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DECREE VI Scholars Summer Program

Welcome to the DECREE VI Scholars Summer Program! This program is designed to enhance your skills and knowledge in cybersecurity, offering a variety of engaging educational activities and opportunities for professional development. The activities that are part of the summer program are detailed below:

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All activities need to start by June 2025 and completed by September 2025.

Application deadline is May 26th, 2025.

Prepare for DoD-Approved Certifications

Enhance your credentials by preparing and taking a Department of Defense-approved cybersecurity certification exams:

  • Security + (SY0-701): Build foundational security skills and knowledge.
  • PenTest + (PT0-002): Focus on penetration testing and offensive security measures.

Complete Cybersecurity Hands-on Batches with PentesterLab

Advance your cybersecurity skills by completing the following badge courses on PentesterLab over the summer:

  • Blue Badge: Start here if you’re new to cybersecurity and learn the basics.
  • Green Badge: Dive into specific techniques for exploiting serialized data.
  • Orange Badge: Further your understanding of security with more complex challenges.

Different badges can be completed based on scholars background.

Engage in Industry and Research

  • Attend Local Cybersecurity Professional Conferences: Network with professionals or rechearchers and learn from experts at events realted to the VICEROY areas. There is a limited funding for these conferences determine by each University.

Biweekly Reflections

If you are joining any of these summer oportunities, you are required to submit a biweekly Linkedin post in our LinkedIn group reflecting on their summer activities.

If you are interested, please contact us at viceroydecree-admin@khoury.northeastern.edu, and provide:

Summer Certification / PentesterLab Plan

  1. Goal & Deadline
    Provide the specific certification exam or PentesterLab track you will complete and state your target completion date.
  2. Weekly Schedule
    Outline the number of study hours you will commit each week and list the topics, labs, or modules you will cover.
  3. Milestones & Evidence (LinkedIn Updates)
    Identify at least three checkpoints, describe the evidence you will submit for each, and commit to posting a brief progress update with supporting proof in the program’s LinkedIn group