“ECCU is dedicated to equipping our veteran community to become heroes and warriors in the battle for Cyber Security.”
-Lata Bavisi (President, ECCU)
-Lata Bavisi (President, ECCU)
To honor our veterans and support them for the struggles they faced in defending the nation, ECCU extends the offer of a zero-cost application (application fee waived) for Veterans. ECCU recognizes the challenges that the veterans face post duty and takes an active step to encourage and motivate veterans to join the most in-demand career that is most suited to a veterans critical thinking ability.
Veterans are ideal candidates for this career field. Discipline, ethics and integrity characterize military service. This experience and these qualities will uniquely qualify those who served to be protectors and defenders of cyber space and organizational assets.
Join fellow future cyber security leaders in studies featuring ethical hacking, forensic investigation, penetration testing, secure programming, incident handling, cyber leadership and much more.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and graduate certificate programs are eligible for VA Education Benefits. For complete information on using your benefits, please visit www.vets.gov
All online education programs taken as part of an EC-Council programs are covered by the GI Bill®. Distance housing allowance rates are also an applicable benefit.. “GI Bill®” is a registered trademark of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
Navigate to www.vets.gov/education/apply/ to apply for your benefits and get your “Certificate of Eligibility.” Once you are admitted to EC-Council University,
our admissions team will help ensure you submit all necessary documents.
Our veterans coordinators can help you access and make the most of your veterans’ benefits.
We are not Safe
Cyberspace: Fertile ground for attacks. NO individual or organization is safe without employees being equipped with both the right skills set and knowledge to defend and protect them.
Critical shortage: Cyber security professionals are urgently needed at all levels of organizations.
20Million
Cyber Attacks Per Day
2Million
Vacancies Worldwide in the Cyber Workforce
84Percent
Of Openings Require a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
Cyber Heroes are needed across every industry
The fastest increases in demand for cybersecurity workers are in Finance (+137% over the last five years), Health Care (+121%), and Retail Trade (+89%). (Burning-glass.com)