The University of Georgia works to enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure in communities across the state through its CyberArch program. Now UGA is poised to expand CyberArch, train and empower more students interested in cybersecurity careers and increase its cybersecurity impact across the state Georgia thanks to funding from Google.
This October, UGA CyberArch was awarded a $500,000 grant from Google’s philanthropy organization, Google.org, to expand its efforts in cybersecurity.
UGA CyberArch, facilitated by the UGA Institute of Government, works with organizational partners in K-12 school districts, local governments and rural hospitals, and is expanding into the small business community through a collaboration with the UGA Small Business Development Center, to help build a broader awareness about cybersecurity threats and strengthen their cyber preparation and response actions.
Student interns, working in teams of four, conduct a cybersecurity risk review through a series of assessment questions, then make a site visit before creating a final report that includes recommendations to enhance the organization’s cybersecurity posture.
“Through CyberArch, UGA will help communities and businesses across Georgia protect themselves against cyberattacks while providing our students with hands-on experience in this critical field,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “We are grateful to Google.org for its support of this important initiative.”
UGA CyberArch grew from eight student interns in spring 2022 to 24 interns in fall 2022, with additional increases anticipated for fall 2023 and spring 2024. Program coordinator Mark Lupo plans to use the funding to increase the number of internships, which will train more UGA students and ultimately help more organizations across Georgia. UGA CyberArch includes students from the College of Engineering, School of Computing, the Institute for…
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