Friday 3 April 2020

YesWeHack Cybersecurity Training Temporarily Free for Schools and Universities

YesWeHack, a European bug bounty platform, is providing universities and schools with free access to its educational platform YesWeHackEDU. This offer aims to allow educational institutions to hold a practice-oriented cybersecurity training. As of 1st April 2020, all universities and schools can benefit from free licenses of YesWeHackEDU, which are valid until 31st May 2020.

Preparation for IT Security Professions
YesWeHackEDU is aimed at educational institutions that, in the current situation, want to integrate IT topics and cybersecurity into their curricula via distance learning. The educational platform is a simulation of the real bug bounty platform of YesWeHack. The attack scenarios, which are available as practice projects, are simulations of real-world situations. Universities and schools also can kickstart a real bug bounty program on YesWeHackEDU to have their IT infrastructure security-proofed by their students.

YesWeHackEDU teaches the identification and elimination of vulnerabilities and allows both students and instructors to develop technical and managerial skills required to run successful bug bounty programmes. At the same time, it opens up prospects for sought-after professional specialisations such as DevSecOps, Data Science or Security Analysis. Furthermore, YesWeHack EDU facilitates the implementation of cooperations and cross-functional projects between academic institutions and the business community.

Young Cybersecurity Specialists more Needed than Ever
"The current COVID19 pandemic has driven students and teachers out of the classroom. For cybercriminals, however, the pandemic wave is by no means a reason to pause. They are even more active, taking advantage of the insecurity of many consumers" explains Guillaume Vassault-Houliere, CEO and co-founder of YesWeHack. "The training of future cybersecurity talents cannot, therefore, be delayed. We need to support educational institutions in their mission right now. YesWeHackEDU provides a world-class educational resource for educators and students to develop cybersecurity skills in times of pandemic.'

Free licenses for YesWeHackEDU are distributed worldwide with the support of YesWeHack education partner IT-GNOSIS and can be applied for here.

1 comment:

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