Youth and Student Programs
Starter kits, club formats, and classroom-friendly activities for middle school, high school, and college learners.
Cyber education for Nebraska
Building Nebraska’s cyber talent pipeline.
iHackNebraska helps students, schools, volunteers, and local organizations build practical technology skills through clubs, workshops, service projects, and mentorship.
Students, professionals, businesses, and educators
A shared place for clubs, practical labs, local support, and career momentum.
Youth
After-school clubs, beginner labs, and activities that make technical confidence approachable.
Local
Support for non-profits, small businesses, schools, libraries, and civic partners.
Careers
Mentor connections, portfolio projects, and exposure to real technology work.
The mission
Grow cyber talent and strengthen local resilience.
Too many students encounter cybersecurity only after they have already chosen a path. iHackNebraska brings the field closer to classrooms, clubs, libraries, and local meetups.
The goal is simple: create more on-ramps, more mentors, and more useful projects so Nebraska grows talent from within.
Business Readiness
Plain-language sessions that help organizations improve passwords, backups, devices, email, and cloud habits.
Community Projects
Volunteer technology projects for non-profits and community organizations that need extra technical capacity.
How it works
A simple path from curiosity to contribution.
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Discover
Short sessions introduce security basics, digital citizenship, troubleshooting, and everyday technology concepts.
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Build
Teams use technology to solve practical problems, create useful projects, and volunteer their skills for schools, non-profits, and local partners.
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Connect
Participants meet mentors, employers, educators, and organizations looking for motivated technical help.
Offerings
Choose the right entry point.
For students and career builders
Hands-on cybersecurity education
Focused sessions that explain core concepts, introduce useful tools, and give learners something concrete to finish.
- Security fundamentals, Linux, networking, web safety, and cloud basics.
- Small labs that fit a classroom, meetup, or weekend workshop.
- Next-step guidance for resumes, portfolios, certifications, and internships.
For teams that learn by doing
Clubs, labs, and team challenges
Reusable formats for schools, libraries, and youth groups that want a sustainable technology club.
- Meeting agendas, project prompts, and facilitator notes.
- Team exercises for communication, troubleshooting, and systems thinking.
- Low-cost activities that work with modest equipment and mixed skill levels.
For small businesses and non-profits
Digital resilience and readiness support
Approachable help for organizations that need better habits, clearer checklists, and a trusted place to ask questions.
- Staff-friendly sessions for account safety, phishing, devices, and data handling.
- Checklists for backups, updates, access control, vendor tools, and recovery planning.
- Referrals to regional resources when an issue needs professional support.
For builders, helpers, and organizers
Meetups, clubs, and service projects
Ways to plug in as a mentor, facilitator, sponsor, project lead, or volunteer contributor.
- Discord coordination for events, clubs, project teams, and mentor matching.
- Service projects for schools, civic groups, and non-profits.
- Organizer support for people who want to host or facilitate locally.
Community
A statewide network for people who want to help.
Join the Discord to find events, ask questions, volunteer for projects, or help start a club in your area.
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Talent pipeline
Connect learners with mentors, projects, and next steps.
Business resilience
Give small teams clearer habits and practical checklists.
Collaborative innovation
Make it easier for builders and organizers to work together.
Help shape it