Millions of people depend on the Internet every day and cyber criminals are counting on that, according to a Kansas State University cybersecurity expert.
“Hackers are performing cyber espionage by gathering information on companies, seeking out national secrets or starting cyber warfare by disabling critical infrastructure,” said Xinming “Simon” Ou, associate professor of computing and information sciences.
To help counter the threat, the National Science Foundation has awarded $2.3 million to Kansas State University’s department of computing and information sciences to provide scholarships to qualified students interested in becoming cybersecurity and information assurance professionals. Continue reading “Cyber warriors wanted: Scholarship program to train students in cybersecurity”
