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More than 140 people applied for the 40 spots in the University of New Haven’s GenCyber Agent Academy that was the only cybersecurity camp in Connecticut supported by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation.
September 7, 2018
Liberty Page, a practitioner in residence in electrical and computer engineering and computer science, says students, as young as high school aged, recognize that cybersecurity is a major challenge of our time. "They understand that we need to address the cybersecurity challenges we see in the news each day."
That was the motivation behind the development of the University of New Haven’s GenCyber Agent Academy, which for the second summer in a row brought high school students to campus to get an inside look at the field and to learn from the University’s expert professors.
The camp covered the popular programming code Python, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and drone forensics.
The academy, which is run by the University’s Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group, is the only cybersecurity camp in Connecticut supported by the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation. More than 140 people applied for the 40 available spots that were allocated equally among girls and boys.
"The GenCyber Agent Academy is an amazing experience for the students because they get an in-depth look at what is like to work in cybersecurity."Liberty Page, M.S., Lead Instructor and Practitioner in Residence
"The students were wonderful to work with, and I am excited to see what they do with the seeds we planted. We believe that this experience will help attract the best and brightest to the cybersecurity workforce in Connecticut" says Page, a lead instructor for the academy.
Camp director Abe Baggili, an internationally recognized expert in cyber security and digital forensics who has led research teams that have uncovered vulnerabilities in apps used by billions of users, says he wishes he had the opportunity to participate in a camp like this when he was a kid.
"We work hard to create unique and fun challenges that really excite the students about a career in cybersecurity," he said. "Every year we see the kids leave here smiling and happy. If we have more opportunities for them like this, we are really going to change the cybersecurity landscape we are in today and, hopefully, make the world a safer place for tomorrow."
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