Cyber Defenders is a cybersecurity program training Silicon Valley high school and community college students in industry-level cybersecurity skills including application security, network security, penetration testing, machine learning and AI. Employer partners include Facebook, Malwarebytes, Tanium, Symantec, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Shape Security and others. Alumni have transferred to CS degree programs at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and cybersecurity internships.

Our non-profit fiscal sponsor is Growth Sector and industry sponsor is Lib13 Inc.

Check our blog for day to day information on our programs and browse the programs and projects tabs for details on our work over past few years.

Want To Intern With Us?

Cyberdefenders is looking for interns; please contact cyberdefendersprogram [at] gmail.com to share your skills and work experiences. Let us know how you can contribute. Give us an idea of what type of projects you’d like to engage in and how we can help you build your work experience. Our part-time (10-12 hours) intern positions are unpaid; however, we’ll make up for that by helping with your concrete resume skills. Also, we are raising funds to hire one full-time intern position.