National Cyber Security Training Academy

National Cyber Security Training Academy (NCSTA) uses advertisements to help support the operation and maintenance of our website and educational resources. Running a cybersecurity education website involves costs such as website hosting, technology, educational content, security, maintenance, and other operating expenses. Advertising provides one way to help offset some of these costs.

Yes. Advertising can generate revenue for NCSTA when advertisements are displayed or when visitors interact with advertisements, depending on the type of advertising program being used. Ads help NCSTA offer free and low-cost cybersecurity courses and educational resources to students. Advertising revenue helps us cover some of the costs associated with operating our website, maintaining our technology, creating educational content, and providing affordable cybersecurity training. Please do not click advertisements simply to help NCSTA. Advertising programs have rules requiring legitimate interactions with advertisements.

No. Some advertisements are automatically selected and displayed by our advertising provider. For example, when Google AdSense is used, Google's advertising system automatically selects advertisements based on factors such as the content of the page, the available advertising space, and the advertising auction.

You may see different advertisements from another visitor. Advertising systems can consider factors such as the page being viewed, the visitor's general interests, and the available advertisements at the time the page is loaded.

No. The appearance of an advertisement on our website does not mean that NCSTA endorses, recommends, sponsors, or guarantees the advertised company, product, or service. Advertisements are provided separately from NCSTA's educational content.

Yes. Advertising settings can be configured to exclude specific pages or areas of a website from certain types of automatic advertisements. Google AdSense provides publishers with controls for excluding specific pages and areas from Auto ads.

Why do advertisements sometimes appear in the middle of an article or lesson? If automatic advertising is enabled, the advertising system can identify locations within a page where advertisements may be displayed. Google's Auto ads system can automatically place advertisements within page content based on the page layout and amount of content.

Advertisements are selected automatically, and NCSTA does not control every individual advertisement that may be displayed. However, advertising publishers can use advertising controls to review or block certain advertisements, advertisers, categories, or ad networks. If you see an advertisement that appears inappropriate, misleading, or unrelated to the purpose of our website, please let us know so we can review the situation.

Yes. Our courses, educational materials, cybersecurity training, and other NCSTA educational services are separate from advertisements displayed by advertising networks. An advertisement should not be interpreted as part of an NCSTA course unless it is specifically identified as NCSTA content.