Rosen, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan PROTECT Act, Legislation to Support U.S. Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

New brand reinforces the workforce development organization’s simple mission: to ensure that every K-12 student in the U.S. has access to cybersecurity education

New research conducted by Education Week reveals only 45% of K-12 students in the U.S. are currently receiving cybersecurity education

Results of a national survey conducted by the EdWeek Research Center show that less than half of K-12 students in the U.S. are currently receiving some type of cybersecurity education, and access to those resources varies considerably.

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — Air Force Global Strike Command launched STRIKEWERX May 28, a new national innovation hub serving as the command’s store front for connecting with industry and academia, finding solutions to the command’s challenges and coming up with innovative ideas to shape the future.

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson will preside over this year’s National Summit on State Cybersecurity in Shreveport.

Gov. John Bel Edwards says one of his goals is for Louisiana to have more cybersecurity protections in place than any other state.

Gov. John Bel Edwards established by executive order a Louisiana Cybersecurity commission and named Cyber Innovation Center Executive Director Craig Spohn to chair the commission for its first year.

Louisiana Tech, creator of the nation’s first four-year undergraduate degree in cyber engineering and is a partner with several industry leaders in various cyber fields, strongly supports the State of Louisiana’s most recent step toward solidifying its national leadership of cybersecurity.

Shreveport, La. — A special visit for Shreveport, today, as the Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, makes a stop, tonight, to attend a symposium by the Air Force Global Strike Command.

Last week, the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC), headquartered in Bossier City, Louisiana, received a $4 million continuation grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The CIC is the anchor of the 3,000-acre National Cyber Research Park and serves as the catalyst for the development and expansion of a knowledge-based workforce throughout the region.

Louisiana Tech, creator of the nation’s first four-year undergraduate degree in cyber engineering and is a partner with several industry leaders in various cyber fields, strongly supports the State of Louisiana’s most recent step toward solidifying its national leadership of cybersecurity.

If you want to see the future of the Arklatex economy, come to the Cyber Innovation Center, and see it through the eyes of Craig Spohn, its Executive Director.

Louisiana Tech University has partnered with the Cyber Innovation Center to establish a new Academic Success Center in the Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) STEM Building at the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City.

Bossier City’s cyber technology industry is on the cusp of a boom, and now a designation given to the Bossier Parish community college labels the school as a ‘Center of Workforce Excellence in Cyber Technology’ in North Louisiana.

CSRA, located on the Cyber Innovation Center campus in Bossier City, has been awarded a $498 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to support the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) milCloud 2.0, Phase 1.

Northern Louisiana is known for its strong manufacturing, agriculture and health care sectors as well as its natural beauty and family-friendly atmosphere. However, the region is now nurturing a new and exciting sector — a booming information technology (IT) cluster that first took hold in 2001. This emerging sector is evolving into a powerhouse, generating buzz, connections and collaboration throughout the I-20 Corridor.

Finding the right tech talent is hard no matter where you are. Finding it along Interstate 20 in northern Louisiana has been particularly challenging.

Amid a steady drumbeat of reports on cyber-espionage and election-related hackings, lawmakers are wrestling with questions of how to best protect the country from digital threats and address a severe shortage of skilled cybersecurity workers.

Big opportunities and the national spotlight continue to shine on the Cyber Innovation Center and its National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC).

Among the many ways technology and education intersected at this week’s SXSWedu conference — beyond demonstrations of robotics, virtual reality tools and the use of data analytics to improve learning — were myriad discussions exploring ways to teach technology and computer science skills more effectively.