The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named 24 recipients for this year's SIA RISE Scholarship, a program offered through SIA's RISE community, which supports the education and career development goals of young industry talent and emerging leaders.

Through this scholarship program -- open to SIA student members and RISE members who are employees at SIA member companies -- each awardee will receive a $3,000 scholarship to use toward continuing education and professional development courses, SIA program offerings and/or other academic or education programs. Scholarship funds can be used to expand knowledge in the areas of business, human resources, information technology, marketing, sales, project management, security engineering and/or risk management.

"SIA congratulates this year's class of RISE Scholarship awardees -- an impressive, diverse array of security professionals and rising stars who are making their mark on our industry," said SIA CEO Don Erickson. "We are proud to present scholarships to more recipients this year than ever before and honored to support these inspiring young leaders as they pursue their educational and career development goals."

SIA also acknowledged the following companies that contributed to the 2024 RISE Scholarship fund. Tax-deductible donations were made through the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST), a nonprofit organization co-founded by SIA and the Electronic Security Association (ESA).

SIA RISE is a community that fosters the careers of emerging leaders in the security industry. In addition to the SIA RISE Scholarship, SIA RISE offers fun in-person and virtual networking events for young professionals, the Talent Inclusion Mentorship Education (TIME) program for early and mid-career professionals, the 25 on the RISE Awards, career growth webinars and trade show education tracks and the annual AcceleRISE conference, an event designed to ignite new thinking, strengthen leadership and sharpen business acumen in young security talent.