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ReliaQuest Labs 2025

Are you interested in a career in Cybersecurity?

ReliaQuest

Cybersecurity is ‘the largest technical challenge of our generation,’ says ReliaQuest’s CEO. Cybersecurity is ‘the largest technical challenge of our generation,’ says ReliaQuest’s CEO. Here’s how the company is partnering with USF to create hands-on learning. 
Widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity are one among the most severe risks the globe is set to face over the next decade and beyond.

If you’re interested in expanding your cybersecurity and incident response skills, this is a great opportunity to dive in with professionals in the field. This is a highly technical and competitive program that will help take you to the next level in your education, and potentially your career after graduation.

There will be four hands-on lab sessions that will teach you how to perform in-depth analysis on potential cyber threats, as well as get you exposed to enterprise tools, including ReliaQuest’s proprietary security operations platform GreyMatter.

Each successful graduate of this program will receive a Certificate of Completion in Cyber Analytic Fundamentals and will be offered an opportunity to interview for either a paid internship or full time position with ReliaQuest.

Please see the details and requirements outlined below:

  • You must be interested in pursuing cybersecurity as a career post-graduation, ideally with a technical/cybersecurity major.
  • You must be a junior, senior or graduate student.
  • You must interview in person to determine acceptance into the program. 
  • You must be able to attend all 4 lab sessions in- person at the ReliaQuest headquarters at 1001 Water St, Tampa, FL 33602 (Note: transportation is not provided)

The dates are as follows: 

    1. Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 – ReliaQuest Headquarters
    2. Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 – ReliaQuest Headquarters
    3. Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 – ReliaQuest Headquarters
    4. Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 – ReliaQuest Headquarters
    5. Friday, Mar. 6, 2026 - Optional Graduation Ceremony – ReliaQuest Headquarters

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After that, Apply Here!

The deadline to apply is Jan. 16, 2026 with the subsequent candidate interviews on Jan. 20-23, 2026. Stay tuned for further updates.

For inquiries about the RQ Labs send an email to bellini-rqlabs@usf.edu 

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