10/14/09 - Madison County
A Jackson college will receive
more than a quarter of a million dollars to train students in
cyber security.
Jackson State Community College
will receive $94,000 each year for the next three years from an
Advanced Technological Education Grant. The school said it will
use the funds to continue the newly created Summer Institute for
Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, which gives students hands on
training in securing networks from hackers and cyber terrorists.
Professors said the students will be a firewall for those who
want to do harm in cyberspace.
"Whether it's tapping into
different types of control systems,
like water and gas and electric utilities, these
cyber-terrorists would really like to be able to get their hands
on or access to some of these control devices and could cause
some serious problems," said Dr. Thomas L. Pigg of Jackson
State Community College.
Jackson State leaders said the college is of forming a partnership with the Memphis Division of the FBI's Cyber Crime Squad.
Jackson State leaders said the college is of forming a partnership with the Memphis Division of the FBI's Cyber Crime Squad.