Louisiana Tech creates student-run security operations center
The cybersecurity firm TekStream last week announced a new partnership with Louisiana Tech designed to strengthen the institution’s security posture and create a new student-run security operations center.
According to a press release, the SOC is based on the firm’s Workforce Academy. The operations center will offer students “hands-on cybersecurity experience,” the company said, offering “a live, production-grade environment, speeding up their career readiness.”
“The SOC aligns alert complexity with skill development, providing the university with cost-containment leverage while ensuring students engage in threat hunting, log analysis, incident response, and risk reporting at a comfortable skill level,” the company’s press release continued.
Also involved in the SOC is Splunk, which will reportedly provide enterprise security technology.
In addition to bolstering the nation’s cybersecurity workforce, the partnership intends also to attract “high-achieving” students, by offering a robust hands-on program.
“With the accreditation received by the LA Tech program, students will graduate with over two years of cybersecurity experience and a transcript reflecting the complexity and breadth of their training,” the announcement continued. “The first group of students will begin their training and manage SOC activities this fall semester. Within six months of launch, about 20 students are expected to be employed.
Similar programs are run at Louisiana State University and The New Jersey Institute of Technology.
According to the company, the new SOC is designed for “rapid launch,” and to provide students to upskill quickly.
