The University of Dayton Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence will create new workforce development programs, increase awareness around cybersecurity issues and provide expertise throughout the state with new Ohio Department of Higher Education research incentive funding worth more than $277,00

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University of Dayton eCommons News Releases Marketing and Communications 1-30-2020 Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence receives research funding University of Dayton Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls Recommended Citation University of Dayton, "Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence receives research funding" (2020). News Releases. 11326. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls/11326 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in News Releases by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact mschlangen1@udayton.edu, ecommons@udayton.edu. UD COVID-19 A-Z index | UD case dashboard | Report your vaccination | CDC COVID-19 info News Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence receives research funding/THU R S D A Y  J ANU A R Y  30 ,  2020CONTACTNews andCommunicationsSta EmailNewsUN IV ER S I T Y  O FD A Y T ON  NEW SNEW S  A R CH IV E F O R  THE  M ED IAL EA RN L EA D S ER V E A P P LY G M E N UCenter for Cybersecurity &Data Intelligence receivesresearch fundingThe University of Dayton Center for Cybersecurity & DataIntelligence will create new workforce developmentprograms, increase awareness around cybersecurity issuesand provide expertise throughout the state with new OhioDepartment of Higher Education research incentive fundingworth more than $277,000.“The state recognizes people need help protecting theirsensitive information in a world where threats keepgrowing,” said Dave Salisbury, UD cybersecurity centerdirector. “This grant will allow the University to leverage itsresources to help Ohio educate and equip its citizensagainst cyber threats.”The grant will enable the University to make its Cyber-Mindfulness education program available to the public.Cyber-Mindfulness not only makes anyone who usestechnology aware of cyber threats, but gives them the skillsto defend against those threats.“Most hackers target people, not machines,” said RustyBaldwin, director of research for UD’s cybersecurity center.“They want to trick you with well-disguised phishing emailsinto downloading malware or giving up your password. Thesehacks can have huge  nancial consequences for people andorganizations. That’s how Cyber-Mindfulness is di erentfrom most other programs; it empowers people. It’s not aone-time training that o ers a few tips and some horrorstories and then is soon forgotten. It’s ongoing and givespeople simple things they can do to protect themselves sothey’re not at a hacker’s mercy.”Cyber-Mindfulness has improved the percent of Universityfaculty and sta  who said they would be able to recognize asuspicious email message to 77% from just 13% a yearearlier. Also, the percent of people tricked by a well-300 College Park Dayton, Ohio45469 937-229-1000CareersContactAcademicCalendarApplyVisitRequestInfoGivedisguised phishing email dropped to just 0.5% from 5.5% ayear earlier.The grant also helps address the cyber workforce needs inthe state. The University will use its state-funded CyberRange — a virtual training environment — to help futuretech workers document their skills and progress via a cyberskills portfolio. Participants will be able to present theirportfolio to potential employers, giving them a credentialthat complements other training or formal education.Additionally, the University will create materials, such ascurriculum and videos, for groups such as localgovernments, small businesses or school districts that facecyber threats but lack the resources and information toaddress them.The Center for Cybersecurity & Data Intelligence wasfounded in 2018 by the University and founding sponsorpartner Premier Health. More information on the center isavailable online.Share    Topics Campus andCommunityinfo@udayton.eduDirections    AlumniLibrariesP O R CHES P O L IC I ES R EP O R T  A  C ONC ERN P R IV A C Y  &  T ER M S NOND IS C R IM I NA T ION D IV ER S I T YGive

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