Dr. Bruce McMillin, professor of computer science at Missouri University of Science and Technology and an expert in cybersecurity, is available to discuss the distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) that brought down Twitter, Spotify and other popular online services on Friday, Oct. 21.
McMillin is a member of the Missouri Cybersecurity Task Force, a group formed in April by Gov. Jay Nixon to bring together experts from business, government and education to help bolster and enhance preparation against cyberattacks. He recently discussed the need to train a workforce of "cyber warriors" to thwart such attacks in the future.
“The need for graduate education in this field is immense,” McMillin says. “Studies show that hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity jobs in this country and across the world are going unfilled. The governor and other state leaders recognize the need to work closely with universities such as Missouri S&T to address that gap.”
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