Last week, fourteen young adults in and around New York City had a lot to celebrate. After 26 rigorous weeks of training, including a 10-week internship with some of the world’s top companies, they became the first graduating class of Symantec’s signature corporate responsibility program – the Symantec Cybersecurity Career Connection (SC3).

As graduates of SC3, these young adults have positioned themselves to join the next generation of cybersecurity professionals and help fill a much needed gap in our industry for highly-skilled, diverse and experienced candidates.  For example, there are an estimated 300,000 open cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. that cannot be filled despite evidence that 20% could be filled by candidates without a four-year college degree. Additionally, the youth unemployment rate for ages 18-24 has reached 15 percent, or double the national adult average, while women and minorities are under-represented in cybersecurity roles.

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