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On Dec. 11, the 51��Ʒ��Ƶ hosted a roundtable discussion with Jake Braun, acting principal deputy national cyber director in the Office of the National Cyber Director, on cybersecurity and workforce development. The event brought together two dozen education and foundation leaders to share efforts to .

“We were excited by the opportunity to showcase all of the good work in cyber education and workforce development at 51��Ʒ��Ƶ and with other partners around the region,” said David Hickton, founding director of 51��Ʒ��Ƶ’s .

The list of that good work is long: 51��Ʒ��Ƶ’s CyberCamp trains 150 high school students each year, and Gencyber@51��Ʒ��Ƶ brings high school teachers to campus to learn cybersecurity concepts. 51��Ʒ��Ƶ also offers a graduate certificate on the topic, along with boot camps and micro credentials for IT professionals, and is host to a number of cybersecurity research programs and centers. ��

The roundtable’s guest list included deans, administrators and faculty members at 51��Ʒ��Ƶ along with other regional leaders in cyber education and workforce development, including the Community College of Allegheny County, Carnegie Mellon University, the Richard King Mellon Foundation and 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh Public Schools.

After initial remarks from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob Rutenbar, the group discussed local cybersecurity workforce initiatives, diversifying the industry and raising overall cyber literacy levels.

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— Patrick Monahan, photography by Aimee Obidzinski