Universities And Cybersecurity Partnerships

Universities Look to Cybersecurity Partnerships

Teaming up with industry cybersecurity providers, universities are hoping to produce more highly-skilled cybersecurity professionals

Laura Devaney | February 3, 2016

As the information technology industry grows, cybersecurity careers are projected to grow along with it–leading to an increased need for students to pursue cybersecurity at the higher-ed level.
National defense leaders and experts at the fourth annual Cybersecurity Summit in October revealed that in 2014, cybersecurity crimes cost the U.S. more than $1 trillion in damage, and while the FBI used to search for major security breaches every 2-3 weeks, they now search every 2-3 days.

Source: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/elearning/certificate/cybersecurity/

<more at http://www.ecampusnews.com/safety-and-security/cybersecurity-education-partnerships-982/; related links: https://www.uschamber.com/event/fourth-annual-cybersecurity-summit (+Video) (Fourth Annual Cybersecurity Summit. October 6, 2015) and http://www.depts.ttu.edu/elearning/certificate/cybersecurity/ (Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Graduate Certificate)>