Tandon Cyber Fellows on the Front Line of Cyber Defense


  • Richard Tran for Washington Square News March 2nd, 2018
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… According to a report released by cybersecurity giant McAfee, the field of information security faces a troubling deficit of skilled workers. A newly refined Cybersecurity master’s program at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, however, is attempting to address this shortage. The school has partnered with the New York City Cyber Command to create a New York Cyber Fellowship that allows students to take online classes at an affordable price. The move is part of a greater pledge my New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to add an additional 10,000 cybersecurity professionals to the work place in the next decade.

 

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