Register for the CyberGirls Cyber security Fellowship Programme

​CyberGirls is a 1-year fellowship that equips girls with globally sought-after cybersecurity skills, helping them to seize work opportunities within Africa and across the world.

This initiative contributes to achieving SDGs 1 - No Poverty, 4- Education, 10 - Reduced inequalities.

The learning path of the fellowship involves the following

• THREAT INTELLIGENCE: Learn to use data generated by networks, applications, and other IT infrastructure to assess and improve organizations security posture.

• INCIDENT ANALYSIS/RESPONSE (SOC ANALYST LEVEL 1): Covers various incident analysis tools and techniques that support vulnerability analysis , intrusion detection, attack protection, and network/resources repair

• CLOUD SECURITY: Learn and apply basic network security techniques in the cloud environment, assess levels of risk and recent vulnerabilities that apply to cloud services.

• IT SECURITY AUDIT: This covers the fundamental knowledge of Security auditing. What IT Security Audit is, It's importance and how it can be conducted

• PENETRATION/VULNERABILITY TESTING: Learn the basics of penetration/vulnerability testing. Using software and command line tools for scanning, reckoning and exploitation.

This fellowship is open to women who meet the following criteria.

• Girls and women aged 18 – 28 years old
• Interested in starting a career in cybersecurity
• Willing to commit 7 months to the fellowship
• Undergraduates and graduates
• Residents in Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya Rwanda and Zambia.

Click here to sign  up for the fellowship.

Source: Cyber Safe