RCC’s $300K Grant to Train Cybersecurity Specialists
The National Science Foundation has given almost $300,000 to Robeson Community College, North Carolina, for a three-year expansion of cybersecurity training, Internet access and other IT programming. by The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C. / April 20, 2021 Shutterstock
(TNS) Robeson Community College has been awarded a nearly $300,000 grant intended to enhance the school s Information Technology program.
Rep. Dan Bishop, NC-09, announced the $299,792 grant from the National Science Foundation on Tuesday. The grant money is to help train cybersecurity officials in North Carolina. The threat of cybersecurity attacks from rogue actors such as China, Iran, and Russia are increasing every day in the 21st Century economy, Bishop said. As a nation, we need to be properly equipped to handle such attacks with well-trained cybersecurity specialists. The program that