Choosing a pathway to a promising career in cybersecurity.
University of Texas at San Antonio
The UTSA CyberSkills2Work program offers training for individuals who want to learn new cybersecurity skills or start a new career in cybersecurity. Program classes are online hybrid courses that include a brief session on cybersecurity careers and 40 hours of instruction for each of the principles of cybersecurity; a boot camp for the Security+ certification exam; digital forensics; a boot camp for project management professional certification exam; and industrial control systems security. The program is available to transitioning military personnel, first responders, military spouses, and veterans. This program is offered at no cost to selected participants.
This pathway is designed to allow entry level students to gain the basic knowledge to pursue forensics oriented, cyber security jobs. This course examines the fundamental data structures, software tools, and forensic analysis techniques commonly used to locate and recover trace evidence of digital crimes. The course focuses on file system forensic analysis of computer hosts. The tools of collecting, examining, and evaluating data in an effort to establish intent, culpability, motive, means, methods, and loss resulting from such crimes will be examined. Most modern IT incidents involve a security breach typically involving malware, which may be designed to allow the attacker to remotely control the compromised system, spread within the organization, steal sensitive data, or spy on the victim. The malware design and analyis course will improve your malware hunting skills by finding and examining key artifacts within the operating system. It will teach ways of investigating various properties of malware to help determine the reason for the attack.
Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Must be a veteran, transitioning service member, first responder, military spouse, or government personnel.
Must have at least a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Spring 2026
Start Date: January 21, 2026 • End Date: March 4, 2026
Application deadline: January 14, 2026