JOIN THE ONLINE COMMUNITY
Join your peers for support and advice on transitioning into Cyber.
ACCESS THE CYBER ACADEMY
To benefit from Tier 1 vocational cyber training.
USE THE CREST CV SERVICE
Send your CV to the best Cyber employers across the UK.
ATTEND EVENTS AND MEETUPS
Join us for Events and local meetups across the UK.
ACCESS THE JOBS BOARD
New jobs weekly from employers wanting Veterans to join their Cyber teams.
MISSION
Our mission is to build a bridge for veterans and service leavers into cyber security and technology sector.
The 900,000 working aged veterans and 15,000 service leavers a year have the skills to shape the future of our digital economy and support the security and prosperity of the UK.
Only 4% of veterans are working in tech and cyber. This is 20% lower than non-veterans (for female veterans this figure is 50% lower!).
TechVets creates new opportunities for ‘tech-curious’ veterans through partnerships.
If you are still serving, leaving the military or a veteran interested in tech, then we would love you to join the TechVets community.
HOME OF THE VETERANS’ CYBER ACADEMY
The Veterans’ Cyber Academy enables veterans from any background to learn and develop REAL hands-on cyber skills and get recognised for cyber security jobs (FREE). No prior technical background is required.
So far we have launched 3 cohorts.
- Cohort 1 – 200 people (April 2018)
- Cohort 2 – 500 people (July 2018)
- Cohort 3– 1,700 people (Jan 2019)
The final cohort will be launched in July 2019 and will be uncapped and available to all veterans and service leavers.
The Academy is powered by Immersive Labs, the global leader in Cyber training.
“Identifying, developing and measuring practical cyber security skills is the great challenge for all companies today. The Immersive Labs approach is the most exciting thing I’ve seen in this space: scalable, agile and appropriate to the way a new generation learns. It has the potential to disrupt and transform this crucial market.”
Robert Hannigan, Ex-Director, GCHQ
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
AMBASSADOR
GENERAL SIR RICHARD BARRONS KCB CBE
FORMER COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND
General Sir Richard Barrons served as Commander Joint Forces Command, one of the six “Chiefs of Staff” leading the UK Armed Forces until April 2016. He was responsible for 23,000 people worldwide and a budget of £4.3Bn, delivering intelligence, Special Forces, operational command and control, all surveillance, reconnaissance and information systems and communications, operational logistics, medical support, and advanced education and training across the Armed Forces.
An artillery officer, his military career included leadership from Captain to General on military operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan – often as part of US-led coalitions and in NATO. He is President and Colonel Commandant of the Honourable Artillery Company, a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS.
FOUNDERS
Mike Butcher M.B.E.
TECHCRUNCH
Editor-at-large of TechCrunch, Mike has been named one of the most influential people in European technology by various newspaper and magazines.
Founder of the annual Europas Conference & Awards, the charity TechFugees, former advisor to UK Government on tech startup policy.
Peter Connolly
TORO RISK SOLUTIONS
Peter served for 12 years as an infantry officer and completed rours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Brunei, India, Belize, Northern Ireland, Kenya, and, Somalia. On leaving service Peter worked in the security industry before establishing Toro Risk Solutions, which provides physical, personnel, and cyber security services to private and institutional clients.
Major (retd), Founder and CEO of Toro Risk Solutions.
Euan Crawford
CEPIENT
Euan has worked in Corporate Finance and Tech fundraising for over 10 years in the UK and emerging markets. Euan is a qualified Chartered Accountant who focuses on de-risking investment opportunities. Euan served in Iraq with the Army Reserve and is passionate about supporting veterans’ journeys into industry.
Euan is the CEO of Cepient and an Advisor to QuantSpark.
Mark Milton
AMBERLIGHT PARTNERS
Mark is an service design specialist who has worked with clients across the public and private sectors including: Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Sony, BBC, Channel 4, UK Home Office, Cabinet Office.
CEO and Co-founder of Amberlight Partners, Co-Founder of the International UX Partners IUXP.
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