Advertisement

Header Utility Menu

  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Events

LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Get Our App

  • Login

Virginia Business

Mobile Menu

  • Issues
  • Industries
    • Banking/Finances
    • Law
    • Real Estate
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Energy/Green
    • Federal Contracting
    • Government
    • Healthcare
    • Hotels/Tourism
    • Insurance
    • Ports/Trade
    • Small Business
    • Startups
    • Technology
    • Transportation
  • Regions
    • Central Virginia
    • Eastern Virginia
    • Northern Virginia
    • Roanoke/New River Valley
    • Shenandoah Valley
    • Southern Virginia
    • Southwest Virginia
  • Reports
    • Best Places to Work
    • Business Person of the Year
    • CEO Pay
    • COVID-19
    • Generous Virginians Project
    • Legal Elite
    • Most Influential Virginians
    • Maritime Guide
    • Site Locator
    • The Big Book
    • Virginia CFO Awards
  • Company News
    • For the Record
    • People
  • Opinion
  • Lists
  • Awards/Events
    • Nominate a Virginia financial professional
    • Nominate A Woman in Leadership Today
    • 2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable
    • Women in Leadership
    • Diversity Leadership Series
    • Virginia 500
    • Legal Elite
    • CFO Awards
    • Big Book of Lists
    • 100 People To Meet
    • Best Places To Work
  • Virginia 500
    • Read The Issue
    • Power Up Virginia 500
    • Buy an award plaque
    • Suggest execs for 2023

Advertisement

Header Primary Menu

  • Issues
    • June 2023
    • May 2023
    • April 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • Issues Archive
  • Industries
    • Banking/Finances
    • Law
    • Real Estate
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Energy/Green
    • Federal Contracting
    • Government
    • Healthcare
    • Hotels/Tourism
    • Insurance
    • Ports/Trade
    • Small Business
    • Startups
    • Technology
    • Transportation
  • Regions
    • Central Virginia
    • Eastern Virginia
    • Northern Virginia
    • Roanoke/New River Valley
    • Shenandoah Valley
    • Southern Virginia
    • Southwest Virginia
  • Reports
    • Best Places to Work
    • Business Person of the Year
    • CEO Pay
    • COVID-19
    • Generous Virginians Project
    • Legal Elite
    • Most Influential Virginians
    • Maritime Guide
    • Site Locator
    • The Big Book
    • Virginia CFO Awards
  • Company News
    • For the Record
    • People
  • Opinion
  • Lists
  • Awards/Events
    • Nominate a Virginia financial professional
    • Nominate A Woman in Leadership Today
    • 2022 Virginia Business Political Roundtable
    • Women in Leadership
    • Diversity Leadership Series
    • Virginia 500
    • Legal Elite
    • CFO Awards
    • Big Book of Lists
    • 100 People To Meet
    • Best Places To Work
  • Virginia 500
    • Read The Issue
    • Power Up Virginia 500
    • Buy an award plaque
    • Suggest execs for 2023

Home News ODU launches School of Cybersecurity

ODU launches School of Cybersecurity

First U.S. research university to launch cybersecurity school for undergrad, grad degree programs

Published October 1, 2020 by Sydney Lake

Old Dominion University on Thursday became the first research university in the country to launch a cybersecurity school offering interdisciplinary degree programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.

The university is expanding its existing Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research (CCSER) into the ODU School of Cybersecurity. The school will operate under ODU’s Office of Academic Affairs and report to Brian Payne, vice provost for academic affairs. Georgia Tech recently opened its school of cybersecurity and privacy, which does not include an undergraduate focus.

“The School of Cybersecurity is a great example of ODU’s commitment to providing educational solutions to address real challenges in our region and the world,” President John R. Broderick said in a statement. “It embraces an interdisciplinary foundation to expand the pipeline for a diverse group of cybersecurity, resilience and engineering professionals who will be responsible for safeguarding our critical infrastructure.”

Cybersecurity jobs are growing faster on average than all other occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and last year California-based tech research firm Cybersecurity Ventures projected that there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally by 2021.

“This is the right time and ODU is the right institution to have such a unique school,” Payne said in a statement. “To fully realize the growth of tech talent in Virginia, it is imperative that we have a diverse pool of professionals able to help secure the technology. There are more than 54,000 cybersecurity jobs open in the state. We are preparing our students for these jobs.”

The creation of the new school was largely driven by increased student interest since ODU began offering cybersecurity classes in 2015, according to a university news release.

“We started with 11 students,” CCSER Director Hongyi “Michael” Wu, who will lead the new school, said in a statement. “We now have roughly 800 students, so it made sense to create an academic unit to better support them in an education environment that they can call home.”

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has granted approval for ODU to award two cybersecurity degrees: a master of science and a bachelor of science.

“For ODU, this is more than a name change,” Payne said in a statement. “As the demand for cybersecurity education continues to increase, in addition to our ongoing research, we want to expand our focus on students to ensure they have the support they need to pursue these careers that are so critical to our nation’s workforce, particularly its economic and national security.”

Research scientists will be hired using research funding and more than three dozen faculty will be affiliated with the school, which will be located in ODU’s Monarch Hall.

 

Subscribe to Virginia Business.

Get our daily e-newsletter.

 

Related Stories

ODU President John R. Broderick

ODU president retiring in 2021

John R. Broderick has been university's president since 2008.

Virginia Business logo

CDW Corp. purchases Norfolk-based Amplified IT

Va. company is Google K-12 services partner

Virginia Business logo

ODU announces $3.9M cybersecurity scholarship program

University received funding from the National Science Foundation

Trending

Great expectations

Small yet mighty

The 50 largest Virginia charities

Va. Beach economic development director to depart

Growing the talent pool

Sponsored Stories

Are you the biggest target for cyber security bad actors?

Preparing a Domestic Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) bid in Today’s Market

P.A.I.N.T. Your Financial Mountain

Advertisement

Advertisement

Trending

Great expectations

Small yet mighty

The 50 largest Virginia charities

Va. Beach economic development director to depart

Growing the talent pool

Sponsored Stories

Are you the biggest target for cyber security bad actors?

Preparing a Domestic Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) bid in Today’s Market

P.A.I.N.T. Your Financial Mountain

Get Virginia Business directly on your tablet or in your mailbox!

Subscribe to Virginia Business

Advertisement

Advertisement

Footer Primary Menu

  • virginiabusiness.com
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Footer Secondary Menu

  • Industries
  • Regions
  • Reports
  • Company News
  • Events

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Sign Up

LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Get Our App

Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Footer Utility Menu

Copyright © 2023 Virginia Business. All rights reserved.

Site Maintained by TechArk