Sagicor supports cybersecurity education with donation to … – Loop News Caribbean

Careers in information technology are a great option for young people, but many are unable to take advantage of the varied opportunities that exist due to the high cost of education for IT careers.

Sagicor is working to make a difference in this regard and recently donated to AntiguaRecon to support the education of young people who are training to be cybersecurity experts with this fledgling organisation.

Samuel Benjamin, Head of Sales at the regional insurance company met with Adam Dennis, Founder and Lead Instructor of AntiguaRecon, to discuss the type of opportunities that would be available to the graduates of the programmes offered by the school and also presented him with a cheque for $10,500 to support continued work.

Following the meeting, Benjamin said, We are deep into the IT age and in order to ensure that Antigua and its population can compete and win, the traditional ways of doing things are no longer enough. Adam and his team are working assiduously to ensure that our youth are able to take their place within the world. Jobs in cybersecurity, which can be done remotely, are an even better option as it means that they dont have to leave Antigua and Barbuda to do so. For this reason, we at Sagicor are happy to provide this support to Antigua Recon and the young people that are going to be educated there.

Dennis was gracious in his thanks to Sagicor and used the opportunity to ask other partners to come forward. He said, Our overarching goal at AntiguaRecon is to ensure that we train our youth so they can access and then create opportunities for others. We promote a pay it forward philosophy of helping each other. Our decision to train our youth in this area of information technology arose from the results of our research which demonstrated the intense growth expected in cybersecurity over the next few years. While AntiguaRecon is new, we are working to ensure that we create options in IT for young Antiguans and Barbudans for years to come. We are extremely thankful to Sagicor for this meaningful show of support.

AntiguaRecon is an organisation which trains in the areas of cybersecurity and agile project management. Its partner, Island Academy, hosts AntiguaRecon training sessions, and helped launch AntiguaRecon in January 2022.

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