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Open Source Cyber Initiative · Community-first nonprofit
OSCI connects cybersecurity professionals with learners through transparent matching, a shared workspace, guided sessions, and AI-powered career tools — free, open-source, and self-hostable.
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Browse the cyber tracks with day-in-the-life stories written by working mentors.
Apply, get an explainable match with a working practitioner, and start with a shared workspace.
Volunteer your expertise. We match you transparently and respect the boundaries you set.
Skim long-form research, mentor essays, and how-tos written by working practitioners.
Cybersecurity mentorship should belong to the community it lifts — transparent in how it pairs people, open in how it's built, and free for everyone who shows up.
Transparent
Every match is explainable. The scorer is published. Numbers are not destiny — humans approve every pairing.
Open-source
Source code, scoring logic, design tokens, and the platform itself are MIT-licensed. Self-host the whole thing.
Free
Free for mentees. Free for mentors. Nonprofit-friendly. Privacy-respecting. Accessible by design.
From the community
This is a test.
The norms that keep OSCI a respectful, safe place to learn.
Recognising when to escalate, and how to keep mentees safe and respected.
Protecting your time and your mentee’s autonomy — saying no kindly, and knowing your scope.
Your role, healthy boundaries, and how to run effective sessions.
How mentorship works here, what to expect, and how to get the most from it.