On Friday, October 31st, CBS Austin interviewed Bryson Byrd, Texas Cybersecurity Clinic Senior Industry Expert, and Nikki Jennings, Vice President of Technical Sales at Huntress, on the dual role played by the Strauss Center’s Texas Cybersecurity Clinic in workforce development and ensuring Texas-area businesses and institutions are more cyber-secure. They discussed the high level and wide spectrum of cybersecurity attacks leveraging vulnerabilities and targeting entities that range from government agencies to small businesses. The Texas Cybersecurity Clinic trains students to support small businesses and local governments to fight back.
“Really, more important than anything, we learned how to work with small businesses and local governments and how to optimize the resources they do have to better their cyber security posture,” noted Emma Fisk, Texas Cybersecurity Clinic student.
Deborah Chu, former Cyber Clinic student with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently featured inWall Street Journal Opinion piece "How to Serve Your Country if You Aren't in the Military." The article sought out student views on public service beyond the military. In the face of coordinated and state-backed cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure,...
Francesca Lockhart, Program Lead of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently interviewed by podcast hosts and UT Austin faculty Professor Stephanie Holmsten and Professor Jen Moon in an episode of "The Other Side of Campus" on "Classroom to Cyberspace: Teaching Public Service Through Cybersecurity." The conversation focused on Professor Lockhart's background with the...
Two Texas Cybersecurity Clinic students, Deborah Chu and Meera Hatangadi, were awarded theTexas Cybersecurity Clinic Excellence Award in honor of their performance in the Spring 2025 - Fall 2025 cohort of the Clinic. This award is made possible through the generosity of Socium Solutions. The Strauss Center for International Security and Law extends special thanks to Tam Nguyen, Chief Executive...