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, Chu argues that the U.S. must tackle the severe understaffing of cybersecurity professionals in the country: “A young person who chooses a career in cybersecurity…is providing a timely service to his country by bridging the digital gap that attackers actively exploit.”
Jose Torres, graduate of the Strauss Center's Texas Cybersecurity Clinic, was recently featured by Google in their Cybersecurity Clinics Fund Impact Report, shared in an announcement earlier this month highlighting Google's Fairwind Program. Jose discovered his passion for cybersecurity through the cyber clinic, joining its inaugural class in 2023. He gained hands-on experience helping a local city government outside San...
Former Texas Cybersecurity student Clinic Deborah Chu was highlighted inWall Street Journal Opinion piece "College Grads vs. the AI Job Apocalypse." As artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace and threatens to automate many traditional entry-level roles, higher education may need to rethink how it prepares students for their careers. Chu points to experiential learning opportunities such as the Strauss Center's Texas...
The Strauss Center for International Security and Law co-hosted a roundtable with ON2IT Cybersecurity and the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law focused on cybersecurity resilience in Texas, and featuring leaders of the Texas Cyber Command as well as state legislators dedicated to improving the cybersecurity and national security posture of the state. Participants explored expanding shared services to smaller...