Internships are valuable vehicles to help develop and cultivate talent that can help an organization over the long term. Identifying and developing quality talent, especially in the information security space, is a difficult and time-consuming task. The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society has sponsored and organized the SISMAT project to train talented undergraduates in the basics of information security tools, methods, and technology. One vital aspect of this course is linking these talented students with organizations in need of fostering that talent.

Industry, government, and non-profit institutions have expressed difficulty finding personnel with appropriate training in cyber security tools. This training requires hands-on experience with the actual methods and tools of secure systems, but only a very few Colleges and Universities are equipped to offer such training. SISMAT provides an educational program that helps address this critical and growing need.

If you are interested in hiring a participant in our course and can commit to having funding for such an internship position this upcoming summer, then we would like to hear from you. Please contact sismat at cs.dartmouth.edu.