NSA Grant for Free Cyber Workforce Training and Certification(USA Citizens Only

[MNomadic]

My main issue is with taking three long readiness assessments for a non-credit, certificate program. You don't even need college algebra for systems administration or digital forensics.

I'm guessing that because it's a free, grant funded program, they just use those as one more way to weed out people that aren't serious(or lack some of the aptitudes). I see these kinds of tests with a lot of IT/cyber certificate programs I've applied for. 

For what it's worth, I did have a teacher for an IT/cyber security certificate course trying to explain algorithms (and giving an example), but he failed because he didn't understand order of operations. When the class tried to correct him he just yelled at every one and doubled down. So I do think some basic math aptitudes present in algebra are helpful(though not essential) for success in this field.