{"id":285016,"date":"2026-07-02T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:55:08","slug":"cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Partners With College Board To Launch AP Cybersecurity and Expand Career-Connected Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/\">Cisco Partners With College Board To Launch AP Cybersecurity and Expand Career-Connected Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/\">https:\/\/investingnews.com\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-02 13:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"investingnews.com\">investingnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"dateline\">NORTHAMPTON, MA \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ July 2, 2026 \/ <\/strong><strong>By Ryan Rose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"93fc6fbff2b18e51c781ca2e84d737c3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AP Cybersecurity is Here: How Cisco Networking Academy is Transforming High School Classrooms\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNJneHOYPPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This blog was co-authored by Jennifer Mulhern, Vice President of AP Program Access, College Board<\/p>\n<p>Read on Cisco&#8217;s Blog<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity professionals have become essential to protecting our society&#8217;s critical infrastructure. Yet globally, 4.8 million cybersecurity-related vacancies remain unfilled, and organizations across industries are feeling the impact. As the demand for talent continues to grow, the pipeline isn&#8217;t keeping pace.<\/p>\n<p>As AI introduces more sophisticated cyber threats, many students are eager to explore careers in the field. Too often, they lack access to learning experiences that help them build real-world skills. Instead, they&#8217;re asked to choose between coursework that prepares them for college and learning that prepares them for careers.<\/p>\n<p>We have the opportunity to bridge that gap.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, College Board will launch AP Cybersecurity as part of a new set of Advanced Placement\u00ae (AP\u00ae) Career Kickstart courses. Cisco is proud to support this effort through Cisco Networking Academy, which will serve as a resource to bring industry-aligned curriculum, hands-on labs, and educator support to classrooms nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecting college readiness with career relevance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AP Cybersecurity course is designed to bring greater real-world relevance to foundational academic learning, ensuring students are prepared both for related college coursework and the demands of today&#8217;s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Students can earn college credit based on their AP Exam score and enter higher education with a strong foundation in cybersecurity principles. This allows them to build on that knowledge more quickly and intentionally as they progress through their academic and career journey.<\/p>\n<p>For those who choose Cisco Networking Academy as their instructional resource, the AP Cybersecurity course will also provide preparation for the Cisco Certified Support&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco Partners With College Board To Launch AP Cybersecurity and Expand Career-Connected Learning https:\/\/investingnews.com\/cisco-partners-with-college-board-to-launch-ap-cybersecurity-and-expand-career-connected-learning\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/media-library\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTg1ODg1NS9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTgzNDgyNTIxOX0.cBVUy2sasvxLR5NTr0bPLuWJNxfsXjBDtCUD28kRSJM\/image.png?width=210","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-285016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285018,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285016\/revisions\/285018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}