{"id":4785,"date":"2025-08-25T10:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/vote\/nominee\/michael-lambo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:39:28","slug":"michael-lambo","status":"publish","type":"nominees","link":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/nominee\/michael-lambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lambo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sterling Bank Scholarship Committee,<br \/>\nMy name is Michael Lambo, and I am nominating myself for this scholarship to pursue cybersecurity at Miva Open University. Six months ago, when a family friend lost \u20a6250,000 to a phishing scam, I realized Nigeria needs more cybersecurity professionals\u2014and I decided to become one.<br \/>\nWhy I Deserve This Opportunity?<br \/>\nThough new to cybersecurity, my journey demonstrates my commitment:<br \/>\n\u25cf Self-taught basics through 10+ hours of free Cisco and Google courses and python fundamentals in 3 weeks<br \/>\n\u25cf Created a virtual lab using old smartphones to practice networking<br \/>\n\u25cf Helped secure my neighbor&#8217;s business WhatsApp after a hack<\/p>\n<p>My 4-Year Value Proposition<br \/>\nYear 1: Foundation Building<br \/>\n \u25cf Master networking fundamentals and Linux systems<br \/>\n \u25cf Earn CompTIA Security+ certification<br \/>\n Launch cybersecurity awareness blog for SMEs<\/p>\n<p>Year 2: Technical Specialization<br \/>\n \u25cf Develop ethical hacking skills through TryHackMe challenges<br \/>\n \u25cf Complete Sterling Bank&#8217;s digital security internship<br \/>\n \u25cf Create &#8220;Fraud Prevention Toolkit&#8221; for market traders<\/p>\n<p>Year 3: Financial Systems Focus<br \/>\n \u25cf Research emerging fintech threats<br \/>\n \u25cf Earn Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification<br \/>\n \u25cf Establish university cybersecurity club<\/p>\n<p>Year 4: Professional Transition<br \/>\n \u25cf Complete capstone project on secure mobile banking<br \/>\n \u25cf Mentor 10 aspiring cybersecurity students<br \/>\n \u25cf Prepare to join Sterling Bank&#8217;s security team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cohorts":[20],"class_list":["post-4785","nominees","type-nominees","status-publish","hentry","cohorts-cohort-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nominees\/4785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nominees"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nominees"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cohorts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterling.ng\/decide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cohorts?post=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}