PLDT, Smart trains new batch of future cybersecurity professionals

PLDT and Smart trained the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to fight against cyber threats and cybercrimes. Read on for more!

PLDT, Smart trained Computer and IT students for cybersecurity techniques

PLDT, Smart helped train future cybersecurity professionals

The 19 students chosen for the Cyber Warrior Course

In the fight against cyber threats and cybercrime, PLDT and Smart engage the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. In a six-month internship program called the Cyber Warrior Course, PLDT and Smart's Cybersecurity Operations Group taught graduating Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology students from the Asia Pacific College about cybersecurity.

Out of the 40 students who passed the interviews conducted by CSOG, 19 of them were chosen for the CWC and were onboarded into the program. Guided by CSOG trainers and subject matter experts, the interns, also called cadets, we're immersed in the group’s daily operations such as analyzing real-world situations and using scientific and empirical approaches to solve cybersecurity challenges.

The interns were allocated to several CSOG "pillars" to learn about their specialized functions and how they contribute to the PLDT Group's overall efforts to defend data, networks, systems, and infrastructure, as well as protect customers from cyber threats.

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