The 502 Project is a free, safe and secure social infrastructure for cybersecurity workforce development. We bridge the gap between interested students and the professional cybersecurity community by fostering mentorship, academic advising, and participation in centralized events.
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The 502 Project is a gateway to the cybersecurity community – providing free access to subject matter experts, challenges, and events – centralizing volunteer, mentorship, and recruitment efforts across the cybersecurity ecosystem.
We highlight and extend cybersecurity education efforts nationwide by partnering with universities and colleges.
We connect partners with regional and national cybersecurity workforce development efforts, highlighting the range of cybersecurity work while emphasizing shared community, information exchange, and trust.
Our community amplifies locally developed curricula and gives free access to centralized events.
We use CLARK, the Cybersecurity Labs and Resource Knowledge-base, as a platform for building and sharing free cybersecurity curricula.
We host and supports talks, training sessions, competitions and community building events, both virtually and in person.
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