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The Visa Payments Learning Program was developed in response to the White House National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan, which called on businesses to broaden pathways for individuals to get into cybersecurity. The program has three main avenues: An apprenticeship program, a military talent program and individual cybersecurity courses and certifications offered through Visa University. The program will provide new pathways, especially for those with non traditional education backgrounds.
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"Talent across the board are choosing to enter the workforce without a four-year degree or by changing career paths," says Jeremy Broome, SVP of Global Talent at Visa. "With these offerings, we are creating multiple pathways for talent seeking to break into the cybersecurity field."
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"We assessed our internal capabilities and created ways to educate the greater payments industry by providing training and certification programs that will deliver a solid foundation for talent," he says. "It is imperative that we change our views on what the standard cyber professional's credentials look like."
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The apprenticeship program consists of 16 weeks of specialist training, followed by a one-year apprenticeship, featuring on-the-job training of technical and business skills. The military track is similar, except it recruits and hires military veterans, reservists and military spouses into a program that reskills or
The third option, courses and certifications offered through Visa University, do not guarantee employment at Visa, but were created instead to offer educational resources to
"This program is a win-win solution for Visa and the payments industry," Broome says. "It's important for organizations to invest in training and development and work towards increasing diversity within the industry."