YPSILANTI �?? Fifty three Detroit high school students, a majority female and most minorities, spent this week at Eastern Michigan University leaning about the burgeoning world of digital forensics and network security.
The program, hosted by the EMU Information Assurance Center, and the Detroit Public Schools, also exposed these teenagers to geographic
information systems and information assurance.
�??What was most eye opening for me, is none of them ever heard of GIS or Network Security,�?� said Skip Lawver, Professor of Information Assurance at EMU and co-project director for the Detroit iTest Youth Project.
�??We got them into cyber defense. They didn�??t know file deleted on a computer was still there. These kids are so excited, it�??s hard to keep a lid on them. Three of them want to pursue bachelor�??s degrees in GIS, Cyber security or Networking. We even got one parent enrolling in our Information Assurance Master�??s degree program.�?�
The program is funded by a $889,000 grant from the National Science Founcation.
The week-long workshop gave students entry-level training in geographic
information systems and information assurance, Computer Forensics
and Network Security.
Students will serve a summer internship next year with a Detroit city department or contractor to work on a real project to put their new skills to work.
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