HUNTINGTON — Marshall’s cybersecurity students have a new way to learn after university officials signed paperwork to enter a partnership with a security company and the state’s National Guard.
On Wednesday, Marshall University’s Institute for Cyber Security announced the partnerships with the West Virginia National Guard and Forge Security following a “live fire” cyber range training by the security company, which focused on industrial control systems. Cybersecurity students at Marshall followed along through those exercises to see how working practitioners respond to cyber attacks.
ICS brings together Marshall’s hardware and software engineers, forensic scientists, cybersecurity practitioners and policy experts to address emerging needs in cybersecurity through multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research, education and outreach programs.
Marshall President Brad D. Smith called it a strategic coalition with partners who bring a different set of skills and experiences. Marshall University will provide the faculty, the research and the facilities to set the environment. The National Guard will provide onsite personnel who can help run training missions. Forge Security will bring in the virtual cyber range to allow practice in real time.
Smith said the collective three are building a foundation none could have done on their own. He said hands-on learning for students is priceless.
“We all know that learning happens best when you can actually learn the theory and then see if it really works,” he said. “And so this applied experience, or experiential learning, as we call it, is the perfect way for students to really understand that they’re developing the skills and expertise they need to have an impact.”
The cyber range enables Marshall to incorporate immersive, realistic and hands-on exercises into its curriculum. This includes individual lab exercises that teach specific skills, as well as live fire exerci ..
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