Cyber

A Maryland-based foundation that encourages students to prepare for a career in cybersecurity is sponsoring a workshop at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (GCITC). The National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF) event will be on Saturday, March seventh. Dr. Alisha Jordan, NCF Education Program Director, told ABD it is for students and their parents. “We bring kids in between the ages of 10 to 18 for hands-on cybersecurity learning events,” she said. “We bring younger learners in to talk with industry partners, educators, and volunteers to engage in like a

From the most basic home use to the largest corporate operations, data privacy remains a top concern for everyone using Internet resources. The basics of the data privacy program were one of the most recent Webinar Wednesdays hosted by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA). A local expert weighs in on some steps we can take to stay safe. SCDCA cautioned all online activity generates a trail of personal data, and it is not possible to control how each byte is processed and used.  “That’s going to include

Middle and high school students who attended a camp sponsored by the CSRA Alliance for Fort Gordon scored top statewide honors. The students are participating in the 2025-2026 CyberPatriot competition. Teams from Georgia and South Carolina grabbed first, second, and third place in multiple divisions. “They learned everything from Windows to command lines, Python, cyber ethics, Cisco, and networking. All those types of things are skills needed in our nation because we have a critical shortage of cyber workers,” Dr. Tom Clark (CSM, US Army, Ret.), Executive Director of the

A one-of-a-kind signature event is all set for next week in the CSRA—involving an attorney general, lieutenant governor, state senator, and a Fort Gordon leader in the field of Cyber. USCA is devoting the week of Feb. 2nd to AI and Cyber Innovation Week 2026. It provides a broad list of cyber and cyber-related activities. Speakers will include South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R), state Senator Tom Young (R-District 24 Aiken County), South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, and BG Mark D. Miles, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber

A common fear among business owners is protecting their finances against fraud. An expert representing a CSRA bank branch shared ways fraudsters take business assets and simple steps to prevent it. Kerry Huettner, SVP, Treasury Management Officer with Ameris Bank, was the speaker for the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce’s final Third Thursday Business Builder program for 2025. Huettner has been in the banking business for 25 years. He said it used to be that he would talk with a customer about fraud once a month. Now it happens multiple