The (ISC)2 Foundation, a charitable trust that aims to empower students, teachers and the general public to secure their online life with cyber security education and awareness programs, named the recipients of its 2013 information security scholarships.
The (ISC)2 Foundation Scholarship Program aims to fill society’s need for trained cyber security professionals by building the workforce of the future through meaningful scholarships.
This program opens doors for current and aspiring information security professionals, with scholarships for women, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students and certification exam vouchers for qualifying faculty to ensure a sufficient supply of qualified instructors at the university level. Recipients were selected by the (ISC)2 Scholarship Review Committee, which consists of representatives from the (ISC)2 Board of Directors, academia, and the (ISC)2 membership.
Findings from (ISC)2’s 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Study validate the need to develop the information security workforce, with data indicating a major shortage of skilled cyber security professionals is having a negative impact on organizations and their customers, leading to more frequent and costly data breaches. The scholarship program aims to combat these realities by providing scholarships to help individuals break into the field of cyber security, ultimately protecting organizations against these cyber threats with a more skilled and qualified workforce.