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When Justin Brandon was a child, he loved to take things apart to figure out how they worked. Now heÂ鶹´«Ã½™s at Pace, completing a degree in computer studies with a focus on cybersecurity and computer forensics.
The university is getting a $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to mold students into the next generation of cyber defenders.
Computer science professor Li-Chiou Chen says there needs to be cyber defenders in the government to Â鶹´«Ã½œhelp them analyze the threats and the risks coming from the internet."
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Seidenberg School of CSIS has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and train cybersecurity professionals, the University today announced.
Â鶹´«Ã½Â鶹´«Ã½™s Seidenberg School of CSIS has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and train cybersecurity professionals.
Â鶹´«Ã½ is hosting a virtual Gencyber CryptoBot camp to educate high schoolers interested in cybersecurity. The students are attending the two-week summer camp from all over the world. Co-sponsors include the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation. Â鶹´«Ã½'s Dr. Pauline Mosley says while the camp is informational, it's also a place to help students de-stress given the past year.
Echoing the statement, Jonathan Hill, dean of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Â鶹´«Ã½, says: "As the outrage of the recent Colonial Pipeline hacking already fades from memory, it is critical that our elected officials take action to keep the shortage of cybersecurity talent on our national radar screen. The proposal to create an apprenticeship at CISA is important, but it must be matched by similar opportunities at other federal agencies, our big financial institutions as well as other private sector companies that should invest in the development of this next generation of cyber warriors."
Luisa Morales, an MS in Computer Science student, has cultivated a lengthy list of accomplishments during her time at Â鶹´«Ã½Â鶹´«Ã½™s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. For starters, Luisa has enriched her college experience working as a graduate assistant at Seidenberg. She was also an Engineering Fellow at the MayorÂ鶹´«Ã½™s Office for Economic Opportunity. When an opportunity presents itself to Luisa, she grabs hold of itÂ鶹´«Ã½”thatÂ鶹´«Ã½™s what keeps her ahead of the curve.
Echoing the statement, Jonathan Hill, dean of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Â鶹´«Ã½, says: "As the outrage of the recent Colonial Pipeline hacking already fades from memory, it is critical that our elected officials take action to keep the shortage of cybersecurity talent on our national radar screen. The proposal to create an apprenticeship at CISA is important, but it must be matched by similar opportunities at other federal agencies, our big financial institutions as well as other private sector companies that should invest in the development of this next generation of cyber warriors."
For many Pace students, learning doesnÂ鶹´«Ã½™t stop once one leaves the classroom for the day; or even, once one acquires their degree. Kevin McGovern Â鶹´«Ã½™83, Â鶹´«Ã½™21, who earned his bachelorÂ鶹´«Ã½™s in business administration and CPA designation thirty-eight years ago, epitomizes this ethos of persistence and the continual ability to evolve and grow with the timesÂ鶹´«Ã½”which in fact, is one of the reasons he decided to return to Pace and pursue a masterÂ鶹´«Ã½™s in cybersecurity.