Formed in 'Wall St' in January 2015, the CWA has perfected a virtual-menternship(TM) model to accelerate and scale the number of workforce ready next-generation Cybersecurity candidates that are more attractive to hire - because the CWA part-time course cuts 3-6 months out of on-boarding them and making them productive. Find out more at CWA@iQ4.com

1. VIRTUAL-MENTERNSHIPS™ - INDUSTRY LED ALLIANCE TO ADD CAPACITY AND EXPERIENCE TO
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FOR SCALABLE OUTCOMES
DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE STUDENTS INTO WORKFORCE READINESS AND JOBS
ROI 30-60:1 REPORTED
Cybersecurity Workforce Alliance (CWA) From Initiative to Movement
2011 - 2014
2015
2016
2017
Proving the virtual internship model with NASA
iQ4/NASA STEM outreach to test virtual team-based Epic-Challenges with students from a mix of
Schools, Colleges and to Universities: Mars All Terrain Vehicle; Intelligent Clothing for Space travel, etc.
Adoption by Industry and education
q Jan – CWA Founded SIFMA, Federal Reserve Bank NY, Bank NY Mellon, Goldman Sachs,
JPM Chase, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, Capgemini, Express Scripts ($120Bn Healthcare),
NASA, the John Jay School of Criminal Justice and iQ4 Corp – as provider of the virtual-
menternship™ Workforce Skills Development Platform.
q April - National Initiative of Cybersecurity Education (NICE) invites iQ4’s CEO to chair the
Workforce Workgroup to Produce Cross-Sector Job Family Taxonomy. JPMChase co-chairs.
q July Pilot Finals at Federal Reserve Bank NY. 17 students in 2 teams of cross faculty
students. Outcome: CWA-Alumni "Equal to 12-months of work experience in terms of
poise, confidence , communication skills and the team based scenarios and knowledge
of the NIST Cybersecurity framework”. Alumni get internships at BNYMellon and FBI .
q Fall Semester - University at Albany NY, graduates 22 additional Alumni. Model proven.
Members form workgroups to scale. 39 CWA Alumni now Cyber Career Aware with
applied learning experience/knowledge of the NIST Framework. Internships and Jobs
result at PWC, FBI, Capgemini, DA’s Office, etc.
q November NICE 2015 San Diego iQ4 introduces CWA Platform, Curriculum and Scalable
model to conference showing how open source NICE taxonomy is leveraged
q CWA Spring Semester. City University NY and University at Albany, NY scale CWA Alumni
output by 55 - total CWA Alumni to May 2016 = 94
q November NICE Conference Kansas City | CWA Members from JPMorgan Chase, US
Navy, President of U-Albany and Provost John Jay present the benefits of CWA
membership and movement for Students, Education and Employers
q December CWA Fall Semester | City University NY and University at Albany, NY scale
CWA Alumni by another 92 (total 147)
q April - iQ4 Corp and National Student Clearing House (NSC) Awarded 1st Prize for "Best
Practices in Standards-based Education with Verifiable Transcripts”
q May Spring Semester - City University NY Colleges, University at Albany, NY and St Rose,
NY scale CWA Alumni output by157. Total Alumni output in 18-months = 354
q June - iQ4 Platform and Model confirmed within the Article 26 Backpack™ Refugee
Education Programme. Ford Foundation and others funding with a mission to develop
workforce ready graduates to rebuild lives, careers and communities.
q October - Speaking Engagements: Toronto: On-line Learning Conference 1,000 people
from 95 countries and in Washington at ISACA CSX on CWA workforce development
q Fall Semester: Planning on 500+ new Alumni, opening in UK Regions and in Paris.
Expansion of curriculum to include IoT, Supply Chain Risk and Autonomous Vehicles.
q November - NICE 2017 Conference, Dayton Oh. Topic: Virtual-Menternships™ with
Measured & Verified Co-Curricular Transcripts Scale Workforce Ready Cyber Candidate
Supply
Scaling from 14 founders to 570+ members
1st Prize Best Practices in Standards-based Cybersecurity
Education + CWA UK Opened
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39 CWA Alumni
147 CWA Alumni
Est.> 650 CWA Alumni

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