Gain Skills, Build Your Career

Mission:

At a time when governments, critical infrastructure, and industries across the globe are under a constant threat of ever-evolving attack vectors, the demand for cybersecurity professionals has outpaced the supply. This new initiative will accomplish the following:

As a commitment to closing the cybersecurity workforce gap by creating multi-domain cyber technicians, EC-Council pledges $3.5 million towards C|CT education and certification Scholarships to certify approximately 10,000 cyber professionals ready to contribute to the industry. This scholarship initiative will offer successful awardees a unique, entry-level technical course with complete instruction, e-courseware, practical hands-on labs, critical thinking challenges, live Cyber Range activities, and a performance-based certification exam. Successful awardees will receive scholarship discounts to cover the cost of the education and certification resources and exam processing fees. The total payment post scholarship is $199.00 USD.

Successful awardees will be required to pay a small fee ($199) to cover the certification exams proctoring and technology fee.

“For decades, there has been a serious lack of technical cybersecurity competencies, across many industries. EC-Council is proud to give back to the community by making its commercial, world-class Certified Cybersecurity Technician program available to aspiring professionals via its scholarship initiative.”

JAY BAVISI

Group CEO and President, EC-Council.

Goal:

Cybersecurity Workforce

By 2024, train at least 10,000 skilled, workforce ready, Cybersecurity technicians through scholarship.

Enhanced Technical Skills

Administering hands-on learning with curated labs and live cyber range access to scholarship recipients.

Multi-domain Skills

Cross-training Cybersecurity technicians in various domains to support a strong skills foundation and career mobility.

Availability

Offering complete C|CT training and certification scholarships to candidates who may not otherwise have the means to pursue this type of education and certification.

Who Should Apply for this Scholarship?

High School Students

Get an early start on your cybersecurity career and master security fundamentals online.

College/University Students

Prepare for a cybersecurity career, and improve your IT education.

Working Professionals

Transition into a cybersecurity career, even if you aren’t sure where to begin your educational journey.

IT Professionals

Switch your career easily from IT to cybersecurity.

No prerequisite is required. Anyone who wants to start a career in cybersecurity can apply for EC-Council’s C|CT scholarship.

How do I Apply for this Scholarship?

Apply

Complete and submit the application form.

Verify

EC-Council will reconvene in 3 weeks or less on the status of your scholarship application.

Upon acceptance, your scholarship will be applied and is available immediately. You may proceed to submit the $199 USD payment within 14 days of the scholarship being granted.

Terms and Conditions of this Scholarship:

Scholarships are limited in number, and subject to availability.
All C|CT learning resources and discounts issued under scholarship may be redeemed for monetary value.
Candidates are requested to provide true and accurate information, failing to do so will result in the immediate disqualification of an application.
It is mandatory to share the contact details and designation of a verifier who can validate the claims made by the applicant.
Scholarships will be granted at the sole discretion of EC-Council.
Scholarships are not available with any other discount or special pricing offer. Decisions in relation to scholarships are final and no further correspondence will be considered.
Scholarships are nontransferable, and the recipient must pay the difference in costs, post the scholarship, to activate the CCT resources within 7 days of the scholarship being granted.
Non-payment of remaining fees within 14 days of the scholarship acknowledgement will result in forfeiture of any scholarship awarded.
The deadline for scholarship submissions is March 1^st 2024.

What is Covered in the Scholarship?

Official Curricula e-Courseware covering 22 Immersive Modules

200 Hours of Video Based Learning of the C|CT course

85 Hands- on Labs (to practice everything you’re learning)

Capture the Flag Exercises

Certification Exam Voucher for Performance-based Exam

2400 Pages of Content (includes 900 pages of lab guides)

Why Pursue a Career in Cybersecurity?

$78,603 to $113,190

Is the Average Salary range for an Entry Level Cyber Security Job per year in the United States.
(as per salary.com)

3.5 MM

Job Vacancies in the world till 2025

2.4x

Faster growth in employer demand for cybersecurity professionals than the overall rate across the U.S. economy.

Unemployment
Rate

C|CT Cybersecurity Scholarship

Official Curricula e-Courseware covering 22 Immersive Modules
200 Hours of Video Based Learning of the C\|CT course
85 Hands-On Labs ( to practice everything you learn)
Capture the Flag Exercises
Certification Exam Voucher for Performance- Based Exam
2,400 Pages of Content (includes 900 pages of lab guides)

*This program retails for $999.

Register to Apply for Scholarship

Applicant Information

EC-Council’s Scholarship offers

(C|CT) Certified Cybersecurity Technician Program

The world’s only entry-level certification that builds multi-domain technical skills, hands-on!

About Certified Cybersecurity Technician C|CT Program

Strong Foundational Coverage:

The Certified Cybersecurity Technician (C|CT) raises the bar for entry-level cybersecurity programs. The C|CT provides immersive, foundational cybersecurity domain coverage, including key concepts, practical hands-on labs, and critical thinking challenges to produce world-class cyber security professionals.

Unique Benefits You get from Certified Cybersecurity Technician C|CT Program

Attain Multi-domain Skills

Ethical Hacking

Network Security

Digital Forensics

SOC

Threat Intelligence & Hunting

Incident Handling

Risk Management

Governance & Compliance

BC & DR

Application Security

Configuration & Asset Management

OT Security

Network Troubleshooting

Network log Monitoring & Analysis

Gain & Validate Hands-on Technical Skills

The C|CT offers individuals who are starting their IT and cybersecurity careers a training and certification program to gain, build, and validate their hands-on technical skills across a wide range of topics in the various domains mentioned above.

Hands-on Labs

The C|CT includes 85 hand-on labs (three times more than any entry level certification), ensuring hands-on skill development in the course.

Performance Based Exam

Measuring more than the knowledge transferred, C|CT exams are delivered on a live cyber range to validate the skills candidates need to thrive in a cybersecurity role and prove themselves to potential employers. Attaining this certification proves your skills.

Capture the Flag

The C|CT certification offers capture the flag (CTF) style critical thinking challenges to accompany each lab exercise, putting knowledge into practice and providing a proven record of skill demonstration.

Live Range Experience

The C|CT program is delivered on a live cyber range, utilizing live targets and real attack systems for a truly immersive, realistic practice and assessment platform.

* This program retails for $999.

3.5m

Job Vacancies in the world till 2025

Unemployment Rate

Our Certified Members Work at :

EC-Council’s Impact on Cybersecurity

145

COUNTRIES

220,000

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS

3,000

TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

350

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

Since 2003, EC-Council has been recognized globally as a pioneer in the ethical hacking training and certification industry. The CEH certification is one of the most respected certification programs in the world today. It has gained recognition from the US Department of Defense, US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Airforce, British NCSC, ANSI, and several other reputable international entities.