Fort Gordon Cyber District

WorkForces Cohort 7 Orientation
2022-10-24
GACC WorkForces
Qualified applicants will receive the training and skills necessary to advance along a career pathway to full-time employment in IT and cybersecurity occupations.

Whether you’re a veteran, military spouse or transitioning service member, the Georgia Cyber Center WorkForces Program is designed to help you as you embark into the next chapter of your life after the military. The WorkForces Program will work with individuals who meet these criteria to increase or refine skills in IT and cybersecurity with formal training and work-based learning programs to build resumes, enhance marketability and prepare you for full-time employment in middle/high skilled occupations for life after the military.
The WorkForces Program will assist veterans and military spouses who want to improve their family’s life after the military by providing in demand, full-time IT and cybersecurity opportunities. Through the Georgia Cyber Center WorkForces Program, you will receive the training and skills necessary to advance along a career pathway to full-time employment in IT and cybersecurity occupations right here in the CSRA community.
The Georgia Cyber Center WorkForces Program is funded by a grant from the Department of Labor devoted to the economic success of the CSRA community by reskilling and upskilling veterans and military spouses for information technology and cybersecurity opportunities throughout the area.

CyberPatriot XV: Round 1
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-16

CyberPatriot XV: Registration Closes
2022-10-05

BSidesAugsuta
2022-10-01 | AU Medical Campus
The event is an annual conference with the goals of providing a safe platform for relevant and interesting talks, facilitating collaboration among professionals with diverse experience levels, and keeping the per-attendee cost affordable.
More information can be found at https://bsidesaugusta.org

WorkForces Cohort 6 Orientation
2022-09-26

TechNet-Augusta
2022-08-16 - 2022-08-18 | Augusta Marriott
TechNet will be held in-person at the Augusta Marriot.
Attend TechNet Augusta and take advantage of these opportunities:

Continuing education sessions to maintain cybersecurity certifications
Special programs for small businesses
Insight into upcoming business opportunities
Demonstrate technology solutions: The Cyber Center of Excellence wants your solutions.
Network with potential partners

Leaders and operators also discuss procurement challenges the military, government and industry face during a time of uncertain budgets and runaway technology advances.
More information can be found at: https://events.afcea.org/Augusta22/Public/enter.aspx

ACE Committee Meeting
2022-07-29 08:30 - 09:30 UTC

Standard CyberPatriot Camp #2 - Alliance for Cyber Education
2022-07-18 - 2022-07-22
The Alliance for Cyber Education will once again be hosting two FREE CyberPatriot Camps for K-12 students in 2022! CyberPatriot’s schedule for next year is shown below:
Week 1: June 6 – 10
Week 2: June 13 – 17
Week 3: June 20 – 24 (Tentative dates for First Camp)
Week 4: July 11 – 15
Week 5: July 18 – 22 (Tentative dates for Second Camp)
Week 6: July 25 – 29
Week 7: August 1 – 5

Standard CyberPatriot Camp #1 - Alliance for Cyber Education
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-24 | Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, 100 Grace Hopper Lane, Augusta, GA, 30901, United States

GenCyber Summer Camp - Augusta University
2022-06-18 - 2022-06-25
This event is a FREE camp that will take place from June 18 – 25, 2022.
Students will learn many technological skills, such as coding in python and building robots. AU hopes to make it a residential camp, where participants will stay at the dorms of the school Applications will open mid-March.
More information can be found at: https://www.augusta.edu/ccs/cyber-institute/gencyber

GenCyber Teacher Camp
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-17
This camp is absolutely FREE!
Participants receive a $900 stipend, 8 hours of pre-camp training, 8 hours of post-camp training, access to robots, and a full year of support and ongoing training.
This camp will take place from June 13 to 17, 2022, at Knox Hall of Westminster Schools of Augusta.
Application will be accepted until Jan 31st.
More information can be found at https://www.wsa.net/gencybercamp

NICE Conference 2022
2022-06-06 - 2022-06-07
TOP FIVE REASONS YOU SHOULD ATTEND #NICEK12

Take part in 50+ keynote, breakout, and panel sessions featuring top industry, academic and government experts.2. Network with 100’s of educators just like you from across the US and the globe.3. Access tons of videos, documents, lesson plans, guides and activities you can use immediately in your classroom.
4. Drop into exhibitor booths and poster sessions to learn cutting edge trends in the cybersecurity industry to share with your students.
5. No Sub? No problem! Attend on your own schedule. The entire conference virtual platform, including event replays, documents, networking tools are available through July 2022!

More information can be found at: https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org

Parsons CERTS 2022 Cyber Challenge
2022-05-10 | Georgia Cyber Center’s Virtual World, 100 Grace Hopper Lane, Augusta, GA, 30901, United States
Registration can be found at https://parsons.circa.co/CERTS22CTF

CERTS 2022
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-11 | Augusta Marriott
AFCEA International will host the Cyber Education, Research, and Training Symposium (CERTS) in Augusta, Georgia, home of Fort Gordon and the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence. CERTS brings government, education, research, and industry leaders together to focus on advancing cyber workforce development, retention, and support.

CERTS will take place at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center from May 9-11 2022.
Event details can be found at: https://events.afcea.org/ATSD22/Public/enter.aspx

CyberStart America
2022-04-27
CyberStart America gives students in 9th-12th grade free access to the world-renowned CyberStart game.
Registration is now open, and CyberStart can be played up until April 27th, 2022.
The scholarship application deadline is May 13th, 2022, and the winners will be announced on June 1st, 2022!
More information can be found at: https://www.cyberstartamerica.org/

STEAMIFY
2022-03-26 08:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
This event for grades 4-8 will be South Carolina and Georgia’s first hybrid STEAM Education Competition! Many events will be offered face to face or synchronous virtually.
Registration is now closed!
The competition will take place on March 26, 2022!
The event also needs judges! Approximately 20 more judges are needed. It is estimated that there will be around 650 students participating.
More information can be found at: https://www.augusta.edu/education/community-outreach/steamify/
The POC of the event can be reached at Steamify@augusta.edu

Internship Application Deadline - Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
2022-03-25
The Columbia County Chamber’s program has an application deadline of Mar 25 for both the students and the businesses participating. More information can be found at:
Columbia County Chamber of Commerce: https://www.columbiacountychamberfoundation.org/summer-internship-program.html

Columbia County Career and College Expo
2022-03-08
The Columbia County Chamber Foundation and the Columbia County School District are partnering to host the Third Annual Columbia County Career and College Expo.
This event will be held at the Columbia County Exhibition Center on March 8th, 2022.

The purpose of the event is to expose parents and students to career opportunities for the future.

More information can be found at: https://www.columbiacountychamberfoundation.org/career–college-expo.html

Championship - Fully Wired Robotics League
2022-03-05
This is hosted by Westminster Schools of Augusta. It was created from a $25,000 grant from State Farm. 9 local high schools were be recruited to become the founding members of the league.
Please contact Wes Brown at wbrown@wsa.net for more information.

See Augusta Preview Day
2022-02-25 - 2022-02-26
See Augusta preview days are an opportunity for students and their families to come learn about AU through chatting with campus services and offices, attending breakout sessions, and taking campus tours.
The next preview day will take place on February 26th, 2022, and there will also be a School of Computer and Cyber Sciences College Spotlight on February 25th, 2022!
Registration for this event can be found under the “Special Events” tab at: https://www.augusta.edu/admissions/visit/

Scrimmage - Fully Wired Robotics League
2022-02-05

STEM Career Connections
2021-11-15
STEM CAREER CONNECTIONS
This is a pre-recorded video of a virtual event that consists of many prestigious individuals.
2-minute trailer: https://vimeo.com/625636502/5b9f98481e
Sneak peek video at: https://vimeo.com/630099613/ad417146da
The full video will be available after November 15th on the SRSCRO YouTube Channel! This channel is located at: https://www.youtube.com/user/SRSCRO/videos

Nuclear Science Week
2021-10-18 - 2021-10-28
Nuclear Science Week is an international, broadly observed week-long celebration that focuses on all aspects of nuclear science. Events during this week will provide many learning opportunities about contributions, innovation and careers that can be found by exploring nuclear science. SRS Community Reuse Organization and its affiliated Nuclear Workforce Initiative® are collaborating with local organizations to conduct activities designed to encourage and bring awareness of nuclear technology and the many careers available within nuclear technology and other high-tech industries.

More information can be found at http://celebratensw.org

CyberPatriot XIV Registration Closes
2021-10-05
Registration can be found at: https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/Competition-Overview/join-the-competition

Cyber Internship 101
2021-09-21 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Are you thinking about pursuing a cyber internship sometime in the next year? Attend this workshop to learn about resume best practices, hiring timelines, where to look, how to get course/credit approval.
Visit the following link for more information:
https://calendar.augusta.edu/event/cyber-internship-101/

2021 Advanced Cyber Patriot Camp
2021-07-26 - 2021-07-30
Who: AFA Advanced CyberCamps are designed for high school and middle school students who have cybersecurity knowledge and want to learn more.
When: 26 – 30 July from 0900 -1500
REGISTER: Registration is now closed!
Computer Requirements: All computer requirements can be viewed online at:
https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/technical-specifications

USC Aiken CyberPatriot Camp
2021-07-19 - 2021-07-23
This CyberPatriot camp was funded by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions!
WHEN: July 19th to July 23rd
PRICE: The base price for the camp is $75
AGE: Rising 6th graders through rising 8th graders.
More information can be found at: https://discoveraikencounty.com/event/cyber-patriots/2021-07-19/

AU Computer Science Camp
2021-06-28 - 2021-07-02
The Augusta University College of Education will offer a week-long virtual kids’ computer science camp to teach coding with Microsoft MakeCode.
WHEN: The camp will take place from June 28th to July 2nd.
REGISTRATION: Registration is now closed.

GenCyber Summer Camp - Augusta University
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-25
This event is a FREE residential camp that will take place from June 18 – 25, 2022!

Subjects covered in GenCyber include:
GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts: Defense in Depth, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Thinking like an Adversary, and Keeping it Simple
In addition to these cybersecurity concepts, Augusta University’s GenCyber program will also cover:

Cryptography
Cryptanalysis
Robotics
Python programming

More information can be found at: https://www.augusta.edu/ccs/cyber-institute/gencyber

2021 Standard CyberPatriot Camp
2021-06-14 - 2021-06-18
Who: AFA Standard CyberCamps are designed for high school and middle school students who have no cybersecurity knowledge and want to learn about it.
When: 14 – 18 June from 0900 -1500
REGISTER: Registration is now complete. Please email alex.pugh@fortgordonalliance.com if you have any questions about future opportunities.
Computer Requirements: All computer requirements can be viewed online at:
https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/technical-specifications
