As technology continues to play a fundamental role in our day-to-day lives, it’s critical to protect the technology that we use. Cybersecurity concerns the technologies, methods, and practices employed to protect the virtual and cyber physical world – including computers, mobile devices, databases, networks and programs – from infiltration and attack by unauthorized individuals and organizations. Cybersecurity careers allow individuals to help public and private organizations protect their information and assets from a broad range of cyberattacks.

The Cybersecurity Community is designed to keep students informed about relevant industry news and connect them with related opportunities.

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2026

The technology story of 2026 has moved off the screen and into the physical world. Innovation is accelerating in the power grids and chips that underpin the data center boom; in the intelligent robots that embody AI; in the agentic …

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45+ AI Engineer Interview Questions & Answers (2026 Guide)

AI engineer interview questions show up inside software engineer, ML engineer, and forward-deployed loops at AI-first companies.

They test whether you can build and serve an LLM-backed product under real constraints: inference batching, RAG, agent design, cost and token budgets, …

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When You Should Actually Start Applying for Internships

Apply for a fall internship as soon as spring semester starts, a spring internship by early-to-mid fall, and a summer internship by mid-fall the year before, not the spring you actually want it. Some finance, consulting, and tech recruiting programs …

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Learn What It Takes to Become a Cybersecurity Consultant

Cybersecurity consultants have never been more in demand. Information security analyst roles are projected to grow nearly 30 percent between now and 2034, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than 15 million cybercrime incidents occurred worldwide in …

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Security Engineer Interview Prep (2026 Guide)

Below, we discuss how to prepare for and ace your security engineer interviews.

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Verified: K.O. Orias, our security engineer interview course lead (Ex-NASA, Microsoft Security Partner), wrote this guide. K.O. has conducted 100+ cybersecurity interviews.

Security Engineer Interview Process

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Career Resources

Below is a list of competitive industry graduate fellowships and research internships for MS and PhD students. The majority have …

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