Cyber Mentorship - Student Application

About You

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Residency Information

I am a Massachusetts resident attending a Massachusetts college or university

I am not a Massachusetts resident, but I am currently attending a Massachusetts college or university

(Note: Non-Massachusetts residents are eligible to participate as long as they are currently attending a Massachusetts college or university)

College/University

Describe the option that best describes the program in which you are currently enrolled:

Bachelor’s Degree

Associate’s Degree

Certificate Program

(Note: Graduate students are not eligible to participate.)

Year of Graduation

Major

The goal of this Mentorship Program is to encourage diverse college students to continue to pursue a career in cybersecurity and to promote the diversity of the cybersecurity workforce in Massachusetts. The following two questions are optional and help us make sure that our participants align with our mission. We consider all information provided in this application and do not rule out candidates based on any one question alone.

Gender

Female

Male

Non-binary

Transgender

Prefer not to disclose

Other…

Cybersecurity Experience

Please describe any educational/professional/extra-curricular experiences you have had related to cybersecurity.

To ensure a good match with a mentor, please select the areas of cybersecurity you are interested in:

Analyze (Performs highly-specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine its usefulness for intelligence)

Collect and Operate (Provides specialized denial and deception operations and collection of cybersecurity information that may be used to develop intelligence)

Operate and Maintain (Provides the support, administration, and maintenance necessary to ensure effective and efficient information technology system performance and security)

Oversee and Govern (Provides leadership, management, direction, or development and advocacy so that the organization may effectively conduct cybersecurity work)

Protect and Defend (Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates threats to internal information technology systems and/or networks)

Securely Provision (Conceptualizes, designs, procures, and/or builds secure information technology systems, with the responsibility for aspects of system and/or network development)

Please see the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework for more information about each of these categories (https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-security-workforce-framework).

Statement of Interest

Why do you want to participate in the Cybersecurity Mentorship Program and what do you hope to get out of the experience?

Project

Please select all types of projects you would be interested in working on with a mentor:

Build, break, secure, and administer a virtual machine (i.e. a raspberry pi or other)

Identify the challenges around a cybersecurity policy or procedure for a business (i.e. the requirement that employees change their password every 90 days) and write a report on your assessments

Create or evaluate a Cyber Incident Response Plan

Draft a memo providing a policy recommendation for the state of Massachusetts

Develop a Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Product

Other - I would like to develop a custom project with my mentor based on mutual cybersecurity interests

Note: those selected to participate in the program will be provided additional details about each option.

Additional Information

Please let us know of any considerations regarding your availability we should consider when matching with you with mentor (i.e. I’m only available to meet in the mornings).

Anything else you want us to know?

Acknowledgement

BY CLICKING SUBMIT BELOW, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:

If selected to participate, I will make myself available to meet with my mentor for a minimum of one hour every two weeks for direct mentorship and/or working on my project.
I certify that all the information I have provided is complete, accurate and truthful. I understand that any omission or misrepresentation of fact may result in the immediate termination of any consideration to my application or expulsion from the Mentorship Program.
To the extent the information that I have provided becomes incomplete or inaccurate in any manner, or circumstances change such that my response(s) to any of the requests or questions on this form would need to be modified, I understand and agree that I have an obligation to immediately notify the MassCyberCenter of such change(s).
As a public entity, MassTech is subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, therefore any documents and other materials made or received by MassTech and/or its employees are subject to public disclosure if requested.

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