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2025 Digital Trust Workforce Inclusion Program: North Dakota and Minnesota

 

Launch your new IT career with your first ISACA certificate! No tech experience required. For adults who are seeking to enter the IT workforce and live within commuting distance to Fargo, ND, apply today!

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Applications Due: 11:59 pm CT, 4 June, 2024

 

Program Offering:

The Digital Trust Workforce Inclusion Program will provide an innovative, collaborative approach to create a pipeline for a diverse IT and Cybersecurity workforce. ISACA provides industry-recognized curriculum, certificates, certifications, and training that are well positioned to support the IT and Cybersecurity workforce demands. This includes the Information Technology Certified Associate™ (ITCA™) stackable certificate that is being offered to the North Dakota and Minnesota community.

We will select 50 applicants to receive weekly in-person classes facilitated by ISACA certified industry experts (see the four class options below), job readiness workshops, certification exam prep, and access to ISACA resources and training. 

If selected, we recommend you try to take all four classes, but understand that you may be limited by the dates and times:

  • Computing Fundamentals
  • Networks and Infrastructure Fundamentals
  • Cybersecurity Fundamentals
  • Software Development Fundamentals
  • Data Science Fundamentals

Program will start on xxxx 2025.  Classes will be held every Saturday from 9am-1:30pm. 

Application Criteria:

Applicants must:

  1. To apply, you first need a free ISACA account.
  2. Be 18 years of age or older
  3. Have an interest in a career in IT audit or cybersecurity
  4. Reside within North Dakota or Minnesota
  5. Identify as a member of an underrepresented community in IT 
  6. Submit a completed application
  7. Have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection

This program does not require completion of high school or college.