This entry is for our 4-month training program. Cohere Academy teaches students the fundamentals of software security, including an understanding of low level coding languages, how to find software vulnerabilities, and how to build tools using the software development life cycle. Over the course of 4 months, you will work closely with seasoned security engineers in an intense program designed to take your programming and security skills to a new level. Successful graduates of our program will be able to hit the ground running with confidence as a CNO developer, where you will research and create software to solve some of the hardest cybersecurity problems.

Cohere Academy prepares students for positions as a Computer Network Operations (CNO) Developer across multiple operating systems to include Windows and Linux.

We're pursuing motivated individuals that want to take their coding and cybersecurity skills to the next level with direct opportunities for employment post-SkillBridge. We encourage ALL interested applicants to apply, regardless of technical background or proficiency level. While we consider all applicants, certain backgrounds typically have better prepared applicants for the program and have made them more competitive in the application process. Many of our program graduates have a background in cyber operations specialties such as cyber warfare, penetration testing, vulnerability research, threat hunting, computer forensics, malware analysis, reverse engineering, systems administration, and/or computer networking. Other criteria that makes applicants more competitive are: familiarity with low level languages such as C and Assembly; applicants previously interested in pursuing CNODP; college courses involving programming, reverse engineering, or operating systems; commercial training or certifications such as PEN-200 (OSCP), EXP-301 (OSED), EXP-401 (OSEE), SANS SEC670, SANS SEC660 (GXPN), SANS SEC760, SANS FOR610 (GREM), SANS FOR710, or work on hobbyist projects and self-study that align with these various criteria. If you feel your skillset is lacking in these areas, we still recommend applying ASAP as we can provide mentoring/coaching well in advance to help prepare you to interview for our SkillBridge program.