bet亚洲365欢迎投注 formally opened its Security Operations Center (SOC) today in a next step to deliver cutting-edge cybersecurity education to students. Marist is one of just a few colleges in the northeast to offer a cybersecurity major.

A centralized unit that deals with security issues on an organizational and technical level, SOCs are now a common facet in most large companies. The Marist SOC is located in the Hancock Center and will be a hub for hands-on activities for students studying cybersecurity. The SOC features a number of IBM’s cybersecurity technologies, including the IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform, which applies advanced analytics to detect and prioritize threats across the IT environment, 以及IBM Security AppScan, which helps identify and remediate application security vulnerabilities. The SOC also includes security gateways that prevent and log unauthorized access of network resources, allowing the SOC to control and adjust trust levels for anyone using the data center. 

“In our program we teach students how threats and attacks work and how to counteract them,Casimer DeCusatis说, Director of the Cybersecurity Program and Assistant Professor of Computer 科学. 在SOC中, students have an opportunity to practice their skills in a safe, isolated cloud environment that replicates real world scenarios such as the widely publicized security breaches at Equifax, 目标, 和索尼.”

The Marist/IBM联合研究 Program, Marist’s longstanding collaboration with IBM, has played an integral role in the development of the SOC, including providing expert advising and software obtained through the IBM Academic Initiative.

The launch of the SOC follows closely on the heels of approval of a new under研究生 学位 program at the College—a bachelor of science (B.S.)在网络安全. 这个程序, which is housed within the School of Computer 科学 and Mathematics, received approval from the New York State Education Department in June, and its first cohort of students began class this fall. The Marist SOC will be utilized by students studying in the new major, 网络安全未成年人, the Institute for Data Center Professionals (IDCP) Cybersecurity Certificate, and the Cybersecurity Summer Institute for high school juniors and seniors.

“This high-tech classroom is absolutely essential for students studying cybersecurity,罗杰·诺顿说, 学院院长 School of Computer 科学 and Mathematics. “The SOC at Marist is an important component of preparing tomorrow’s cybersecurity experts for the real world professional challenges that await them.”

The Marist curriculum includes studying attacks against electric power plants, hacking airplanes from the in-flight wifi, securing wireless medical devices such as insulin pumps, and controlling the Internet of Things (smart cars, 无人驾驶飞机, GPS导航器, and home assistants such as Alexa, Siri, 和Cortana).

According to recent studies cited in the Chronicle of Higher Education, cybersecurity job postings grew 114% in a recent five-year period, with 86% of these positions requiring at least a B.S. 学位. 目前, four-year colleges are meeting only about 24% of this demand, which contributes to an expected shortage of between 1.5 and 2 million trained cybersecurity professionals by the year 2020. 进一步, venture capital investments in cybersecurity startups have been increasing, 2017年超过了40亿美元.

Learn more about Marist’s Cybersecurity Program 在这里.

Dr. Roger Norton, 学院院长 School of Computer 科学 and Mathematics