This upcoming semester (Spring 2026), applications are now open to the following undergraduate students (sophomores, juniors and seniors) in any major (for example, we have had Digital Forensics, Business Administration, Accounting, Business Economics, EHC, Cybersecurity, Informatics and Computer Science students in the past). Students should NOT exceed the 19 credit maximum after adding the associated 3-credit course. You will also need to be able to commit to attending in-person on W from 9-10:20am, additional synchronous (at least 2 hours per week) time with mentors and team members as well as other project/presentation work throughout each work. The deadline for the application is Friday Oct 24, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.
This is a program run by Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four firms and the Information Security and Digital Forensics ISDF Department of the Massry School of Business at UAlbany. Please submit your application including your current resume via the form at: https://albany.jotform.com/252183701607049 by Friday Oct 24, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. The ISDF Department (Damira Pon or Emily Maniak) will communicate with students shortly after. If selected, you will be given a permission to join the BFOR 210 class and will need to add the course to your schedule.
By participating in this program, it gives you a greater chance of getting an internship and then subsequently a job at any consulting firm / company. You also have a chance to mentor the next class in your future years here at UAlbany.
If selected, you will be given permission to enroll into the corresponding class for 3 credits (BFOR 210 Ask your advisor if this may count towards major or minor course credit, e.g., another risk analysis / information security policies or experiential learning class).
This gives you a great opportunity for growing your professional and leadership skills that you can add to your resume. If you are interested into going into cyber advisory / IT risk assurance / audit / forensic tech consulting this gives you a chance to gain experience in a simulated case where you work with EY leadership and UAlbany faculty as your clients as a part of a larger team culminating in a presentation to EY at the end of the semester.
This will be a project-based class where you will work on a large project of analyzing and remediating cyber risk for an organization. The project will be done in 3 phases and at the end of each phase there will be a presentation to EY mentors. The final presentation will be at EY headquarters in NYC where you will present to EY partners. The weekly conference 1-2 classes that will be organized based on the students who are selected. Each weekly class is where you will learn from the instructor and you will work with your groups outside of class time to finish your projects.
