Cisco's $10 Million in Scholarships for Cyber

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I'll just leave this here

https://mkto.cisco.com/Security-Scholarship.html

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willhi1979

Ertaz wrote: »

I could never get them to email me the hours for each class. Opened a ticket, reopened, escalated, closed again.

Please post what they say. I've held back some on Course 2 since I am waiting for the official word.

Ertaz

willhi1979 wrote: »

Please post what they say. I've held back some on Course 2 since I am waiting for the official word.

Dude, I gave up and got my CPEs elsewhere. I tracked my hours and applied the actual time I spent studying for the exams. The rule is that a single entry can't exceed 40 hours.

Ertaz

[FONT=&quot]In the two years since Chuck Robbins announced the Cisco Global Cyber Ops Scholarship, we've had:[/FONT]

Over 70,000 Applicants
Over 20,000 Students Enrolled
And almost 8,000 students complete both the SECFND and SECOPS courses

So percentage wise, %29 of the applicants enrolled. Of those enrollees, only %40 completed both courses. Of the folks that completed the course, I wonder what percentage actually became certified.

K-9

Regarding CPE hours - I went back and forth with Cisco about it. They finally directed me to the sales pages for the courses and said they are 40 hours each.

K-9

Ertaz wrote: »

[FONT="]In the two years since Chuck Robbins announced the Cisco Global Cyber Ops Scholarship, we've had:[/FONT]
Over 70,000 Applicants

Over 20,000 Students Enrolled

And almost 8,000 students complete both the SECFND and SECOPS courses

So percentage wise, %29 of the applicants enrolled. Of those enrollees, only %40 completed both courses. Of the folks that completed the course, I wonder what percentage actually became certified.

I cannot believe so many didn't finish FREE classes when given four months to finish them. Now I wonder how many CCNA Cyber Ops individuals are out there in the world.

iseeyou

fabostrong wrote: »

Yes, I did.

really, what does your email say?
am still waiting for email to give me credential to login

EANx

K-9 wrote: »

I cannot believe so many didn't finish FREE classes when given four months to finish them.

There are a lot of un-motivated people out there.

PsychoData91

Are all the scholarships done?
I feel like I read something about it still going on a week or so ago and was wanting to look into it

Svoboda

Does anyone know what time the vouchers process?

I've had the SECOPs course done since Monday and didn't get anything Tuesday and nothing yet today. Are the emails sent out in the AM or PM?

psheehan5

I used the SECFND for CEUs. The landing pages for both SECFND and SECOPS state that each course is 100 hours. Regardless, you can only claim 40 hours within ISC2 for any course. So you can claim 40 for SECFND and 40 for SECOPS. Since 40 is all you need for one year, you have fulfilled the CISSP CEUs for the year with either course. I called ISC2 and verified that 40 was all I could claim for any course.

K-9

psheehan5 wrote: »

I used the SECFND for CEUs. The landing pages for both SECFND and SECOPS state that each course is 100 hours. Regardless, you can only claim 40 hours within ISC2 for any course. So you can claim 40 for SECFND and 40 for SECOPS. Since 40 is all you need for one year, you have fulfilled the CISSP CEUs for the year with either course. I called ISC2 and verified that 40 was all I could claim for any course.

The actual Cisco pages for each course said 40 hrs each. I sent a screenshot of those pages to ISC2 when they had no idea how many hours. They agreed to 40 hours. It looks like Cisco took that "40 hours" off the pages. I just checked.

However, another page lists it as 5 days which equates to 40 hours. I would screenshot it for your records if I were you:

https://learninglocator.cloudapps.cisco.com/courseDetails.do?actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=8577

https://learninglocator.cloudapps.cisco.com/courseDetails.do?actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=8576

psheehan5

Thanks K-9. I saved the entire landing page that shows 100 hours each in the event someone asks. The courses you linked to are one week courses. Where as the scholarship page specifically says "Duration: 100+ hours" for each SECFND and SECOPS and then goes on to say "a total of 122 days of study time". Regardless, ISC2 doesn't allow more than 40 CPEs for an activity. I am sure we'll both be good. Thanks for the reply!

K-9

psheehan5 wrote: »

Thanks K-9. I saved the entire landing page that shows 100 hours each in the event someone asks. The courses you linked to are one week courses. Where as the scholarship page specifically says "Duration: 100+ hours" for each SECFND and SECOPS and then goes on to say "a total of 122 days of study time". Regardless, ISC2 doesn't allow more than 40 CPEs for an activity. I am sure we'll both be good. Thanks for the reply!

Some people have more than one cert that needs CPEs. I screenshot both of those (40 hrs and 100+ hrs) pages and sent them all to ISC2. I also sent ISC2 the screenshot of the my Cisco case about the number of hours. ISC2 decided 40 hours for each class will be allowed.

psheehan5

Sounds good to me. Have a great one!

relegated

Svoboda wrote: »

Does anyone know what time the vouchers process?

I've had the SECOPs course done since Monday and didn't get anything Tuesday and nothing yet today. Are the emails sent out in the AM or PM?

SECOPS voucher won't be available until the 31st.

Svoboda

relegated wrote: »

SECOPS voucher won't be available until the 31st.

Thanks, just saw that on the main page. I usually zip right past after I log in. Probably should have that info on the vouchers help page, too.

EnderWiggin

Svoboda wrote: »

Thanks, just saw that on the main page. I usually zip right past after I log in. Probably should have that info on the vouchers help page, too.

Yeah, that isn't great service right there. If I were you, I'd demand a refund.

relegated

On the topic of ISC2 CPE I think you get 30 CPE from studying/passing the test.

http://www.techexams.net/forums/isc-sscp-cissp/132203-sscp-cpe-questions.html

relegated

Spoke with ISC2, they said you get up to 30 CPE for a certification but only your actual study time. So if you only studied 10 hours you only get 10 CPE.

Pseudonym

Anyone in this cohort had a SECOPS voucher yet?

relegated

Not yet, still waiting for mine, studying at the moment maybe I can take it tomorrow or early next week.

Pseudonym

I really want to take it tomorrow. Literally the only bad thing about this scholarship has been waiting for vouchers. These last few weeks have been agony haha

RussInGotham

I'm about a week away from qualifying for one.

shochan

Pseudonym wrote: »

I really want to take it tomorrow. Literally the only bad thing about this scholarship has been waiting for vouchers. These last few weeks have been agony haha

Never hurts to keep studying, more you know the easier the test will be. But the nice thing is you do get a retake from what I read.

yoba222

So has there been a time gap between the course ending and getting vouchers? Guess I could just spend 60 seconds going back a few pages . . .

Svoboda

Pseudonym wrote: »

Anyone in this cohort had a SECOPS voucher yet?

Expected it today as the site said vouchers would be available on the 31st and I never got mine. It stinks because I've been finished for over two weeks and I'm going to have to do a major refresher now as my local testing centers are usually booked a solid 2 weeks out. This has been the one qualm I've had about the program.

Pseudonym

Svoboda wrote: »

Expected it today as the site said vouchers would be available on the 31st and I never got mine. It stinks because I've been finished for over two weeks and I'm going to have to do a major refresher now as my local testing centers are usually booked a solid 2 weeks out. This has been the one qualm I've had about the program.

Same, I finished May 14.

I've opened a case with Cisco cert support and they've asked for my certificate of completion. I advise you do the same.

Pseudonym

Cert support sent me my voucher now. Unfortunately too late to take the exam today but booked in for Monday

Svoboda

Pseudonym wrote: »

Cert support sent me my voucher now. Unfortunately too late to take the exam today but booked in for Monday

Yep, May 14th for me too. I just submitted my case. Did they get back to you quickly?

EnderWiggin

Svoboda wrote: »

Expected it today as the site said vouchers would be available on the 31st and I never got mine. It stinks because I've been finished for over two weeks and I'm going to have to do a major refresher now as my local testing centers are usually booked a solid 2 weeks out. This has been the one qualm I've had about the program.

That's pretty poor service on their part. You should ask for a refund.