The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics

The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is thrilled to welcome Matthew Nagamine as Membership Director! 🎉 As Membership Director, Matt will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic priorities for the Consortium, onboarding and stewarding member clinics, and working with Consortium leadership to achieve its mission of launching a university, college, or community-college based clinic in all 50 U.S. states by 2030. We sat down with Matt for a Q&A to learn more about his background, what he’s most looking forward to in his new role, and his vision for the Consortium. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gXFSeRjB Please help us welcome Matt!

Our Cyber Clinic at Louisiana State University received a notable mention in remarks made by Mr. Seeyew Mo, Assistant National Cyber Director, before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the cyber workforce gap. #LSU #LSUCyber #CyberClinic #Cybersecurity #CyberWorkForce

Do you care about bolstering the cyber defenses of under-resourced public-interest organizations? Have you heard of cybersecurity clinics? Congressmen Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Eric Swalwell (CA-14) joined moderator Nicole Tisdale of The Aspen Institute at the UC Berkeley School of Information Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity's Cyber Civil Defense Summit to discuss cyber clinics and other #CyberCivilDefense strategies.  ✅ Follow CLTC and The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics to learn more about our work to help decision makers act with foresight and expand who participates in cybersecurity. ICYMI: A recent CyberScoop article featured the Cybersecurity Clinics Grant Program Act, which would task the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency with establishing grant programs to fund cybersecurity clinics at community colleges, HBCUs, HSIs, & other minority-serving institutions. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e9GQMPDE #cybersecurityclinics #cybersecurity #clinics #cyberclinics

"To strengthen education and workforce development systems, we are identifying federal investments to expand opportunities through quality hands-on training and learning programs, such as cyber clinics." Seeyew Mo, Assistant National Cyber Director at the Office of the National Cyber Director, The White House, recently provided testimony before the House Homeland Committee hearing on the cyber workforce gap. 📑 Read the full briefing on "Unleashing America's Cyber Talent" here: https://lnkd.in/gnhVFvGz ▶️ Watch his Congressional testimony: https://lnkd.in/gzaaCryp

Representative Marc Veasey and Representative August Pfluger recently reintroduced the Cybersecurity Clinics Grant Program Act! This bill would charge the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency with creating grant programs to fund cybersecurity clinics at community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and other institutions with predominantly minority populations. https://lnkd.in/e9GQMPDE

We had a terrific convening today of empirical cybersecurity researchers and clinical leaders from across the country brought together by The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics. Thanks to all who participated - I left inspired and energized!

Hard to believe the NICE Conference and Expo wrapped up two weeks ago! Thanks very much to Google for featuring The University of Texas at Austin's Applied Cybersecurity Community Clinic at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law in a plenary session panel moderated by Maab Ibrahim. Not only were we able to spotlight the 15 incredible new cyber clinics launching with the support of the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Grant Fund, but we were also able to tell the stories of Jose Torres, a UT clinic alum whose team helped a municipal government in Central Texas prioritize its cybersecurity risks and take meaningful steps to reduce them, and Rachel B. Lee, a Longhorn business owner in Austin who sought the UT clinic's services after her business, StandOut Authority, suffered financial loss from a cyber attack. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Mike Howell rounded us out by sharing his perspective on how cyber clinics are force multipliers of national cybersecurity resiliency efforts. Thank you again to our moderator for perfect preparation, our panelists for their time and stories, and congratulations again to the newly funded cybersecurity clinics!! I'm excited to keep the momentum going as we welcome you all to the The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics and share our lessons and experiences.

The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics is proud to have 5 HBCUs join as official member institutions! Led by our colleague Professor Kevin Harris of Stillman College, the HBCU Cybersecurity Clinic Center works to increase the number of HBCUs that adopt the clinic model while simultaneously raising cybersecurity awareness or underserved communities.  The Center will support advancing HBCU growth into the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, promote awareness of the field across the HBCU landscape, provide mentorship for developing clinics and programs and establish a cybersecurity thought leadership program for HBCU faculty and staff. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ggv9ehZn Pictured: New members from incoming HBCU institutions at a reception hosted by Google concurrently with the 2024 NICE Conference in Dallas, TX. The reception recognized the 15 new colleges, universities, and collaborative initiatives across the U.S. that received $1M grants and additional support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to launch new cybersecurity clinics. Read more about this trailblazing partnership: https://lnkd.in/eCMy6ftG From L to R: Cynthia D Culbreath, SPHR, CDP of Spelman College, Dr. Valerie Nelson of Howard University, Raquel Hill of Spelman College, Dr. Kevin Harris of Stillman College, Dr. Demetria Howard White of Tougaloo College, and Maab Ibrahim of Google.org What is a cybersecurity clinic? Hear from Dr. Harris in our 3 min explainer video! https://lnkd.in/gBBxC3SN

The San Diego Cyber Clinic team is having a great time learning from The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics and Google at the #NICECybercon24! 👏 #GoogleOrg #SanDiegoCyberClinic #ConsortiumofCybersecurityClinics

Turtle Mountain Community College is excited to announce our reception of $1 Million from Google to launch a Cybersecurity Clinic. TMCC is one of 15 new clinics set to launch in 2024 at higher education institutions across the country. The clinic is a collaborative effort between TMCC, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, and Google.org, who provide funding, volunteers, and in-kind support to establish a clinic within the Turtle Mountain Region. The funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm is an ongoing $25 million partnership with the Consortium of Cybersecurity. For additional information on the work of Google.org and Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics please access the links below. Google.org https://lnkd.in/gvXHgCRA Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics https://lnkd.in/gNahHsKk