The blind and visually impaired in cybersecurity? You bet!

I’m very happy to see this. The boost that got my attention on this says:

Jeffrey D. Stark: Boosting Karl Groves (karlgroves): 600,000 US cybersecurity jobs are unfilled. Cyber.org’s Project Access trains blind & vision-impaired students in cybersecurity through camps & simulations, bridging the gap & empowering futures.

https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/project-access-trains-blind-students-in-cybersecurity

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Let me say, I’m blind and visually impaired, and while I never took courses, I must be doing something right because while there may have been issues, they’re at nothing that we talk about.

The difference is, i’ve never defended from such attacks.

The person who now runs the backbone of where I’m hosted is also in the IT field and he’s blind. But I know it was different for them than it would be now.

The article is titled Project Access Trains Blind Students in Cybersecurity.

Let’s spread the word of this one. I think its going to be something that could be huge.

While it targets kids to early adults, we can use all the help we can get.