A grant from the Minnesota-based Shavlik Family Foundation will advance cybersecurity training for students at Carleton and St. Olaf.
According to project director Kendall George, Information Security Officer for both colleges, Shavlik support will fund servers for each school to host cybersecurity tools used by student security analysts. The resulting student-led security operations centers (SOCs) and security labs will strengthen institutional defenses against cyberattacks and provide students with hands-on experience in the growing field of cybersecurity.
The mission of the Shavlik Family Foundation, based in White Bear Lake, Minn., is to remove barriers by providing access to technology needed to empower people and organizations to find their full potential.