Pratibha Anjali Dohare of Bhopal pursuing MS from Carnegie Mellon University, United States has received a cybersecurity scholarship from the prestigious International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) 2 Foundation. She has been adjudged for International Women of the Year by (ISC)2 Foundation.
Pratibha Anjali Dohare daughter of Ashok Dahore, IPS Additional Director Genereal of Police, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh was recently awarded $40,000 scholarship from the (ISC)2 Foundation to help support her studies in the Masters of Science in Information Technology-Information Security program at CMU's Information Networking Institute (INI).
Notably, she pursued her earlier studies from Delhi Public School Bhopal and thereafter did her graduation from RGPV.
"Cybersecurity is more than one individual step. I intend to utilise this scholarship in enhancing my knowledge in the field of cybersecurity and forensics during my studies at CMU's INI, with an aim to merge the processes of prevention and investigation through development of an intrusion prevention and detection system," said Dahore.
Each year, the (ISC) Foundation grants scholarships to special women across the globe, giving them unique opportunities to pursue studies and careers in cybersecurity. "At CMU and the INI, Pratibha's opportunities will be endless. I applaud the (ISC)2 Foundation for recognising her talent and opening the door to her career ambitions," said Dena Haritos Tsamitis, head of the INI and head of education, training and outreach at CMU Cylab, United States.