I'll quickly reply to all of these very interesting questions.
To start off, where do we find them? Last year my team and I visited 18 different military bases as part of their job fairs. We actually went right to the source. The problem was that at the moment COVID-19 hit, that was our main source for doing outreach, so we switched to a social media strategy. What was amazing was that we saw an increase in numbers when we used social media for outreach to get people into the program.
As for the program itself, from the outset we designed it to be taught 100% online, with professors. We set up virtual labs that simulate what it is like to work inside a cyber-operations centre. For the curriculum that's part of this program, we talked to our big banks. We talked to our partners Cisco, Amazon and IBM as well. We asked them a question: What are the specific skill sets that you require when you hire these individuals? That's how the curriculum became very much all-encompassing. I can send you a brief synopsis.
The last thing we did was introduced an organizational behaviour course that's mandatory for all people. Those who have already released from the military are teaching the cultural aspects and the differences between life in the military and life in the tech world.
That's how we were able to do that.