Cal State San Bernardino hosted the Cyber Ecosystem Leadership Forum on Oct. 25, bringing together over 250 attendees from academia, industry, and government to advance cybersecurity workforce development. Highlighting the event’s significance, keynote speeches were delivered by U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-33), White House Deputy National Cyber Director Harry Wingo, and Principal Director Diba Hadi from the Department of Defense’s Cyber Academic Engagement Office.
Research by Daisy Ocampo Diaz (history) was cited in an article about Inland Empire cryptids, and Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) is a participant on a panel discussing cyber education at the American Transaction Processors Coalition's conference in Atlanta.
Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was interviewed about ransomware and cybersecurity attacks, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) will moderate an event on the history of discrimination in the Inland Empire hosted by Zócalo Public Square on July 16.
The annual Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community Symposium, hosted by CSUSB’s Cybersecurity Center, on April 16-17 in Louisville, Ky., was attended by over 400 universities and colleges.
U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar recently visited CSUSB to formally present a ceremonial check for $963,000 that will launch the Cybersecurity Center’s Tech and Workforce Hub Project.
Mike Stull (entrepreneurship) was interviewed about the Entrepreneurial Resource Center in San Bernardino, the recently published book by Marc Robinson (history) was reviewed, Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was quoted in an article about safeguarding water infrastructure from cyber attacks, and Edward Gomez (art) was the judge for the juried 55th Annual Multi Media Mini Show at the Redlands Art Association.
CSUSB’s Cybersecurity Center received federal funds to launch a Tech and Workforce Hub Project, a forward-thinking initiative designed to propel students into cybersecurity careers and address the nation’s shortfall of qualified professionals in the field.
Tony Coulson (cybersecurity) was interviewed for a segment about CSUSB’s cybersecurity program receiving federal funds for its Tech and Workforce Hub project, and Stuart Sumida (biology) was mentioned in an article about the recently released movie, “Kung Fu Panda 4,” for which he served as a consultant.
The pilot partnership with CSUSB, Fresno State and San Jose State, named Work Force Innovation Technology Hubs Cyber – better known as WITH Cyber – is funded through the state’s Cybersecurity Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnership Pilot Program.