Statewide Cybersecurity Training Request Form

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Maryland Department of Labor, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) and the Employment Advancement Right Now (EARN) Maryland program grantee BCR Cyber will provide cybersecurity training to Maryland state and local government employees. This Statewide training will include BCR Cyber​’s Cybersecurity Operational Methods Education Training (“COMET”) which consists of both Incumbent and Advanced Incumbent Training.​​ ​​

Training requests are only for State and Local Government Employees at this time.

State Requirements ​are as follows:

• Employees who were not selected for prior Cyber Range training sessions,
• Minimum satisfactory PEP rating, and
• Whose IT role has direct or indirect responsibility for maintaining cybersecurity within their departments.​
  

Local Requirements are as follows:

• Local Managers (CIO, CISO, IT Director or their superior) must provide their recommendation for one qualified candidate to take the one per course via email to [email protected] contact details should include Name/Email/Manager/Training Type [incumbent or advanced incumbent].
• Whose IT role has direct or indirect responsibility for maintaining cybersecurity within their departments.

Program Descriptions:
Incumbent Training​
​ Advanced Training​

If chosen to participate in this training opportunity:

• Manager approval will be required to proceed in the process.
• It is expected that all work to support your State or Local position will still need to be completed during the weeks of training.
• A subsequent application form that captures certain demographic data will need to be completed. Participants may also be required to provide data upon completion of training.

​For any additional questions, please email [email protected]​​.