The Secure Pathways Series is the Alliance’s coast to coast cybersecurity event series with middle, high school and college students. Our 3-4 hour workshops expose students to a wide swath of cybersecurity careers, skills and resources, along with gamified education through our Capture The Flag Platform. Most importantly, it provides an opportunity for students to interact directly with local cybersecurity professionals, building relationships and gaining real world knowledge on what’s important today.
As a mentor, you’ll be asked to be yourself, share your career experience in bite size chunks and help students through our Capture The Flag game. (Don’t worry, we have helper packets with all of the answers)
We’ll have a host that will moderate the entire program and there is no prep work for you to do, just show up, connect with a few students and have fun. We know you’ll have a great time networking with other local security professionals as well.
Event Specifics:
This event is co-sponsored by the The Gateway Higher Education Cybersecurity Coalition, The Alliance and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Volunteers should arrive by 9:30am. The event concludes at 1:30pm. Lunch will be provided
9:00 Registration Opens
9:45 Mentor Huddle, Introductions, Instructions and Best Practices
10:00 Introductions and Basic Principals of Cybersecurity (Host led discussion with students)
11:00 Capture The Flag (We provide Mentor Booklets with Every Answer)
12:15 Break For Lunch
12:45 Career Pathways Discussion and Ongoing Resources
1:20 Closing Comments and Students Depart
1:30 Event Concludes
Every Secure Pathways event in 2024 is made possible by our partners Cisco Secure and Mastercard