READING, Pa.- Students in Alvernia University’s Intro to Cybersecurity class are learning how to become heroes in the cyber world.
“As you get into the workforce, you really see just how much of the things that you’re learning in here apply to a real job,” recent Alvernia graduate, Noah Govern said to the class.
Govern says his education prepared him for his current role as a Cybersecurity Incident Response Team analyst for Fiserv so, he came back to share his experience.
“I think it really just ties back to wanting other Alvernia students to know that what they’re learning here is crucial to what jobs they may have in the future,” says Govern.
“Every time you read the news or do a story, somebody else is getting hacked,” says Eric Robuck, Cybersecurity and Programming professor for Alvernia. “Insurance companies, our government, we need good people to fight the bad people.”
Alvernia is currently in the process of building a state-of-the-art research and cybersecurity lab that should be ready by next year.
Students are learning about defending and attacking digital networks and are incorporating robotics and AI into their studies.
“I’ve always come motivated to this class to learn something new because cyber security changes almost every day,” says Laila Hunt, Alvernia Class of ’28.
Alvernia Senior, Jaden Roman says he hopes to work in the field of pen testing or white hat hacking once he graduates; which essentially means he wants to be a hacker for the good guys.
“You kind of don’t think twice about it when you put yourself on the internet but there’s someone on the other side that’s making sure that the info that you’re giving it is safe,” says Roman. “It’s pretty crazy to think that in the future it’s going to be us.”