Protect Organizations Through Cybersecurity
Transition into a lucrative and impactful career in cybersecurity to protect our nation’s leading organizations.
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No degree or experience required.
Protect Organizations Through Cybersecurity
A fun gamified learning journey
Through our self-paced learning platform, gain key skills through engaging content, level up to unlock rooms, earn achievement badges, and prepare for your certifications.
A fun gamified learning journey
Hands-on experience in a job simulation
We provide a realistic training environment that helps you build confidence and master the professional skills that companies need.
Hands-on experience in a job simulation
Showcase your achievements to leading employers
Build a digital portfolio to showcase your achievements with top industry employers within our network like The Boeing Company.
Showcase your achievements to leading employers
Get recruited for paid apprenticeships
Upon completion of our JumpStart Program, qualify for and get matched to sponsored apprenticeships for paid on-the-job training.
Get recruited for paid apprenticeships
Financial Aid & Support
Financial Aid & Support
How it Works
With RapidAscent, you decide what you learn and how far you go in your cybersecurity career.
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JumpStart
Begin with JumpStart
Begin by going through our gamified learning journey that takes approximately 2-4 weeks to complete. Gain skills as you level up, unlock rooms, and attain badges while training on actual systems where you secure networks against real threats and see how they withstand attacks.
Additionally, through JumpStart you’ll create a powerful digital portfolio to showcase your technical skills, achievements, and certifications to prospective employers.
How it Works
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Jump Start
Begin with Jump Start
Apprenticeship
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Level Up to a Paid Apprenticeship
After clearing the JumpStart program, you can work to get DoL Certified as a cybersecurity analyst or engineering apprentice.
Our advanced technology matches you with sponsored apprenticeship opportunities. Once you are vetted by one of our partnering companies, you’ll go through a 1-year training program as a company-paid employee and get expert mentorship while you tackle real world challenges.
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apprenticeship
Level Up to a Paid Apprenticeship
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Hired
Get Hired as a Cybersecurity Professional
Upon successful completion of the paid apprenticeship program, get hired by your sponsoring company or recruit with other top employers within our network.
We provide all the resources you need to succeed in your interview process.
Hired
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Get Hired as a Cyber Security Professional
Our Community
Combined Experience
50+
YEARS
Educated
10K+
STUDENTS
Partners
10
INDUSTRIES
Avg. Salary
$72000
ANNUAL
Our Community
FAQs
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1. What Is An Apprenticeship?
Apprenticeships are an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway that provide relevant workplace experiences while acquiring the skills, abilities, and credentials that employers value.
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2. What Benefit Programs Are Available to Me?
We work with a wide variety of programs through the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the Post-9/11 GI BIll, DOD Skillbridge, and Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC). We can work with you to understand and navigate the different programs and benefits you may be eligible to receive.
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3. Do I Need to Have Had a Cybersecurity Job in the Military?
The JumpStart and Apprenticeship opportunities are open to all veterans, no matter what military occupational codes, specialties, or certifications you earned. We will help you on your journey to becoming a cybersecurity professional regardless of your military experience and your MOS, AFCS, NEC, Rating, or Classification.
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4. Will I Receive Any Certification Of Completion?
You will receive macro and micro-credentials for completing courses and sets of courses during the training phase and will receive a Credly-recognized certificate of completion for the apprenticeship program. For partnering companies, the RapidAscent micro-credential may be awarded jointly with the corporate partner’s credential. Typically, the apprenticeships are Department of Labor approved.
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5. Will All Apprenticeships Be Offered A Position Upon Completion Of The Apprenticeship Program?
Apprentices are full-time apprenticed employees from day one and, if apprenticeship requirements are met (taking and passing classes and learning through on-the-job training), full job employment is not guaranteed and will be determined by the company upon completion of the program.
Jump Start Your Career in Cybersecurity
Powered by Our Veteran Instructors
Participate in our Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program at zero cost to you without touching your GI Bill.
Our hands-on training is competency and skill-based which propels you into a paid apprenticeship program. We take the same crawl, walk, run approach that works for the military.
There’s a lot of ways to get funding for your transition into a new career. We work with you to identify what programs you qualify for and combine various funding sources together to fully cover your tuition.
The programs include SkillBridge, DoL, VA programs, grants, and more.
Active Duty Personnel
If you are sponsored by an employer, the DoD Program pays your military salary and up to $4,500 of tuition. The employer pays the remainder of your tuition.
If you are not immediately sponsored by an employer, we connect you with other interested employers within our network and ensure you are matched with a suitable apprenticeship opportunity. Once hired, follow the sponsored track.
You’re Already 50% There on Your Cybersecurity Journey
As transitioning service members and veterans, you already possess protective skills that are highly transferable to cybersecurity.
Leveraging JumpStart
The JumpStart Program exists to give you the training, guidance, and resources to successfully go into cybersecurity. From learning how to write a resume and interview to working on hands-on projects that train for key skills, we help to take the confusion out of the transitioning process so you can continue to serve and further your career in the private sector.
You Have the Foundations Already
You bring your diverse experience and core skills to the JumpStart program. You will receive technical training to transfer those skills to cybersecurity. Afterward, you get matched with an employer that trains you full-time as a paid apprentice until you’re ready to be a fully qualified cybersecurity professional for the organization.
The same commitment to the mission, dedication, and passion that you displayed in your military service will lead to continued success in your transition to cybersecurity.
You’re Already 50% There On Your Cybersecurity Journey
Cybersecurity provides you an opportunity to continue your mission to protect the nation in the public or private sectors and the country’s infrastructure. You make a long-lasting impact by solving the technology industry’s most challenging problems and shielding sensitive information from outside threats.
Learn more about our industry programs such as our Aerospace program training including companies like the Boeing Company.
Master tasks to secure products from government related sectors, such as aerospace and defense systems, and commercial systems, such as finance and healthcare.
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We are a training provider for the Boeing Technical Apprenticeship Program (BTAP) that delivers an accelerated and on-the-job cybersecurity training for those interested in gaining cybersecurity skills and mentorship for in-demand roles.
Each year, numerous cohorts of applicants from the BTAP go through our JumpStart Program to learn the fundamentals of cybersecurity and get assessed for performance. From those students, top performers are chosen for a paid technical apprenticeship, where they spend up to 12 months gaining hands-on experiences and job-ready skills to become a qualified full-time job candidate at Boeing.
Upon completion, students receive an industry-recognized credential from Boeing as well as a recognized U.S. Department of Labor registered apprenticeship credential.
Aerospace Program Case Study
Trent has served in the Navy, Navy Reserves, National Guard, and Army ROTC. Upon degree completion at Indiana University he was commissioned as an Army Officer serving in a Military Intelligence branch detailed to Artillery. He served 40 months in combat and is 100% disabled. He successfully graduated from a cybersecurity bootcamp that allowed him to land his dream job as an ISSO.
Like many veterans, he experienced the challenge of going from the known to the unknown. The work culture of the private sector is nothing like military traditions, and working in an organization entails different expectations. That can be disorienting and daunting.
Much like national security, this career path requires individuals to have a drive to serve and a mission-focused mindset. You embody those characteristics and hold the experiences to make a difference in cybersecurity, a career field with many opportunities for growth.
Our competitive JumpStart program is designed to help you with your transition from the military to a new fast-paced, mission focused, and lucrative role in cybersecurity. With 3.5 million unfilled jobs worldwide, we are your catalyst into this new career. We are a DoL-Registered Program. SkillBridge and VET TEC coming soon.
Continue Your Mission
Continue your mission
Make a Difference
Make a Difference
A Smooth Transition
A Smooth Transition