Zumaroc.com Is Assisting Africans In Advancing Their Cybersecurity Careers

Zumaroc.com is assisting Africans in advancing their cybersecurity careers

According to a prediction made by Cybersecurity Ventures, the cybersecurity industry has the most significant skills gap, with “an estimated 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs available but unfilled...” this year.

Zumaroc.com is a contemporary talent company that has been dubbed "the Andela for cybersecurity," as well as a crowdsourced security platform that is available to everyone. Specifically, the goal of this talent accelerator is to "solve the cybersecurity skills shortage in Africa." By 2023, they hope to have trained 1,000 offensive security professionals.. A platform for students, security researchers, and professionals to learn ethical hacking, earn money by reporting bugs, and become a part of a global community, Zumaroc is Africa's first Crowdsourced Security platform.

How to begin a career in cybersecurity if you have no or little prior experience?

The following is the story of Empress, who was one of the first women in Africa/Nigeria to earn the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification. Compared to other ethical hacking certifications, the OSCP is considered to be more technical, and it is one of the few that requires evidence of practical penetration testing skills.

She developed an interest in cyber security while working in software testing and integration and eventually became an OSCP certified professional. Empress began with Zumaroc's 30-day cybersecurity researcher training program, which she completed successfully. After completing the program, she was accepted into Zumaroc's 16-week talent development program, Get Trained. Become a Certified Professional. Obtain Employment.

A new way to learn Cybersecurity has been developed by the platform for beginners to intermediate students. Beginning on the first Monday of every month in March 2021, this 30-day Live-Online security research training program has been running on a monthly basis. With the help of word-of-mouth, the platform has grown to include more than 2,000 users. Zumaroc's security researchers come from all over the world, with the majority of them hailing from Nigeria, the United States, and Kenya, to name a few.

The reward of being a certified professional 

The Zumaroc accelerator program can help you become a Red Team professional who has received certification. In addition, because the cost of certification can be a barrier for some, financing is available through Zumaroc LLC financing.

Offensive security professionals are in high demand, and finding remote work or employment in financial institutions or telecommunications companies should not be a problem. A good example is Mohammed, another accelerator graduate who received his certification in July and currently holds a respectable position with a major commercial bank. If you follow in the footsteps of Mohammed and Empress, you too can have an incredibly inspiring start in your career!