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Cybersecurity training comes to Washington Street

"Mississippi News Hub graphic: free cybersecurity training in Vicksburg through MCITy"

Rust College, MCITy and Cisco have joined up on a training program aimed at a real gap: Mississippi has 2,186 cybersecurity jobs sitting unfilled, and the shortfall nationwide is close to 470,000.

Classes run in person at MCITy, at 1622 Washington St., and online. Students get hands-on lab work and certifications recognized across the industry, and they leave with a Rust College cybersecurity certificate plus a placement working inside a Mississippi business.

Any Mississippian can apply, and recent graduates, career changers and veterans move to the front of the line.

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