Drexel recruited to fight cyber theft
Drexel University is joining the war on hackers. The university on Tuesday was named as one of six institutions nationwide that will train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, under a partnership with the U.S. Army Reserve.
Drexel University is joining the war on hackers.
The university on Tuesday was named as one of six institutions nationwide that will train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, under a partnership with the U.S. Army Reserve.
The University of Washington, George Mason University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Norwich University and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs are the other centers.
"The goal of the program is to train and educate Army Reserve Soldiers to be elite cybersecurity professionals through classroom work and field experience," said Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, chief of the reserve.
Talley said the need for cybersecurity professionals is great - 40,000 are needed just to meet the government's demand.
The schools were selected for their abilities to teach and research cybersecurity issues as well as work with both the public and private sectors, Talley said.
Drexel offers a master's of science in cybersecurity and an online bachelor's of science in computing and security technology, for which reservists also could enroll.
The West Philadelphia university's Cybersecurity Institute opened last year.
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