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DARK Endowment Scholarship for Cybersecurity
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Do you have graduating seniors who have demonstrated a passion for cybersecurity?
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Class of 2026 graduating high school seniors are eligible to apply for the inaugural DARK Endowment Scholarship. Students must be accepted into an accredited undergraduate cybersecurity program or a closely-related field.
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Scholarship details are available on our website.
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Application Deadline: May 8, 2026
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Award Notification: May, 2026
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melissa.dark@darkenterprisesinc.com
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Scholarship Information:
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Looking for Cybersecurity Assessment Help?
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High school teachers are invited to a free one-hour webinar showcasing ARC. During the session, you will explore the two core components: curriculum and assessment guides and and assessment items. Both resources are grounded in the authoritative ACM CSEC Supplement and funded by a National Science Foundation grant. Join us to see how these ready-to-use resources can strengthen your course design, support meaningful assessment, and save you time.
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RSVP for a session using the provided link. Sessions are from 7:30-8:30 ET. There are 4 available dates.
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ARC Webinar Schedule and RSVP
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RSVP for Feb 19, March 12, April 9, or May 7 via this link:
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Assessment Items
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Multiple choice (960 items) and Open-ended items map directly to CSEC Learning Outcomes and Knowledge Statements. You can use as is or adapt for your classroom needs.
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Curriculum & Assessment Guides
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Learning Outcomes are unpacked through Knowledge Statements explaining essential terms, concepts, and examples to clarify the depth of knowledge.
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Teacher Professional Development Spring/Summer 2026
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Course Title: Foundations of Cybersecurity
- The course is online, asynchronous
- Self-paced, start and progress when it works for you
- Full of active learning
- Flexible for credentialing - teachers may earn 3 graduate credits hours by enrolling at UALR or DSU or earn a certificate of completion
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$350 at registration with $100 refund upon successful completion
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Register now:
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Questions?
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High School Cyber Competition - March 28
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Competition Information:
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Teachers can register their teams now for the March competition.
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During the 3-hour competition, teams of students work together to solve cybersecurity challenges. CYBERQUEST is a cloud-based competition that includes problems created by Lockheed Martin cybersecurity engineers. The Capture the Flag (CTF) format includes reverse engineering, web exploits, full OS hacks, forensics, open-source intelligence, cryptography, and cybersecurity awareness.
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The University of Alabama in Huntsville is currently enrolling students for RING, a free online foundational cybersecurity course.
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- RING is an asynchronous online foundational cybersecurity course taught by credentialed K-12 educators.
- The RING course is available to high school students across the United States.
- RING is provided at no cost through grants by the DoD, the NCAE-C program office located at the National Security Agency, and CAE institutions.
- Summer Semester (May - August 2026)
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DARK Enterprises Inc. is a non-profit dedicated to developing, supporting, and stewarding excellent cybersecurity education at the secondary level. We provide leadership, resources, training, and partnerships in support of assuring the U.S. has a robust and reliable talent pipeline in cybersecurity.
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