6 Ways Sunshine State Moving Toward CyberSecurity Leader

Florida looks to be THE state for cybersecurity. Here’s what it is doing to get there:

• Higher Education. 
  • Florida currently has 13 schools that the National Security Agency has designated as centers of academic excellence in cybersecurity education or research.
  • Florida universities and colleges offer  40 cybersecurity-related programs for graduate and undergraduate studies 
• Workforce Pipeline.
  • ​The Florida Center for Cybersecurity helps universities & students
  • Shapes curriculum to meet industry wants
• Public Education
  • ​Including cybersecurity as early as kindergarten 
• Business
  • ​ Creating a cybersecurity hub
  • Hosting “boot camp-style” training programs, meet-ups and events
• Stronger Information Privacy Laws
  • ​the goal: to shape how companies approach issues such as securing personal information and disclosing to consumers when their data has been leaked.
• Engage the Attorney General
  • ​Mimicking California and encouraging the State Attorney General to take a “strong stance toward digital privacy.”

Government Technology | Florida Sets Sights on Becoming Cybersecurity Front-Runner