Cybersecurity Bootcamp
RIT’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp gives our learners the foundation they need to launch their new career in cybersecurity.
The program offers part-time (30 week) and full-time (15 week) remote options that best fit your schedule, and no IT experience is necessary. In the program's immersive environment and supportive community you'll learn from world class cybersecurity educators, with a curriculum informed by the explicit needs of hiring companies. The program offers personalized attention and job placement support, and tuition assistance is still available for our next cohort. Reboot your career by registering below.
Jumpstart your career in cybersecurity!
Next cohort start date: May 12
Time commitment: 15 weeks (full time), 30 weeks (part time)
Location: Remote
Cost: $10,000 (note: tuition assistance is available for qualifying students)
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Why RIT Cybersecurity Bootcamp?
We prepare you to be job ready day one in your new cybersecurity career. Headquartered in one of the world’s leading cybersecurity research and training facilities, at one of the top cybersecurity colleges in the nation, our curriculum will make you part of a community that is approaching cybersecurity from every angle.
With unparalleled industry connections, we’ll help you find employment by engaging with top cybersecurity employers. From job fairs, to resume reviews and interview prep, we’ll help you grow as you go, setting you up for success in one of the fastest growing sectors in industry and government.
Skills You’ll Learn
- Windows Fundamentals
- Linux/Unix Fundamentals
- IT Support Fundamentals
- Security Management & Compliance Fundamentals
- Security Event Triage
- Introductory Computer Forensics
- SIEM Tools for Detection and Response
- Cloud Security Fundamentals
- DevOps and Continuous Integration
- Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
- Information Systems Auditing & Compliance
- Project Management
Cybersecurity Tools You’ll Learn to Use
- Ansible
- Active Directory
- pfSense
- VyOS
- Open VAS
- Sparta
- Metasploit
- Ryslog
- Elastic Stack
- Splunk
- OSSEC
- Snort
- Zeek
- GRR
- Rekall
- OWASP-ZAP
- Nikto
- Vega
- Burp Suite
- GIT Ci/CD
- Docker
What Do Graduates Receive?
- A Certificate of Completion from the RIT Global Cybersecurity Institute is issued to graduates who pass a skills-based assessment offered as a part of our intensive class.
- A performance review portfolio and letter of recommendation from course instructors.
- A new set of skills that can be used to attain an entry level position in the cybersecurity sector.
Our curriculum also prepares students for industry standard certifications including CompTIA Security+ and CyberSec First Responder certificates. Your tuition will include two vouchers to take certification exams for these certifications. However, it is the student’s responsibility to take and pass the exam.
Some of the most in-demand jobs and skills needed by cybersecurity employers!
Common Job Titles
- Cyber Technician
- Information Security Specialist
- Information Security Analyst
- Information Security Technician
- Information Security Apprentice
- IT Security Specialist
- IT Security Analyst
- IT Security Technician
- IT Security Apprentice
- Technical Support
- Disaster Recovery Specialist
- Disaster Recovery Analyst
- Disaster Recovery Technician
- Disaster Recovery Apprentice
- Systems Security Analyst
- Systems Security Technician
- Systems Security Apprentice
- Secure Software Assessor
- Systems Administrator
Top Skills Requested
- Information Security
- Information Systems
- Information Assurance
- Network Security
- Security Operations
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Project Manager
- Linux
- Technical Support
- Intrusion Detection
- Unix
- Security Operations
- Data Privacy
- Risk Management
- Software Development
- Software & Systems Testing and Evaluation
- Threat Analysis
How This Program Works
RIT has one of the largest degree-granting cybersecurity programs in the country, with more than 450 enrolled in BS, MS, and Ph.D. computing security programs. Over 150 graduates in co-op and full-time positions are placed every year across the country ranging from large companies to startups.
This game-based and immersive approach leverages RIT’s nationally-recognized expertise in our School of Interactive Games and Media, the Saunders College of Business, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and the Department of Computing Security.
Our curriculum also aligns with the NIST-developed National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) framework for cybersecurity jobs.