Evolve Security Academy

The course was in its infancy, would not recommend at this time, should they revamp and learn from their mistakes then perhaps. The instruction started strong, but as the class moved forward more flaws were exposed. The labs were constantly crashing,... Read More the direction of the instruction was almost non-existent. Their was much wasted time, as a working student my time is valuable and I prefer not to waste it googling and youtubing everything myself - that is why I took the course, unfortunately much of the "try harder" instruction felt like a cop out to actual instruction.

I have had an excellent experience in the Bootcamp. I found the curriculum, instructional staff, and career services personnel to be outstanding. Without this program, I am confident it would have taken me much longer to gain the knowledge and experience... Read More necessary to move into a profitable new career in AI development.

The technical side of the bootcamp, combined with the career coaching portion, has given me an incredible amount of knowledge that it would have taken me years to amass on my own. I am so happy I decided to join Evolve. It was the best pandemic decision... Read More I made. (In fact, I've already recommended the bootcamp to one or two people who are looking for a new career direction.)

The course is designed to work for somebody with a full time job. This is incredible. When one goes to college the grand majority of your debt is due to living expenses during. I appreciate now, that the field of hacking is constantly, constantly changing;... Read More and that the staff at Evolve is constantly evolving the curriculum even as we learn to reflect that. I also appreciate that there's more than a bit of a hands-off approach that forces us to learn to learn for outselves, which we will be doing when we're done. It is true that this is a very high level prep. That being said, we are now knowledgeable about what we need and are prepared to dive deep in and learn new utilities, programs that come out, and know how everything relates. We can talk the talk on interviews and very quickly bring ourselves up to par as the field changes, adapt to new niches, etc. The labs were really cool because I'm a hands - on learner. Later on in the class when it was time to go back, i found the labs written in such a way that there was still a lot of new information to absorb. The AI experience was great. I don't know what evolve is doing to prepare AI's but ours was able to answer questions on virtually any subject. I also reached out to other AI's whom are not explicitly assigned to me and found them extremely helpful. By the end I knew whom to turn to to explore different sorts of questions, and also the fact that they will make themselves available to me even as a graduate is wonderful. It really boosts my confidence to have a team ahead and behind me.​

I’m very happy with my education at Evolve Security Academy. Not only was every instructor and assistant instructor extremely skilled and knowledgeable, but they also genuinely cared about teaching me the knowledge and skills that I needed to begin my... Read More career in the industry. The academy created an environment that was comfortable for people from all levels of cyber knowledge to learn and grow. The career counseling and guidance was extremely valuable in helping me prepare for and navigate the job market. I feel like the academy gave me the hands-on knowledge and industry insight that I definitely needed to make my career transition.

Most of them are pros, if there are only a few cons I have for this academy is the access to recorded sessions needs to be more organized, I've already given a tip where they need to maybe add and attach the recording with a name label corresponding with... Read More the labs in the Cyber Lab. On top of that the schedule to attend to class, it would benefit them to add different class periods for more students to attend, because not everyone that are interested in this career can go to a 7-9 pm CST class due to personal/work situations. Anything other than that, I think they're doing great. Probably the best community I've had to pleasure to be a part of. Highly recommend, even if you have no IT experience

The most intensive, fun, and interactive online experiences of my education. This program’s instructors are highly experienced and eager to help everyone succeed. Additionally, this program helps students to navigate the difficult job market during and... Read More after the boot camp.

This program was extremely good at having enough of a blend of "hold your hand" and self-accountability. I went from being extremely technologically ignorant and slow, to now understanding ports, scans, and so much more I now feel embarrassed to not have... Read More even heard about. They were extremely organized and helpful and still remain helpful even after students have passed. And its a phenomenal community to be a part of.

Evolve Security Academy Applying at Evolve Secuirty Academy is one of the best decisions I’ve made during the 2020-2021 Covid Pandemic. This is an overwhelming experience due to the little knowledge I have on cybersecurity. Coupled with a new full-time... Read More job in healthcare, a busy family life with young children, I thought I was nuts taking on this journey. I was lost in so many ways due to information overload. Google is your best friend. I had to put the time.... so many frustrations and sleepless nights. With only 18 weeks allotted to finish the program, I succeeded due to the academy’s in-depth curriculum (theory, hands on labs, projects), attentive, responsive, supportive, knowledgeable faculty/instructors, and the heartfelt understanding, patience of my fellow classmates. This bootcamp has given me a more intricate understanding of cybersecurity and how it applies in the real world. I’ve also gained an extended family. Take advantage of the career coaching from the get go. I highly recommend Evolve Security

The comprehensive training improved my baseline IT skills and opened me to many new security focused ones. The labs and lectures help to solidify them and provided a very solid foundation to build on. The connections to the other students, alumni, and... Read More industry professionals is very valuable.