Transforming Cybersecurity Education in the Commonwealth

Dr. David Raymond The Virginia Cyber Range
Moderated by Milos Manic
11:30 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. EST | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021

Virginia is leading the country in cybersecurity education and the Virginia Cyber Range is playing a key role. The cyber range is funded by the Commonwealth to support cybersecurity education in our public high schools, colleges, and universities. We are the only statewide cyber range in the country that provides infrastructure and courseware to all public high schools and colleges at no charge. This has been game-changing, and has helped foster cybersecurity courses in over half of Virginia high schools and most of the community colleges and universities. Our mission is to help close the cybersecurity skills gap and jump-start a pipeline of skilled expertise starting in K12. Come and find out what the Virginia Cyber Range has to offer!

Dr. David Raymond is Director of the Virginia Cyber Range, a state-wide resource that provides infrastructure and courseware for hands-on cybersecurity education in Virginia high schools and colleges. He is also Director of the U.S. Cyber Range, which provides similar services nationwide. David is adjunct faculty in Virginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he teaches courses in networking and cybersecurity and helps run a student cybersecurity research lab. He is a retired Army officer with a BS in Computer Science from West Point, an MS in Computer Science from Duke University, and a PhD in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech. Before coming to Virginia Tech he ran the capstone cybersecurity program as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at West Point.