Developing IT & Cybersecurity Certification Pipeline to Advance Cluster Growth

Localities: Counties of Montgomery and Pulaski, the City of Radford

The Developing IT & Cybersecurity Certification Pipeline project is enhancing coordination and communication among higher education partners and regional employers to align certification pipeline with cluster needs; developing a pipeline of talent from partnering institutions with IT and cybersecurity certifications through on-campus outreach; and connecting regional employers to the pipeline of credentialed professionals to fill in-demand occupations in the Roanoke and New River Valleys. The project is also establishing a testing center at The HUB at Radford for Economic Development to make certification testing for IT and cybersecurity certifications more accessible to students and incumbent workers in the New River Valley.

For more information, please email Charlie Jewell.