A new CyberSecurity Operations Center has opened on the LSU campus that will train students how to fight against cyber attacks. Chief Information Officer Craig Woolley says the SOC will help strengthen cybersecurity statewide and build a homegrown cyber workforce.
“To protect our state institutions of higher education from cyber threats while at the same time training our students and giving them real-world experience.”
More than $7.5 million in state appropriations will help to expand the LSU-SOC model to more than 30 colleges and universities in the state. Woolley says that means the Security Operations Center will provide cybersecurity protection to other universities and colleges in the state
“They can either have their schools monitor out of our SOC or they can even elect to open their own, hire their own students to monitor their events.”
In the past three weeks, 94 LSU students have applied to receive training as professional cyber analysts to operate the SOC. Woolley says the students will monitor the university’s network traffic and potential threats.
“We’ll probably be employing 50 to 60 students at a time. Then there’s other schools like LA Tech, and LSU Shreveport they’re going to be employing their own students to join this program.”
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