This page is dedicated to providing resources to military veterans who are looking to move into cybersecurity or S.T.E.M. careers. The focus is predominantly on career and education resources, but other technology-related links will also be included. Link descriptions are verbatim from the sites unless otherwise noted.
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Career Assistance
Resources and organizations that are focused on assisting veterans who want to move into the technology industry, and specifically, the cybersecurity field. These links will provide resources for resume writing, job interview training, and career seminars.
Organization | Description |
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Candorful | Our Mission: Connect transitioning military service members and career transitioners with experienced interview coaches for live personal practice job interviews – so they can Nail That Interview. |
CyberCareers.gov (OPM) | The Federal Government provides public services that millions of Americans rely on every day. An increasing number of cyber attacks and malicious activities are putting these services at risk. Cyber professionals perform critical work to secure, operate, protect, and defend our nation’s critical infrastructures from daily threats. We design, build, and maintain the networks and systems that Federal agencies rely upon. Our workforce also devises strategies and policies to help increase our nation's resilience against cyber insecurities. |
CyberVets | We provide military personnel with the tools and resources they need to successfully transition to the cybersecurity workforce. We believe that our Veterans have the skills and experience needed to excel in this field, and we are committed to helping them make the transition. Our program is designed to be accessible to all Veterans, regardless of their background or experience, and we are proud to offer this service to those who have served our country honorably and faithfully. |
DOD SkillBridge | The DOD SkillBridge program is an opportunity for Service members to gain valuable civilian work experience through specific industry training, apprenticeships, or internships during the last 180 days of service. SkillBridge connects Service members with industry partners in real-world job experiences. |
Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) | Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) connects the military community—service members, military spouses, and veterans—with American businesses to create economic opportunity and a strong and diversified workforce. Hiring Our Heroes works with the U.S. Chamber's vast network of state and local chambers and strategic partners from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to bridge the civilian-military divide within the business community. |
Silent Professionals – Cyber | The most trusted source for vetted private security and military contractor professionals. New jobs are posted daily – sign up for custom job notifications to be sent directly to your inbox. |
Veteran Resources (NICE) | Military Veterans are an important community for consideration for cybersecurity jobs. Whether they have direct military experience with information security or possibly possess a highly desirable security clearance (or ability to qualify for a clearance), our nation’s military veterans are increasingly recognized as an attractive talent candidate pool for our most critical cybersecurity roles |
VETS Transition Assistance Program | The Transition Assistance Program (TAP) provides information, tools, and training to ensure service members and their spouses are prepared for the next step in civilian life. TAP is a cooperative effort among the Department of Labor, and the Departments of Defense, Education, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration and the Office of Personnel Management. VETS administers a one-day employment preparation workshop that is mandatory for all transitioning service members and two optional two-day workshops for career exploration, technical career preparation, or general employment preparation. |
VetSec | VetSec is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization with the mission to create a world where no veteran pursuing a career in cybersecurity goes unemployed. Offering a first of its kind community of veterans in cybersecurity, mentorship, resume reviews, and educational resources, VetSec aims to help veteran unemployment and mental health and close the cyber skills gap. |
Corporate Programs
Many companies offer specialized training and hiring programs for Veterans. The links below will take you directly to their Veteran program page.
Organization | Description |
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Bank of America Veteran Resources | At Bank of America, we have a number of programs and resources in place to help our veterans, reservists and military spouses transition to our company culture and grow their career with us. |
Booz Allen’s Mil/Tech Workforce Initiative | If you’re one of the approximately 200,000 service members transitioning out of the military this year, you probably have a lot of questions. How do I make the leap into a new career field? How do I acquire the skills needed to land a job in an emerging field such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, or cyber? How do I find a company that shares my values and will support my career? The answer: We got you. At Booz Allen, we know the market need for technical talent has never been greater. That’s why our Mil/Tech Workforce Initiative helps veterans find future-focused careers that offer job security and growth potential for years to come. |
Cisco Military Veteran Programs | Cisco has led the creation of programs designed to help veterans and their spouses develop new skills for a career in tech, and to pursue roles directly at Cisco and our partners. Cisco has consistently been recognized as a Top 10 Military Friendly Employer, most recently earning a second-place recognition. |
Deloitte Military Veterans Program | Bringing your leadership to the workplace Deloitte supports a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture to help enable a productive and prosperous society. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans bring to Deloitte, the workforce, and society. Through our own recruitment processes as well as our Deloitte Pathways™ initiative to support uncovering skills and job trajectories, our purpose is brought to life by helping military members, veterans, and their partners. |
Fortinet Veterans Program | Military veterans are by nature problem-solvers who understand the importance of maintaining a strong defense posture and following the chain of command when dealing with an active threat. The Fortinet Veterans Program works to fill the cybersecurity skills gap by helping facilitate the transition of military service members, veterans, and military spouses into the cybersecurity industry. |
LinkedIn Veteran Program | LinkedIn has tools and networking opportunities for service members, veterans, and their families to create meaningful career connections. |
Microsoft Military Affairs | Microsoft is transforming how we support the military community. Together with our partners, we take a holistic approach to preparing the military community for entry into high-impact, in-demand tech jobs in any industry. |
Palo Alto Second Watch | The Palo Alto Networks Second Watch believes veterans are well-positioned to pursue a career in cybersecurity. Your military experience equips you with transferable skills that can be applied to develop the latest cybersecurity innovations and prevent successful cyberattacks. |
Salesforce Military | Learn Salesforce skills. Land a dream job in tech. Free Salesforce training for military and spouses. No cost to you, no commitment, no experience needed, no degree required. Flexible schedule, 100% remote, guaranteed interviews. |
Synack Veteran Program | Synack leads the way as the first Crowdsourced Security Platform to establish a cybersecurity program for the veterans community. We expect a cyber talent gap of 3.5M by 2021. Meanwhile, over 65% of veterans experience difficulty in transitioning out of active duty. The Synack Veterans Cyber Program offers a solution. |
Veteran Scholarships
There is an ever-increasing number of organizations offering scholarships and fellowships to veterans interested in the cybersecurity and S.T.E.M. fields.
Organization | Description |
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Apprenticeship Finder – Cyber | Search open apprenticeship job opportunities from employers across the country and directly apply with the employer of the apprenticeship program. |
Bestcolleges.com Veteran Scholarships | Active-duty members of the nation's armed services may take advantage of educational benefits to advance their military career or prepare for life after leaving the service. Veterans — individuals who have completed their active-duty service in the military and received their discharge — often seek a college degree to enhance their employment opportunities as they transition to civilian life. Although military service members and student veterans often face unique financial challenges, there are numerous scholarships and grants available that can help defray costs. These awards can help these students meet their educational goals. |
CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program | Are you interested in cybersecurity degree programs? Are you looking for cybersecurity scholarships? CISA partners with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide scholarship funding for cybersecurity-related degree programs through the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program. In return, scholarship recipients serve in a cybersecurity role within a U.S. government entity for a period of time equal to the length of their scholarship. To date, thousands of students have received scholarships and committed to work for government organizations across the country. |
Information Assurance Scholarship Program (US Navy) | The Navy’s Information Assurance Scholarship Program seeks to expand the cybersecurity talent pool among Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD personnel. One aspect of the program provides grants to learners and to participating educational institutions for research purposes. |
Military Tuition Assistance Program | If you’ve thought about going to college, but didn’t know if you could afford it, then the Military Tuition Assistance program may be just the benefit you need. The program is available to active duty, National Guard and Reserve Component service members. While the decision to pursue a degree may be a difficult one personally, TA can lessen your financial concerns considerably, since it now pays up to 100% of tuition expenses for semester hours costing $250 or less. |
Scholarship For Service (SFS) | Scholarship For Service (SFS) is a unique program designed to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industrial control system security professionals, and security managers to meet the needs of the cybersecurity mission for Federal, State, local, and tribal governments. This program provides scholarships for up to 3 years of support for cybersecurity undergraduate and graduate (MS or PhD) education. The scholarships are funded through grants awarded by the National Science Foundation. In return for their scholarships, recipients must agree to work after graduation for the U.S. Government, in a position related to cybersecurity, for a period equal to the length of the scholarship. |
Scholarships.com Veteran Scholarships | Scholarships.com aims to compensate and reward those who are dedicated to education, hobbies, and other valuable interests. That is why we provide scholarships to some of our country's most dedicated men and women through Veteran Scholarships. These scholarships are typically available either to those who have served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, or Coast Guard. |
Top Scholarships for Veterans | If you are a military veteran or on active duty, you may be eligible for scholarships and grants! Scholarships for veterans can include specific scholarships for military veterans, active duty members of the armed services, and also children and spouses of veterans. |
Yellow Ribbon Program (VA) | The Yellow Ribbon Program can help you pay for higher out-of-state, private school, foreign school, or graduate school tuition and fees that the Post-9/11 GI Bill doesn’t cover. Keep reading to find out if you’re eligible and if your school takes part in this program. |
Continuing Education Resources
Veterans looking to continue their education and attend higher education universities and colleges have many options available to them.
Organization | Description |
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Coding for Veterans | Coding for Veterans, in partnership with the University of Southern California, offers a 100% online, instructor-led, self-paced, flexible program which gives veterans an opportunity to join the tech industry and start a career in software development and cyber security. |
Cyber Million (Immersive Labs) | Free for US and UK vets, Cyber Million is an initiative aimed at addressing the global shortage of cyber talent. With the ambitious goal of filling one million cyber jobs over the next decade, the platform revolutionizes the way employers recruit entry-level candidates by focusing on provable cyber skills, |
Cyber Security Online Degree Programs | These cyber security degree programs, offered by a state university or private university, can be focused on information technology programs, information systems, information assurance or information security, cyber operations, and cyber defense, among others. The best online cyber security programs offer hands-on experience combined with affordability, financial aid, and the ability to find work after graduation. |
CyberSkills2Work | CyberSkills2Work, established in 2020, is responding to the nation’s call for more cybersecurity measures. It is building a strong labor force to fight cyberthreats to organizations across critical infrastructure sectors, including finance. CyberSkills2Work equips transitioning military members, veterans, and first responders with necessary skills to combat today’s top cybersecurity threats. The program, a network of America’s leading cybersecurity universities and Fortune 500 companies, provides training, career development, and job placement support to its learners. |
CyberVET | CyberVET is a fully-sponsored "veterans first" workforce development initiative dedicated to transitioning veterans, with no IT or coding background, to highly skilled and high-paying IT careers. CyberVET creates an immersive learning experience that hopes to transform our nation's veterans into America's next generation of IT professionals. |
CyberVetsUSA (NCDIT) | The state of North Carolina has partnered with Cisco, Amazon Web Services, NetApp, NDG, (ISC)2, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Onward to Opportunity (O2O), to offer CyberVetsUSA, a program that provides free training and employment opportunities to veterans, transitioning service members, National Guard and Reservists, and their spouses. |
Drexel Cyber Security Training | Our cyber security program can be completed both on campus and online, which allows our veterans and active-duty military students to work full-time and manage responsibilities outside of the classroom while gaining valuable, hands-on skills training in cyber security. Our online classes allow active-duty service members and veterans employed full-time at large tech companies and government agencies to stay on top of their class work from around the country and across the globe. |
Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE) | The Federal Virtual Training Environment (FedVTE) provides free online cybersecurity training to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government employees, federal contractors, and US military veterans. |
Georgia Cyber Center WorkForces Program | Whether you’re a veteran, military spouse or transitioning service member, the Georgia Cyber Center WorkForces Program is designed to help you as you embark into the next chapter of your life after the military. The WorkForces Program will work with individuals who meet these criteria to increase or refine skills in IT and cybersecurity with formal training and work-based learning programs to build resumes, enhance marketability and prepare you for full-time employment in middle/high skilled occupations for life after the military. |
Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) | The IVMF at Syracuse University is higher education’s first interdisciplinary academic institute, singularly focused on advancing the post-service lives of the nation’s military veterans and their families to serve those who have served. |
National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NSA) | The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program is managed by NSA's National Cryptologic School. Federal partners include the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education (NICE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense Office of the Chief Information Officer (DoD-CIO), and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). |
New Beginnings Computer Training | You could get free Cyber Security Training for veterans and a free housing stipend under the new VRRAP program (Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program). This is a limited-time program that just launched, so there’s still time for you to gain access. New Beginnings Computer Training offers HANDS-ON, real-world Cyber Security Training for veterans. This is a 50-week program that will fully train you for a career in Cyber Security. You can get cyber security training on-campus in Indianapolis, IN. Focus on real-life skills that will make you ready to serve in companies around the world. |
Outside the Wire | Leaving the military at the end of service is the final, and perhaps the biggest, journey “outside the wire” that service members will ever take. CBT Nuggets is excited to offer our Outside the Wire program, which is designed to help recently discharged service members gain the skills and knowledge necessary to train for an in-demand career as an IT professional. |
SCSVets | Acronis SCSVets’ driving mission is to reduce veteran and military spouse under- and unemployment and help eliminate America’s cyber workforce shortage by arming its participants with the internationally-recognized credentials, skills, and resources they need to pursue self-sustaining cyber careers – at zero cost to them. |
TeamOne Training for Veterans | TeamOne will be offering free Office365, Azure Administration and PC Desktop support training locally in partnership with GreyTeam.org in Boca Raton, Florida and via remote classroom. Vets who complete the training will receive a TeamOne Offic365 Admin training certificate that counts for 20 CPE hours. |
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) | The VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program aims to help Veterans, Servicemembers, and their qualified dependents succeed and thrive through a coordinated delivery of on-campus benefits assistance and counseling, leading to completion of their education and preparing them to enter the labor market in viable careers. The VSOC program provides a VA Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) to each VSOC school. These VRCs are called VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) Counselors. A VA Vet Center Outreach Coordinator is also provided, and co-located on many campuses, to provide peer-to-peer counseling and referral services. |
Veterans and First Responders Training Initiative | The Gordon Institute, in partnership with 10 National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (CAE-C) institutions, was awarded a two-year, $6 million grant from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, which is part of the National Security Agency to establish a nationally scalable and sustainable cybersecurity workforce program. This program will work to recruit, prepare, and place transitioning military personnel, veterans, and first responders into cybersecurity work roles protecting our nation’s Critical Infrastructure Sectors. |
Veterans technology education courses | If you want to gain computer experience to start or advance your career in the high-technology industry, find out if you’re eligible for our Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) program that matches you with a leading training provider to help you develop high-tech skills. |
VetSuccess Academy (SANS) | The SANS VetSuccess Academy is an intensive, accelerated training program that provides world-class SANS training and GIAC certifications to launch careers quickly and effectively in cybersecurity. The SANS Immersion Academies are 100% scholarship-based, costing students nothing. |
Miscellaneous Resources
The following links will contain miscellaneous resources on the transition process, helpful reports, conferences, or other tools to assist Veterans in entering into a cybersecurity career.
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Career Services for Military and Veterans (UMass) | Veterans and military members transitioning to civilian life bring a unique skill set to the job search. Many resources have been created specifically to assist military members and veterans in their career development and job search. Explore resources specifically created to assist military members and veterans in their career development and job search. |
Cyber Security Education and Training Resources | This resource, provided by the University of North Dakota’s online Master of Science in Cyber Security program, will help veterans get a comprehensive grasp on the cyber security career path by discussing cyber security basics as well as potential jobs and careers in the field. Thereafter, it will talk about how to start a cyber security career, and will identify certifications that can help veterans advance further in the ranks of the cyber security world. |
Cybersecurity Career Guide for Veterans (Georgia Tech) | The Complete Cybersecurity Career Guide for Veterans published by Georgia Tech University |
G.I. Jobs | We match veterans to civilian opportunities. If you are a business or school that seeks to connect with this community, join other trusted brands that rely on us to meet their goals. |
How to translate your military skills to a civilian resume | As a veteran, transitioning from your military service to a civilian career can be an intimidating process. But you’re accustomed to overcoming obstacles. You can remain confident knowing that your time in the armed forces has uniquely prepared you for success in just about any industry you set your sights on. That’s why we outlined some ways to translate your military skills and experience to an impressive civilian resume in this handy infographic. Use this resource to help launch your job search with confidence. |
Military Discounts on Internet Service | This article will explore everything you need to know about the best internet service provider discounts that are available for military service members, veterans, and their families. |
MyNextMove for Vets | You served your country. Now you're ready for a new challenge. There are over 900 career options for you to look at or enter the name or code of your military classification. We'll suggest civilian careers with similar work. |
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) | To help Veterans enter this rewarding career field, CISA provides Cybersecurity Training and Education for Veterans: A user guide for those who formerly served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This guide includes a variety of tools and resources to help Veterans begin a career in cybersecurity including free online training and certification prep courses, information on cybersecurity-related degree programs and scholarships, and much more. |
O*NET OnLine | The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy. From this information, applications are developed to facilitate the development and maintenance of a skilled workforce. |
San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) | Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) is a San Diego-based nonprofit that mobilizes businesses, academia and government to grow the regional cyber economy and create a more secure digital community for all |
Veteran Jobs Mission | We represent more than 260 companies on a mission to keep current and former service members and their spouses a part of our long-term talent strategies. We look forward to continuing this important work. We are thrilled to celebrate 10 years of working together to address the most pressing needs of veterans and military spouses in finding and keeping jobs. |
Veteran Jobs Search (Military.com) | Search the largest free veteran jobs board, find jobs with military-friendly companies, build and post your civilian resume and network with veterans to make the most out of your military skills and experience in the civilian world. |
Veteran’s guide to a cybersecurity career | A guide for Military veterans in private sector cybersecurity jobs. |
Veterans Guide to Finding a Job in Local Government | In partnership with NIST, the ICMA (International City/County Management Association) has prepared a PDF for Veterans interested in local government opportunities. |
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