{"id":472422,"date":"2026-10-21T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472422\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:06:09","slug":"uts-regional-security-operations-center-opens-office-in-pcl-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472422\/","title":{"rendered":"UT\u2019s Regional Security Operations Center opens office in PCL \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a class=\"modal-photo photooverlay\" data-story-id=\"193415\" data-photo-id=\"193416\" href=\"#photo\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"View larger version of image.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3444-927x1200.png\" alt=\"UT\u2019s Regional Security Operations Center opens office in PCL\" style=\"width:100%;\" class=\"catboxphoto feature-image\"\/><\/a>                    <\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s Regional Security Operations Center is celebrating National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by opening a new office in the Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library.<\/p>\n<p>The UT-RSOC, founded in 2024, operates under the University\u2019s Information Security Office and is state-funded, according to Robert Childers, the support team manager and vulnerability management lead for UT-RSOC. The center was founded after Senate Bill 475 passed, which \u201cprovide(s) cybersecurity services to public sector organizations across Texas,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Childers, a computer science sophomore who has worked for the center for more than a year, said a team of students from across campus and professional staff operates the UT-RSOC. The center supports clients by providing automated scanning and alerts, incident response and other cybersecurity services free of charge. Clients include school districts, nonprofits and infrastructure facilities that \u201cdon\u2019t have a dedicated security team (or) a huge budget,\u201d Childers said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny company who\u2019s either government-sided or a nonprofit can come to us, and we give them our services for free,\u201d Childers said. \u201cWe do not charge a single cent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The center has been in development for more than two years, UT-RSOC manager Jeremy Carter said, according to UT News. Childers said that before the new office opened, the center worked asynchronously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did have a small, little, tiny office in the backrooms of Dobie (Twenty21),\u201d Childers said. \u201cBut no one would actually go in there. It\u2019s great now to have an office. It\u2019s a treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Childers said the updated office includes one of the largest screens on campus, plus added storage and wireless monitors. Childers said the space has created new opportunities to involve more students. He said that the center expects to train more than 50 new students this semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt opens up a lot of lines for collaboration between us students and the professionals,\u201d Childers said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University\u2019s Regional Security Operations Center is celebrating National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by opening a new office in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-472422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}