Project
The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
About
Cybil code: G1034
Status: Ongoing
From: May 2021
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Summary
Founded in May 2021, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics serves as a forum for clinicians, trainers, students, and advocates to share knowledge, expand the reach of cybersecurity clinics, and lower the barriers for other institutions to establish their own clinics.
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Aim
A cybersecurity clinic provides cybersecurity services to community organizations, including small businesses, nonprofits, cities and towns, rural school districts, small utilities and more, while giving students real-world cybersecurity experience. Modeled after legal and medical school clinics, cybersecurity clinics are typically housed at colleges and universities under the direction of clinical professors. Students from diverse backgrounds and degree paths train to provide free cybersecurity assistance to clients who could not otherwise afford these services. Clinics serve as a skills-based learning environment for students and as a vital local resource for improving the cybersecurity resilience of communities.
Context
The University of California, Berkeley’s Cybersecurity Clinic launched in 2018 with a focus on defending nonprofits at risk of politically motivated cyber attack. In 2019, Indiana University launched a clinic to address the needs of state and local agencies, and MIT launched a clinic focused on supporting small towns and municipalities in New England, inspired in part by national news of municipalities facing devastating ransomware attacks.
In 2021, UC Berkeley teamed up with MIT, Indiana University, and the University of Alabama to assess interest in a forum for cybersecurity clinic leaders and coordinators to share knowledge. They were quickly joined by the University of Georgia, Athens, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and allied organizations R Street Institute and the Global Cyber Alliance, and the idea for the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics was born.
The current active clinics ca be found here.
Activities
Equipping the next generation of cyber defenders in Asia :
hrough a partnership between The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), and with the support of the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, cybersecurity clinics are now expanding into more countries in Asia. With support from Google.org, the APAC Cybersecurity Fund is piloting cybersecurity clinics in three countries—Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Singapore—integrating these institutions into a global network.
Additional links
https://globalcyberalliance.org/equipping-next-generation-cyber-defenders-asia/
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