“As we see so frequently, cyber breaches affect business, government, and our economy. Our cutting-edge program will be enhanced further with this generous gift from the Truist Foundation as we continue to develop the future leaders in this field,” said Dr. Anne B. Kerr, president of Florida Southern.
There are three key components to the gift. The first will create a new state-of-the-art lab that includes a virtual cyber range for customized training environments in the soon-to-be opened Carole and Marcus Weinstein Computer Sciences Center. In addition to learning new technical skills, FSC students will also be able to participate in a new cyber entrepreneurship accelerator program. In this program, students will present their cyber application solutions to business leaders and venture capitalists in this field, developing mentoring relationships between the students and…