Friday, July 17, 2009

Keesler chosen for cyber training

BILOXI, Miss. - Keesler Air Force Base was chosen as the site for the new Undergraduate Cyberspace Training Unit, a program that will teach its students how to protect communications networks. The new unit will mean more students and teachers at Keesler. The first class begins in the fall of 2010. The training will include how to design, secure, assess, exploit, attack and defend various communication networks, including telephones, Internet protocol, satellite, land mobile radio, industrial control systems, integrated air defense and tactical data link. (Source: The Sun Herald, 07/17/09)