Code red: GCU powers up cybersecurity focus

Published: 05/30/2018
Updated: 02/28/2022

By Lana Sweeten-Shults
GCU Magazine

When the World Wide Web took its first digital breath, it was more than a game-changing phenomenon. It was a virtual technology tsunami, and everyone wanted to play in the sand.

Yet the world dallied in the sand with nary a care.

“With computers, everybody was using them, but they didn’t see any implications as far as securing their information. All of a sudden, we get these bad actors out there, and they’re starting to take advantage of that, just like any criminal organization,” said Al Kelly, College of Science,Engineering and Technology lead cybersecurity faculty.

Now, “the world is playing catch-up,” Kelly said of cybersecurity.

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