A group of local college students is working to prevent more hackers from accessing your data by doing just that: ethically hacking. “It’s just important overall because very sensitive information is out there,” Denise Barrera, vice president of the Ethical Hackers Club at Palm Beach State College, told WPBF 25 News. “Have ethical hacker skills even in school and out of school once we graduate. So, we’re able to have the fundamentals, and more, technically,” Andrea Sanguinetti, president of the Ethical Hackers Club, said.On Wednesday, the club held a spring 2024 cybersecurity symposium at the Lake Worth campus. Representatives from companies, including Google, were also there to network with future cybersecurity analysts.Justin Wan, a senior and member of the Ethical Hackers Club, was a panelist at the symposium and demonstrated how ethical hacking works. “My end goal is to be a penetration tester, which is basically a contractor that’s hired by companies to hack into their systems and write a report about what vulnerabilities may be in there,” Wan told WPBF 25 News. Last semester, the club placed second statewide in a web-based cybersecurity competition. “Nationally, we’re having conversations on a skills gap in the field of cybersecurity. Our job in admissions is to fill those gaps,” Dean John Hadley of the business and computer science department at Palm Beach State College told WPBF 25 News. “Working with K-12 to promote and have students in these types of environments to learn those skills to be able to help those jobs.”Palm Beach State College has also been recently named as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense through 2027. But the work doesn’t stop there.Beginning in the upcoming fall semester, Palm Beach State College will be offering a course in Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence. Top headlines:Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25 Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.
A group of local college students is working to prevent more hackers from accessing your data by doing just that: ethically hacking.
“It’s just important overall because very sensitive information is out there,” Denise Barrera, vice president of the Ethical Hackers Club at Palm Beach State College, told WPBF 25 News.
“Have ethical hacker skills even in school and out of school once we graduate. So, we’re able to have the fundamentals, and more, technically,” Andrea Sanguinetti, president of the Ethical Hackers Club, said.
On Wednesday, the club held a spring 2024 cybersecurity symposium at the Lake Worth campus. Representatives from companies, including Google, were also there to network with future cybersecurity analysts.
Justin Wan, a senior and member of the Ethical Hackers Club, was a panelist at the symposium and demonstrated how ethical hacking works.
“My end goal is to be a penetration tester, which is basically a contractor that’s hired by companies to hack into their systems and write a report about what vulnerabilities may be in there,” Wan told WPBF 25 News.
Last semester, the club placed second statewide in a web-based cybersecurity competition.
“Nationally, we’re having conversations on a skills gap in the field of cybersecurity. Our job in admissions is to fill those gaps,” Dean John Hadley of the business and computer science department at Palm Beach State College told WPBF 25 News. “Working with K-12 to promote and have students in these types of environments to learn those skills to be able to help those jobs.”
Palm Beach State College has also been recently named as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense through 2027.
But the work doesn’t stop there.
Beginning in the upcoming fall semester, Palm Beach State College will be offering a course in Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence.
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