Online Learning Update

May 13, 2016

In cybersecurity classes, students hack each other

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Lloyd Sowers, Fox 13

Michael Barbee is one of the thousands of college students enrolling in cybersecurity courses. “I mean, our power grid is all online. The internet as a whole, everything we transmit goes through nodes around the country,” said the 21-year-old, who plans to make cybersecurity a career. Counselors say graduates are in demand. “I want to be able to go out there and tell these companies that I have the skills, the drive, and the passion,” offered Reena Wright, who plans to get her master’s in cybersecurity. St. Leo has a special computer lab where students practice hacking one another. “You have to understand where the other side is coming from,” said Barbee

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/138264707-story

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