Left to right: Steel Root's Co-Founder and Managing Director Ryan Heidorn, scholarship recipient Christian Silva, Steel Root's Managing Director Scott Freedson, and Managing Director Mike Nestor.
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SALEM — Gov. Charlie Baker officially declared October Cyber Security Awareness Month in 2015, and a Salem based company is celebrating with the launch of the second round of its scholarship fund.
Steel Root, a cybersecurity services provider, is bringing back its Steel Root Scholarship Fund to do their part to help lessen the cybersecurity staffing gap.
Last year, Steel Root created this scholarship fund, which benefits one Massachusetts-based high school junior looking to pursue higher education in the field of cybersecurity.
The student chosen for the scholarship will receive a $10,000 award over two years to put towards an accredited two-or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical/trade school.
The $10,000 scholarship isn’t the only reward the student gets, as the winner also participates in a two-year mentorship with a Steel Root cybersecurity professional who will meet with the student regularly through the final year of high school and into their freshman year of college. This allows them to work closely with the team at Steel Root, shadowing people who work as engineers and in tech and compliance to get a glimpse of the different career paths available in cybersecurity. The student also receives access to free college preparation and career services through LEAP for Education’s College Success Program.
Scott Freedson, Managing Director at Steel Root, hopes this scholarship fund will spread awareness about jobs in cybersecurity because the gap is a “huge problem.”
“There’s a massive number of ..
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