New Jersey Joins States Creating Volunteer Cybersecurity Corps

New Jersey is joining a number of other states in launching a volunteer cybersecurity force to support government entities, infrastructure providers, and community organizations across the state prevent and recover from cyber attacks.

The New Jersey Civilian Cyber Resilience Corps (Cyber Corps) seeks to mobilize experienced cybersecurity and IT professionals to provide surge capacity and incident response, vulnerability assessment, target hardening, cybersecurity training, and resilience-building efforts.

Volunteers will serve in a non-paid capacity, undergo screening and training, and may be deployed to assist organizations with preparedness, response, and recovery activities as needed.

Qualified cybersecurity professionals are encouraged to apply, and eligible public-sector and critical infrastructure organizations may request support at no cost.

The Cyber Corps will be overseen by the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC).

“This program strengthens our whole-of-state approach to cyber defense and resilience,” said NJCCIC Director Michael Geraghty.

Other states including Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Louisiana, Maryland and Texas have similar programs. In several states the cyber teams work with their National Guard.