The next generation of cyber sleuths

Target, Equifax, Yahoo, Home Depot ... what do these four seemingly disparate companies have in common?

Those businesses are just a few of the high-profile U.S. corporations that have endured massive cybersecurity breaches — crimes that compromised personal and financial information belonging to tens of millions of customers. Hackers made off not with money, but a currency even more valuable: credit card and Social Security numbers.

With such crimes expected to proliferate in conjunction with a rise in e-commerce cybersecurity promises to be a future-proof career path. To that end, Tampa-based IT security firm ReliaQuest and Junior Achievement of Tampa are teaming up to make sure the region's young people can get a head start in the field.