Cybersecurity Awareness & Competitions
External News
Awareness Resources (Educational Modules/Workshops)
- National Cyber League:
- An archive of nationwide Hackathons:
- An archive of Raleigh Hackathons:
- Cybersecurity Fundamentals Bootcamp
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships
- Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities Scholarship Program [UNCP students are eligible to apply]
- Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Education Foundation Scholarship:
- International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC2) Women’s scholarship:
- International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC2) Undergraduate scholarship:
- Computing Research Association, Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security:
Competitions/Hackathons
- Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition:
- Dept. of Energy’s Cyber Force Competition:
- Southeast collegiate/university Cyber Defense Competition:
- U.S Cyber Games:
- BU Interdisciplinary Cyber competition:
- IS Cyber Defense Competition:
Internships
- , applications available January 2023.
Internal News
Awareness Resources (Educational Modules/Workshops)
- UNCP to offer free cybercrimes workshop:
- UNCP Article /news/uncp-offer-master-occupational-therapy-cybersecurity-degree
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships
- Brave Scholarships Assist Portal:
Competitions/Hackathons
Internships
- U.S Department of Homeland Security Internship Program
- There are hundreds of internship opportunities currently available on Handshake. Login using your UNCP credentials to search for internships and schedule appointments to meet with Career Center staff members throughout your search.
Research Assistantships
- CS Department has four paid research assistantships available to work on Internet-of-Vehicles Security: (submit your interest using the form)
Student Internships
Students have opportunities for hands-on work experiences through internships. We have had students intern with: Spectrum, CORVID Technologies, GitHub, PC Tech, Community Care of NC, Bar Ridge Capital Group LLC, UNCP’s Division of Information Technology, and the LREMC. Opportunities with Red Hat are in development.
Employment Opportunities
According to US New & World Report, cybersecurity ranked 5th of the top college majors leading to higher-paying jobs. There are private and public sector jobs in defense, healthcare, law enforcement, education businesses, non-profits, just to name a few. Job titles include security analysts, digital forensic specialists, vulnerability analyst, security software engineer.
Job Placements
Our students can have rewarding careers. Alumni have interesting jobs as: principal systems engineer at Fidelity Investments, support engineer at Microsoft, lead Mobile Developer at AAMP Global, Software Engineer at Amazon, Implementation analyst at Pharmaceutical Product Development, and as a technical consulting engineer at CISCO.