ROTC-for-cybersecurity scholarship returns to CSUSB with Aguilar’s help

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April 28, 2017,
by The Sun



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The Sun — If Tony Coulson has his way, San Bernardino will be known nationally for something other than being the site of tragedies. “We’re trying to train our students to do jobs that haven’t been invented yet,” said Coulson, a professor of information and decision sciences and director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Cyber Security Center.
Coulson doesn’t teach his students computer science or engineering. Instead, he teaches them to put it all together and use it to fight back against hackers and other cyber security challenges that could leave the region and country vulnerable.
On March 8, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 1301, which included $5 million to restart cyber security scholarships that Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, got added to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which was signed into law on Dec. 23.
The program works similarly to ROTC scholarships, making it easier for students studying cyber security to become officers in the Army and Air Force. Military cyber security staff defend military computer infrastructure, but also conduct offensive cyberwarfare.
The article was published April 27, 2017, and also appeared in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Redlands Daily Facts.
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