The GenCyber program works to increase interest in cybersecurity careers and diversity in the cybersecurity workforce, help all students understand correct and safe online behavior, and improve teaching methods for delivery of cybersecurity content to K-12 students. This program provides cybersecurity summer camp experiences for students and teachers at no charge.

Instructors looking to mentor students in cybersecurity can request to teach RING (Regions Investing in the Next Generation), an online high school cybersecurity course for students and schools without existing programs. RING goes beyond traditional coursework, offering networking opportunities and the chance to earn high school credit in select states.

CHI (Cybersecurity High School Innovations) is a teacher development program to prepare teachers to instruct high school cybersecurity courses and train teachers how to run an afterschool cybersecurity competition club. Five weeks of synchronous and asynchronous classes precede an in-person summer intensive.

The National Cybersecurity Teaching Academy (NCTA) enhances cybersecurity education in the U.S. by preparing qualified teachers through a 12-18 credit hour graduate certificate. Funded by the CAE Community, it offers courses on teaching cybersecurity, network security, and advanced topics. Four universities—DePaul, Louisville, Arkansas-Little Rock, and California State-Sacramento—provide this virtual program.

The EPNC works to create a national network for cybersecurity education-to-career pathways, enhance student success, promote collaboration among educational institutions, and support initiatives to expand and diversify the future workforce.