{"id":92481,"date":"2019-02-15T13:35:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=92481"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:18:05","slug":"cyber-education-expand-ucf-1-5-million-gift-lockheed-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/cyber-education-expand-ucf-1-5-million-gift-lockheed-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Opens Doors to New Lockheed Martin Cyber Innovation Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lockheed Martin and the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ celebrated the grand opening of a new Cyber Innovation Lab on Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s campus that will help meet the growing local and national need for cybersecurity talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis lab will serve as the campus\u2019 primary hub for students to develop and expand their information security skills, preparing them to enter this high-demand field and take on the cyber security threats of the future.\u201d\u2014 Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ President Dale Whittaker<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The lab\u2019s opening was celebrated with a ribbon cutting, a demonstration by Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Collegiate Cyber Defense Club (Hack@Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½) and a panel discussion with U.S. military and Lockheed Martin cyber experts about technology trends and how students can prepare for a career in the growing field.<\/p>\n

The 970-square-foot lab is in the atrium of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Engineering I building and will serve as a learning hub, classroom, and the practice center for Hack@Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½. In November 2018, Lockheed Martin donated $1.5 million to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to help create the Cyber Innovation Lab and encourage the next-generation of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) talent to collaborate and solve today\u2019s challenging cyber problems. The company\u2019s donation will fund software and technology support to the lab, and employees will also provide cyber training and professional mentoring to engineering students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis lab will serve as the campus\u2019 primary hub for students to develop and expand their information security skills, preparing them to enter this high-demand field and take on the cyber security threats of the future,\u201d says Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ President Dale Whittaker. \u201cWe are grateful for Lockheed Martin\u2019s longtime partnership and strong commitment to our students\u2019 success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ provides more graduates to aerospace and defense companies<\/a> than any other university in the country, and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ continues to grow cyber research and education through its Cyber Security and Privacy Faculty Cluster<\/a>, an interdisciplinary research team focused on comprehensive solutions to human and technological causes of security and privacy problems. It’s estimated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that there are more than 13,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in Florida alone, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts jobs for information security analysts will grow by 28 percent by 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future battlespace will be heavily reliant on cyber\u2026 even more so than we\u2019re seeing today,\u201d says Stephanie C. Hill, deputy executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems. \u201cBy working with institutions like Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, through labs like this one, we\u2019ll all better understand and accelerate our shared capabilities and potential to adapt and innovate in the fifth domain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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