Case Studies
Reimagining Cyber Learning with a Vocational Career College
Case Study with Divergence Academy, an education institution that is creating adaptive learning solutions.
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with MohamedAmmar Alnuaimi
I had wonderful conversation with MohamedAmmar Alnuaimi who recently graduated from his university program and finished a cybersecurity internship with Raytheon Emirates. MohammedAmmar discussed his learning journey from student to government employee. What are you doing now that your internship program with Raytheon Emirates ended? I’m a new graduate and …
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with Robert Hogan
Leeann Ryder (left) & Giuseppe Scalamogna (lower right) of the Project Ares Team talk with Robert Hogan (top right) about his cybersecurity education pursuits. What inspired you to learn cybersecurity? I started at a retail job which is a very routine work environment and I didn’t think it was a […]
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with Nicole Mendoza
I had an excellent conversation with Nicole Mendoza – an alumna of the SacCARES (Sacramento Cares) Cyber Security Accelerator from our Project Ares partners at Inteligenca. We discussed her cyber security learning journey that turned the COVID crisis into a time of opportunity. Giuseppe Scalamogna from Project Ares and Nicole […]
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with Ken Perez
I had a fantastic chat with Ken Perez – an alum of the SacCARES (Sacramento Cares) Cybersecurity Accelerator from our Project Ares partners at Inteligenca. We discussed his learning journey from working for a finance audit company to following his dream of studying Cybersecurity. Giuseppe Scalamogna from Project Ares talks […]
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with Brenda McBeath
Cybersecurity students are fascinating to talk with. They come from so many backgrounds. Brenda McBeath is a Purdue University Global alum who’s currently working as an IT Support Analyst. We first connected when she used Project Ares during her Master’s of Science studies in Cybersecurity Management, and we caught up […]
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Project Ares Students: a conversation with Wajih Bitar
I had a great chat with Wajih Bitar – a NexGenT alum who is now working on a Computer Science degree at the University of Houston. We connected when he reached out to me to ask about continuing his access Project Ares even though he’d completed the cybersecurity certificate program. […]
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6 Common Mistakes in the Project Ares Gym
Is there a wrong way to “do the gym”? It’s probably not something we gym rats spend much time thinking about. (After all, we’ve got a lot to do between patting ourselves on the back for being there in the first place and squeezing our money’s worth out of that heaven-sent sauna.) But even after deciding […]
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How to Design Cybersecurity ‘Workouts’: Schedules, Goals, & Equipment for Teaching
Let’s be honest. Not every organization is blessed with an endless educational budget. (If only that were the case!) But why should that stop you from having a killer, cyber skill-building training program? Designing a program (whether a single course or a full-blown curriculum) from scratch doesn’t have to be […]
