Welcome to the CyberSecurity Workforce Alliance

We accelerate and scale the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to become better-prepared viable cybersecurity and risk candidates.
About the CWA
The CWA mobilizes industry, government, and education with a mission to improve the technology risk and cybersecurity skills and capabilities for college students and the professional workforce, so they are more attractive to hire, reducing the time between being hired and productivity.
Benefits
Real-world foundational and soft skills
Learners develop the language of risk, an understanding of the workplace context, and the "soft skills" that employers are looking for.
Mentored Workplace Experience
CWA industry professionals mentor learners through real-world scenarios. Learners gain work-based experience including how to leverage NIST and other gold-standard frameworks.
Industry Credentialed with OJT hours
Mentored team and role-based scenarios translate to on-the-job (OJT) training, utilizing industry-recognized credentials and stackable macro-credentials.
Our Service2Cyber Program:

A cybersecurity skills and proficiency training program for Military and Veterans. The purpose of the program is to provide cybersecurity workforce development training with employer mentors, leading to career pathways and job placement. Initiated by the CEO for Military Alliance representing Corporate America.

Includes real-world cybersecurity cases, job roles, mentoring, and an industry recognized credential.

No cost to military in transition, veterans, and family dependents.

60 hours
The Threat Within and
NIST Framework
Free
For military in transition, veterans, and family dependents
350 hours OJT
60 hours
Cloud Technology
Free
For military in transition, veterans, and family dependents
350 hours OJT
CWA Roadmap
Testimonials
iQ4 empowered me as a woman in technology and first-generation college student with the knowledge, resources, and network to navigate the cybersecurity industry.
Soraya
John Jay College
The course helped increase my breadth of knowledge and understanding of risk and cybersecurity, which wasn’t taught during my formal education. It allowed me to understand topics not covered in my studies and become better prepared than my peers in many situations during my internship.
Noah, Ohio National Guard, Combat Engineer now at Eli Lilly
As a veteran, I know first-hand the challenges in transitioning to the civilian workforce. The CWA program provides a practical course to advance cybersecurity readiness in entry-level candidates. CWA’s approach to imparting workforce essential skills is based on real-world, regulatory standards that are applied throughout the public and private sectors.
James, US Army, Technical Counterintelligence Special Agent, now Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Lead Technical Security Specialist, CWA Mentor