‘Das Cyber-Patriotismus-Programm der Türkei’ beginnt in Ankara

In Ankara, in cooperation with the Ankara Development Agency and Gazi University, training will be provided to students within the scope of the “Cyber Homeland Program Cyber Security Training Cooperation of Development Agencies”. 40 students who successfully qualify for face-to-face training will receive deeper and technical education in the sub-fields of cyber security.

The Western Black Sea Development Agency had launched the Cyber Homeland Program in 2019 with the aim of training qualified human resources in the field of cyber security. The program, which was nationalized under the coordination of the General Directorate of Development Agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, was transformed into the Development Agencies Cyber Homeland Program and spread throughout the country. The program aims to increase the awareness of university students to meet Turkey’s need for cyber security experts, to identify potential talents, and to promote and support career planning in the field of digital and cyber security technologies through training and skill development activities.

Applications for the program in Ankara will be accepted until 23:59 on Sunday, November 10th. Students whose applications are accepted after evaluations made by the Ankara Development Agency will be directed to the Cyber Homeland Hackviser Platform. Following the acceptance process, students are required to complete the online training and tasks (Linux, network training) on the platform within a period of 15 days. Students who complete their tasks flawlessly via the Hackviser Platform will be subjected to an exam, and 40 successful students will qualify for face-to-face training. Students will participate in three trainings at Gazi University, each lasting 5 days, including CEH (white hat hacker) training, web security training, and reverse engineering training. Students who participate in technical trainings and applications by joining the Cyber Homeland Program will be directed to teams created for deeper and technical training in the sub-fields of cyber security. In the Cyber Homeland Bootcamp event, 10 days of deep and technical education, tasks and applications, reverse engineering studies, scenario-based drills, and competitions will be conducted.

Detailed information about the Turkey Cyber Homeland Program can be accessed at https://www.sibervatan.org/.