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Cyber training program for released soldiers wins Innovation Award

Cyber training program for released soldiers wins Innovation Award
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The program trains soldiers who are newly released from “a meaningful service” in the IDF, offering classes, mentorship and team exercises. ISRAEL WILL need to use cyber capabilities ‘in severe and extreme scenarios, to inflict systemic disruption on an enemy’s economic infrastructure and society at large.’ Cyber4s, a new program that trains released IDF soldiers for positions in Israel’s cyber industry , has been awarded the IDF Chief of Staff’s Innovation Award as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The program trains soldiers who are newly released from “a meaningful service” in the IDF, offering classes, mentorship and team exercises to prepare them for junior positions, according to a press release. The training focuses on helping participants learn the technical skills necessary for the industry as well as other skills for finding a job such as resume writing and preparing for an interview.

The first class is made up of dozens of newly released soldiers who will be trained as full-stack cyber developers. The six-month program was developed during the coronavirus pandemic and offers released soldiers, some of whom had not planned on starting academic studies and were unable to find a job as the pandemic caused widespread unemployment, a way […]

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