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Learn more about our Summer 2025 Class! 

Where is the class taught? 

APL STEM Center (Building 201)
11091 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723

 

This class will be taught at the APL STEM facilities in APL Building 201. It is an in-person workshop. Please look for Building 201 as navigation apps may direct you to Building 200 which is next to Building 201.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Due to the generosity of our supporters, this workshop is free. All materials will be provided to the students. If a student wishes to take notes, they may wish to bring a pen/pencil.

When is the class?

Weekdays 4:00-6:00 p.m. (Eastern)  
July 14 - 25, 2025

What will I learn?

This course will provide an introduction to understanding how computer attacks work and how to secure computers against cyber attacks. Course topics include:

  • Ethics and Legal Consequences of Illegal Computer Hacking

  • Linux

  • Basic Networking

  • Open Source Intelligence and Reconnaissance

  • Ethical Network Scanning and Computer Exploitation

  • Post Exploitation, Intrusion Detection, and System Hardening

  • Capstone Projects and Future Opportunities in Cybersecurity

How do I apply?

Registration for our 2025 Workshop is now closed. Acceptance and Waitlist notifications are sent on February 17, 2025.

Thank you all for applying.

How do you select the students?

To maintain fairness, we follow a very strict process. We often receive requests for special consideration to students who have not met the application criteria. We do not make allowances for these requests as we often have far more applicants than available seats and want to be fair to all applicants. Once the application deadline closes we do the following:

  • Filter our applicant list down to those who meet the following:

    • Are current high school students

    • Filled out the application

    • Sent a Teacher Letter of Recommendation

  • We then select students from that pool based on the date that they applied. For 2025, we are accepting 26 students.

    • There is a drastic shortage of female participation within the cybersecurity workforce. Therefore, there is a reserved block of seats in this year’s workshop for female applicants. If we do not fill that reservation, those seats will be given to other applicants.

Are there any additional requirements?

No.

We will ask the selected students to fill out a background and demographic survey that is anonymous. This helps us track the workshop’s performance over the years. Filling out the survey is voluntary, but it does help us very much.