A Low Risk, Employer Aligned Route to Junior Cyber Talent
Cradle to Cyber is Cerco’s end-to-end talent development pipeline designed to give employers access to job-ready junior cyber professionals with proven capability, real world experience and recognised industry qualifications.
Built in partnership with the Cerco C2C Academy, employers, and aligned to Industry leading Skills Frameworks, Cradle to Cyber delivers a structured pathway that takes candidates from foundational IT skills to full junior practitioner level — with significantly reduced hiring and retention risk.
Hiring junior cyber professionals is notoriously high risk.
Organisations commonly face:
Cradle to Cyber removes this risk by developing talent within a controlled, structured environment before they join your cyber team.
Every candidate begins with our training partner’s long-standing, hands-on Fasttrack course – a 5 day, in-person assessment covering:
Following training, candidates work for 6–12 months as IT Service Engineers, gaining paid industry experience, customer exposure and baseline technical maturity before moving into cyber training. Whilst in the field, engineers will also undergo SC clearance to enable them to access a wider range of client sites, making them our most versatile engineering offering.
A 60h our, practical cyber programme delivered by
experienced practitioners, mapped directly to
defined frameworks. Training covers:
By the end of the pathway, employers receive candidates who bring:
Cradle to Cyber includes a specialist Armed Forces only delivery model, developed with Walking With The Wounded. Veterans receive structured pretraining support, tailored guidance, and managed deployment — without lowering technical standards.
Employers benefit from candidates with discipline, resilience and situational awareness. Strong security mindset. Embedded professionalism and team ethic
The result: a highly motivated, job ready cyber talent pool with proven real world grounding.
Cerco has sourced, trained, and deployed IT and security talent since 1989. Through our academy and social value programmes, we provide a scalable, nationwide pipeline of candidates committed to long‑term cyber careers. We work directly with employers to shape talent development around real operational needs.
Cradle to Cyber gives organisations a sustainable, lowrisk way to grow junior cyber capability without the traditional hiring challenges. Partner with us to: