Online scammers, scalpers, and
criminals have been a threat for as long as the internet has been around, but
the snakes have truly come out of the grass with the recent COVID pandemic. New
Orleans is known for many things, but technological savvy is not one of its
celebrated facets. Loyola University is
making a push to change this with its partnership with HackerUSA, through which both of them will
attempt to better educate the city and help to safeguard against cybercrime and
promote business in the online plane.
The Cybersecurity Bootcamp provides
hands-on and foundational information for, as you might have surmised, safe
practices on the internet. This is not just a crash course on what links to
click and what links to avoid, though; much of the Cybersecurity Bootcamp is
dedicated to instilling skills and higher-learning in participants, to the
degree that they can be qualified for jobs directly involved in the workforce's
cybersecurity fields. Alongside the Digital Marketing Bootcamp, this course
will run for a 10-month period.
The Digital Marketing Bootcamp is
the second and more business-minded of the two courses put on by HackerUSA and
Loyola University. Focused on giving participants business savvy and the
esoteric knowledge that comes specifically with the digital side of marketing,
this course spans topics from search engine optimization to data analytics and
has the same goal of instilling professional-level skill sets as its
cybersecurity counterpart. The CEO of HackerUSA had this to say about both of
the programs: "The Loyola University Digital Skills
Bootcamps are a great opportunity for those eager to gain the technical skills
and career support needed to break into New Orleans's booming tech industry or
even launch a startup of their own."
Both of these courses
will be taught by mavens in their field who have a dependable background in the
respective areas, so if you are an up-and-coming digital entrepreneur or are
looking to adapt your business to the COVID-adjusted world, give these two
digital bootcamps some serious consideration.
For more information
on this collaboration, click HERE.
