A new workforce training program to prepare Marylanders for
cybersecurity jobs received $200,000 from the state’s labor department and
plans to launch its first cohort next month.
The Maryland Cyber Skills Alliance plans to launch a program
for 20 people on March 4 that provides certifications to current workers in the
field and training to people from underserved populations looking to break into
it. Application info is available here.
The program is being led by Transmosis, a cybersecurity
workforce development organization founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and
tech training and trade organization CompTIA. The two-month program will be led
by CompTIA instructors, and Transmosis will then provide help in finding career
opportunities.
Transmosis said Wednesday that it received a grant through
the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s EARN Maryland
program. The grant will allow it to provide scholarships of $10,000 to the
program members.
Partners on the program also include Baltimore-based Point3
Security, Greenbelt-based Cybrary, TrainACE, the Federal Business Council and
the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland.
The goal of the program is to provide a path to
cybersecurity jobs in the state that arise from government institutions like
the NSA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, as well as private contracting
firms and startups. The Alliance pointed to data from Cyberseek that pointed to
15,128 job openings in cyber between September 2017 and August 2018. That’s up
from 14,353 the prior year.
“Despite our already high share of STEM professionals, Maryland
is continually working to ensure a pipeline of talent that can meet our
existing and future hiring needs within the technology sectors,” Maryland
Acting Labor Secretary James E. Rzepkowski said in a statement. “Industry-led
partnerships like that with Transmosis and CompTIA will help us achieve that by
putting Maryland residents on a pathway to high-paying, successful careers in
cybersecurity.”
EARN Maryland, which has been championed by Gov. Larry
Hogan, is a workforce training initiative in which the state provides funding
to help businesses provide paths to jobs. Cyber is one of a number of areas
where the program focuses.
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