{"id":3071,"date":"2017-01-20T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T09:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:01:07","slug":"cybersecurity-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/20\/cybersecurity-interns","title":{"rendered":"Head start in cybersecurity career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cybersecurity-interns.jpg\" alt=\"cybersecurity interns\" class=\"wp-image-26873\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Douglas Esser<br>\nHeadlines about hacked emails and the theft of millions of names from databases highlight the vulnerability of digital information and the growing need for cybersecurity. Ten University of Washington Bothell students have a head start in cybersecurity careers as capstone interns in a new partnership with T-Mobile, learning how to protect information from hackers, viruses and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three business and seven computing and software systems (CSS) students were selected as the first group in a program pairing workforce training and UW Bothell classes approved by the National Security Agency (NSA). The result will be graduates who are prepared to be productive when they start jobs in the demanding and complex field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was very fortune to get this internship. It\u2019s a field that\u2019s growing very quickly, and I want to go on that path,\u201d says Aparna Suntosh, right, who is graduating this spring in business. \u201cThere\u2019s a shortage of qualified people. So it\u2019s a really big opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/aparna-suntosh.jpg\" alt=\"Aparna Suntosh\" class=\"wp-image-26874\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lack of prepared cybersecurity talent is the No. 1 problem cited by employers worldwide in this arena, says Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, executive director of the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity. CIAC relocated its education arm last year to UW Bothell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T-Mobile is the first of several regional businesses expected to partner with CIAC so that industry needs and guidance are integrated into education and research. The interns who started work this month are gaining a broad exposure to how the telecommunications company secures information and thwarts attacks on data. Managers say they are impressed with the quality of participating students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with UW Bothell in this important effort to increase the regional cybersecurity workforce,\u201d said William Boni, vice president of enterprise information and chief information security officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-mobile-approved-logo--1-.jpg\" alt=\"T-Mobile logo\" class=\"wp-image-26875\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Suntosh, the other UW Bothell business students are Malik Bseikri and, Daniel DuBois. The computing and software systems students are Caitlin Cunningham, Swetha Kumar, Thida Myint, Jessica Nguyen, Michael Su. Cody Snow and Midori Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are paid to work a flexible schedule of 15 to 20 hours a week at T-Mobile offices in Bothell, Bellevue or Snoqualimie. They\u2019re learning systems that regulate access to data and prevent unauthorized changes, disclosure or destruction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business majors are included because the program takes a systems approach that crosses disciplines. Cybersecurity is about more than building firewalls, says Endicott-Popovsky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CIAC is recognized by the NSA as a center for academic excellence in research and in cyber defense education. The center is a resource center for 12 western states. The UW Bothell program is designed to show how to optimize student learning and serve as a model for other schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrent with the internship, the students also are taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pce.uw.edu\/certificates\/information-security-and-risk-management\">UW Professional and Continuing Education (PCE)<\/a> course to earn a certificate in information security and risk management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and T-Mobile have no obligation to each other after the internship, but, \u201cIf things go right, it could be a possibility. If that works out I\u2019d love to work for the company,\u201d Suntosh says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten University of Washington Bothell students have a head start in cybersecurity careers as capstone interns in a new partnership with T-Mobile, learning how to protect information from hackers, viruses and loss.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,218,214,204],"tags":[291],"school":[417,421],"class_list":["post-3071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-community-engagement","category-research","category-students","tag-cybersecurity","school-school-of-business","school-school-of-stem"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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