Blue Team Con 2024 Partners
CISA – Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
CISA works with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborate to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future.
CISA is the operational lead for federal cybersecurity and the national coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience. We are designed for collaboration and partnership. Learn about our layered mission to reduce risk to the nation’s cyber and physical infrastructure.
Visit their booth Blue Team Con to learn more.
WSC – Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu
Founded in 2012, the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) is a 501(c)3 International nonprofit community, focused on empowering women to succeed in the cybersecurity industry. WSC’s mission is to advance women in cybersecurity careers by providing programs and partnerships that promote networking, education, training, mentoring, resource-sharing and other professional opportunities.
Docent Institute
Docent Institute (Docent) is a 501(c)(3) registered charitable non-profit educational institution based in Iowa. Its mission is “Cybersecurity and STEM education, inclusion, and outreach for the benefit of society.”
Docent organizes cybersecurity/STEM camps for K-12 students, cybersecurity career days for high school students and competitions for college students. Docent hosts the premier Midwest annual cybersecurity conference, CornCon, held in the fall in Davenport, IA. Docent provides college scholarships, mentoring, apprenticeships/internships, career services and performs other public outreach related to cybersecurity education and career development, advancing technology, and the ethical use of technology. Docent also works with IEEE to develop industry standards around the ethical application of technology. Current projects include developing a process for evaluating the trustworthiness of news sources, and a standard on the ethical use of AI.
NCL – National Cyber League
The mission of the NCL is to prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals by providing high school and college students, as well as their coaches, an online, safe platform of real-world cybersecurity challenges. We build pathways for students that lead to successful career placements in the cybersecurity field.
Visit their booth at Blue Team Con to learn more.
SAIC – School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SAIC is distinct in the way that we provide graduate, post-baccalaureate, and undergraduate students an interdisciplinary curriculum and the necessary freedom to develop as artists, designers, and scholars. We strive for a level of rigor, investigation, and cultural relevance that makes SAIC truly special.
Make sure to check out the SAIC Student art installations at the BTC networking party Saturday night!
Sober in Cyber
The goal of Sober in Cyber is to grow a community of sober people within the cybersecurity industry who can share resources, network together, and find “sober buddies” at infosec conferences. We started by launching a Discord community in May 2023 (sober folks in cyber: join the server here). We’re also in the development stage of launching a podcast that will highlight the multitude of personalities and pathways within the Sober in Cyber community.
WiCyS – Women in Cybersecurity
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) is a non-profit and membership-based organization dedicated to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in the cybersecurity field. The organization is working to improve diversity and pipeline in the cybersecurity workforce, and it does so through numerous initiatives, together with Strategic Partners and an army of energetic volunteers.
WiCyS helps build a strong cybersecurity workforce with gender equality by facilitating recruitment, retention and advancement for women in the field. WiCyS offers mentoring, training programs, scholarships, virtual and in-person conferences, leadership series, career fairs, webinars, and more to women at all stages of their cybersecurity career journey!
Visit their booth at Blue Team Con to learn more.
