About Us
Breaking down barriers
- We're about social-impact
- We launch new careers
- We're reducing the cyber skills gap
Our purpose and values
We're a social impact-focused business and every member of staff cares about the CAPSLOCK mission.
Removing barriers to opportunity
Everyone deserves access to career-changing education, no matter their academic background, work experience, or financial status.
Unlocking potential
Anyone with the determination to reskill and the willingness to learn can launch a new career with CAPSLOCK.
Increasing diversity in cyber
We are committed to helping people of all genders, all ethnic backgrounds, all neurotypes, and all walks of life get into cyber.
Reducing the cyber skills gap
Our incredible learners are the future of cyber security talent, and are landing jobs with a diverse range of employers.
We are
honest and down to Earth
hardworking and flexible
forward thinking but reliable
transparent, credible and professional
inclusive, supportive and inspirational
the future of cyber
honest and down to Earth
hardworking and flexible
forward thinking but reliable
transparent, credible and professional
inclusive, supportive and inspirational
the future of cyber
honest and down to Earth
hardworking and flexible
forward thinking but reliable
transparent, credible and professional
inclusive, supportive and inspirational
the future of cyber
honest and down to Earth
hardworking and flexible
forward thinking but reliable
transparent, credible and professional
inclusive, supportive and inspirational
the future of cyber
Awards and achievements
Helping people is what we do best, and we're really proud of what we've achieved so far.
Education, Training and Development
Soldiering On
Corporate Membership
Cloud Security Alliance
Startup
UK Cyber Security Council
Affiliate Member 23/24
Cyber Training Provider
Crest
Crest
Excellence in Impact
BVCA
Winner 2023
Best Cyber Company for Diversity
The Cyber Diversity Awards
Winner 2024
Most Inspiring Women in Cyber
IT Security GURU
Dr Andrea Cullen - winner 2024
ISO27001 Information Security Management
British Standards Institute
Certified
Tech Start-Up of the Year
Women in IT Awards
Winner 2023
Climate Positive Workforce
Ecologi
Employer Recognition Scheme
Armed Forces Covenant
Bronze Award
Cyber Essentials
Certified
Cyber Innovator
techUK
Winner 2021
Most Innovative Cyber Security SME
DCMS
Winner 2021
Cyber Den
Cyber UK
Winner 2022
Best Online Distance Learning Programme
Learning Technologies Awards
Gold Winner 2022
Fast facts
Who we are and where we've come from, in a nutshell
2019
Founded in 2019
2021
Launched our first cohort in 2021
1000+
We've built a network of over 700 alumni
Our story
We've come a long way since we launched in 2019. Here's the story so far...
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2019-2020
The creation of CAPSLOCK
CAPSLOCK began as a simple idea between a cyber security recruiter and two senior cyber academics. The UK has a growing cyber skills gap and a lot of people wanting to switch careers. Surely, there must be a way to effectively and efficiently reskill these people into cyber security professionals? This was the initial discussion which ultimately led Andrea, Jonathan and Lorna to create CAPSLOCK and revolutionise cyber security education.
2021
CAPSLOCK Launches
After building the founding team, the CAPSLOCK curriculum and our digital campus, we enrolled 32 learners on a pilot cohort in February 2021. It was a huge success, and we launched a further three cohorts that year. 2021 also saw CAPSLOCK crowned the most innovate cyber start-up in the UK by the government and TechUK.
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2022 and beyond...
CAPSLOCK continues to grow
Since launch, we have enrolled over 380 people onto our cyber security bootcamps and have worked with some of the UK's largest cyber employers. We also launched a ground-breaking reskilling initiative with BT, helping them reskill 30 of their employees into BT Security Protectors.
