Praise for the Texas Cybersecurity Clinic

November 3, 2025

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.

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