Passion: Required Hackers: Wanted
Gain hands-on, practical experience in cybersecurity and technology. Learn to become a “cyber warrior” while working with area businesses on their network and software security issues.
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Hands-On Skills
With the CCT, the college added the necessary hands-on, practical experience that students need to supplement their classroom learning
Student Internships
Student interns have the infrastructure to experiment with security tools and “legally hack” without causing any permanent damage to a network. While experimenting and testing commercially available security tools, the center makes a commitment to open source tool development.
Ethical Hackers
Our students abide by the Ethical Hacker Code and sign an agreement in order to work at the CCT. The code clearly prescribes that students will only engage in legal “hacking” with prior authorization.
Hackerspace
Opening in 2017, the Center for Cybersecurity and Technology (CCT), which goes by the nickname “Hackerspace,” is a collaboration between the management, information systems and analytics (MISA) department and computer science department faculty. The center hosts cybersecurity projects and research to offer students hands-on opportunities to practice skills learned in the classroom. Students from the cybersecurity track in MIS and from computer security majors intern at the center.
The center conducts an outreach program to local high schools to encourage students to pursue careers in cybersecurity by engaging them in projects with SUNY Plattsburgh students. In addition, the center will become an internet security resource for local businesses and nonprofit organizations. A think tank of sorts, the CCT will be a go-to place for START-UP NY businesses to engage with our students, host internships, and get information about the technology infrastructure available in the North Country.
- 20+ Students
- 5+ Degree Opportunities
- ~2 Smart People
CCT Meetings
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"Plattsburgh’s new Center for Cybersecurity and Technology will play an important role in preparing this generation of students to manage and solve this new challenge. Cyber security has gone from a technology based problem to the board room, not only because of the massive spending that companies deploy for prevention, but also because of the negative publicity that comes with cyber breaches, which can be crippling to a company’s reputation.”
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