Clark Atlanta, five other HBCUs across the South getting cybersecurity centers – WABE

Six traditionally Black universities in 5 Southern states might be getting the primary IBM cybersecurity facilities aimed toward coaching underrepresented communities, the corporate mentioned.

The colleges are Xavier College of Louisiana, that state’s Southern College System, North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State, Clark Atlanta and Morgan State universities, in keeping with a information launch Tuesday.

“Know-how-related providers are in fixed demand, and cybersecurity is paramount,” mentioned Dr. Ray L. Belton, president of the Southern College System primarily based in Baton Rouge.

The facilities will give college students, workers and college entry to fashionable expertise, assets and expertise growth, mentioned Dr. Nikunja Swain, chair and professor of the Laptop Science and Arithmetic Division at South Carolina State, in Orangeburg.

“It should additional improve our ongoing actions on a number of key areas, together with cybersecurity, information science analytics, cloud computing, IOT, blockchain, design considering, quantum computing and synthetic intelligence,” he mentioned.

IBM mentioned it plans greater than 20 such facilities at traditionally Black faculties and universities nationwide.

The corporate mentioned every college will get personalized programs and entry to firm tutorial applications. Additionally they will have the ability to expertise simulated however reasonable cyberattacks via IBM Safety’s Command Middle.

The corporate mentioned it additionally will present college and college students free entry to a number of SaaS IBM Cloud environments.

Xavier is in New Orleans, North Carolina A&T in Greensboro and Morgan State in Baltimore.