VetSec started in 2018 as a Slack community to support veterans in cybersecurity. Our founders saw the value in a veteran-oriented community within the cybersecurity industry. They saw the problems our servicemembers separating from the military were facing with unemployment, and the growing skills demand within the cybersecurity industry; in short, a fast-growing skill gap that could be solved by better employing our veterans. Our founders saw the importance of a community-based approach first and foremost. They also committed to providing our services at no cost to our service members, and thanks to the hard work of our board and the generosity of our members, we still remain free to join, and all of our resources remain free to our members.

VetSec was incorporated as a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit on May 10th, 2019, and we remain committed to the mission of creating a world where no veteran goes unemployed to this day. Our first strategic partnership launched in March of 2020 with eLearnSecurity. In October of 2020, we launched VetSecCon, an all-virtual conference open to everyone to learn more about our mission and hear from expert speakers throughout the industry. Since then, we have continued to work to provide better resources to our members and grow our community into a space every separating military member would want to join.