Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship

Application Status: Live

About

WorldTech IT is excited to announce our Women In Cybersecurity scholarship!

WorldTech IT’s Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship strives to foster opportunities for women in the cybersecurity field. Women make up approximately 20% of the cybersecurity workforce worldwide, leaving much room for improvement. By encouraging women to a career in cybersecurity, we are able to fill staffing gaps and open the doors to new talent and new perspectives. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to 2 students, with the intent of helping them gain real-world experience in the field and pave the way to success.

Cybersecurity Challenge

WorldTech IT has a cybersecurity challenge for you! This project will give applicants the opportunity to solve a problem using the Go Programming Language.

Project information to follow shortly.

Award

Awards Available: 2 – Summer: $2,000 – Fall: $4,000

Scholars will receive funding for school and education-related expenses.

Important Dates

Scholarship Requirements

Cybersecurity Challenge

Create an HTTPS Security Test

This challenge is meant to test your ability to use the golang standard library to perform and profile an HTTPS connection.

Objectives:

• Connection profiles – capture the DNS lookup, TCP connection, TLS handshake, Server Processing and Content transfer timing.
• TLS Information – Certificate details, Identify the correct bundle, identify supported cipher suites

URLs:

code-test01.wtit.com
code-test02.wtit.com
code-test03.wtit.com
code-test04.wtit.com
code-test05.wtit.com
code-test06.wtit.com
code-test07.wtit.com
code-test08.wtit.com
code-test09.wtit.com

Challenge Submission:

• Submit a link to a git repository so we can download and test your golang code. Must be a link to a public git repository, such as Github, Gitlab, BitBucket, etc. The golang code should successfully complete all objectives for all nine URLs.

If you have any questions, please contact scholarship@worldtechit.com.

Women In Cybersecurity Scholarship

First Name(Required)Last Name(Required)Email(Required)Mobile NumberLocation (City)(Required)Are you a US Citizen?(Required)

Yes

No
What is your gender?

Female

Male

Non-binary

Transgender

Intersex

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Which category best describes you? Please select all that apply.

Asian or Pacific Islander

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

Native American or Alaskan Native

White or Caucasian

Multiracial or Biracial

A race/ethnicity not listed here
How did you learn about this scholarship?Through a friendSearch Engine (Google, Yahoo, etc)Social MediaBlog or publicationSchool internship board/careers websiteOtherCollege or University Currently Attending(Required)Major(Required)MinorCumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale(Required)What year are you in?(Required)

Junior

Senior
Expected Graduation Date(Required)Summarize Additional Activities, including Leadership Roles and Volunteer ActivitiesHow will this scholarship further your career and educational goals?(Required)Official College Transcript(Required)Max. file size: 1 MB. Resume(Required)Max. file size: 1 MB. Cybersecurity Challenge Submission(Required)

Must be a link to a public git repository, such as Github, Gitlab, BitBucket, etc.By signing this document, I confirm that all of the information presented on this application is true to the best of my knowledge.(Required) Yes