and counteract the rising risk of cybercriminals damaging or stealing their protected data.

Cybersecurity experts are needed to find exploits in businesses’ systems. Learn how to become a penetration tester and protect companies with “ethical hacking.”

Social engineering is what’s behind many instances of cybercrime. Explore types of social engineering attacks, and get tips for social engineering prevention.

What does it take to protect companies from data breaches? Whether you go into information security or cybersecurity, these skills are in high demand.

Businesses without adequate security are targets for cyberattacks. Discover how to become a cybersecurity analyst, and enter one of today’s hottest fields.

Because cyber threats come in many forms, so does cybersecurity. Find out about seven types of cybersecurity and the different ways they protect networks.