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Apply SECuR-IT 2012

Application Deadline:
March 26, 2012

Past Participants:

Broadcom

eBay

Fortinet

Intuit

Juniper Networks

McKesson

SalesForce.com

 

Program Questions:
securit-info@truststc.org

SECuR-IT
Summer Experience, Colloquium and Research in Information Technology

June 11 to August 17, 2012

The Summer Experience, Colloquium and Research in Information Technology (SECuR-IT) is a ten-week paid internship for M.S. and Ph.D. students with academic seminars sponsored by the TRUST partner institutions UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and San Jose State University with internships located at industry partners in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Program Structure

In addition to working with an industry mentor over the ten-week program, scholars participate in the following programmatic components:

• Seminars conducted by faculty and industry experts that expose students to a wide range of information technology and computer security research instruction;
• Informal social gatherings that provide a relaxed setting for students and faculty to exchange ideas and share experiences;
• Ten week, paid 40-hour per week internship.

Graduate student internship opportunities are available in areas such as:

Security Architecture, Security Awareness and Security Management, Host and OS Security, Application Security, Network Security, Secure Software Engineering, Risk Management, Policy and Legal Compliance

Participating technology companies to be confirmed.

This is a 40-hour per week obligation to internship, research, and learning activities. Students who participate in SECUR-IT should view this program as a full-time summer experience. Internships are paid employment.

Application Process

SECuR-IT participation is open to graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D). Participation is limited and students will be selected from a nationwide pool of applicants who have demonstrated outstanding academic talent. Application deadline: March 26, 2012 at 5pm PST

Women and historically underrepresented groups will be given strong consideration although everyone is encouraged to apply.

Contact Information

Please direct all questions to: securit-info@truststc.org