UGA CyberArch helps Georgia communities - 20 Oct 2023
The University of Georgia works to enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure in communities across the state through its CyberArch program. Now UGA is poised to expand CyberArch, train and empower more students interested in cybersecurity careers and increase its cybersecurity impact across the state of Georgia thanks to funding from Google.

Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics With $20 Million Donation (usnews.com) - 22 Jun 2023
Mark Lupo, coordinator of the University of Georgia’s clinic, known as CyberArch, said demand continues to increase for the clinic’s services because more and more data is at risk. “We have continued as a society to bring more of our sensitive information online, so that vulnerability has only increased,” he said. “The malicious actors understand that sensitive data can be monetized, which, at some point in the past, was not even a thought. Now that there’s money there, they’re going to gravitate toward that.”
 

Terry MIS students help strengthen cybersecurity efforts across Georgia - Terry College of Business (uga.edu) - 17 Mar 2023
Disha Adama, a management information systems and legal studies major from Johns Creek, was drawn to UGA CyberArch in part because it amplifies UGA’s research and service focus. She was one of five Terry MIS majors to work with CyberArch this year.  “Just being able to work with a local community and have an impact on them as a student with something as big and impactful as cybersecurity is really rewarding,” said Adama, who serves as a team leader and worked to increase cybersecurity practices at a local school system

Students play crucial role in making cybersecurity impact (uga.edu) - 13 Mar 2023
Through CyberArch, UGA is addressing the challenges of cybersecurity for Georgia’s communities and businesses by helping these organizations build a broader awareness about cybersecurity threats and strengthen their cyber preparation and response actions. Student interns, working in teams of four, conduct a cybersecurity risk review through a series of assessment questions, then make a site visit before creating a final report that includes recommendations to enhance the organization’s cybersecurity posture.

UGA is cyber ready to help state fight hacker attacks - UGA Today - 18 Jun 2018
Organized through UGA Public Service and Outreach (PSO), CyberArch is being piloted to share customized cybersecurity resources with Georgia communities. Already, UGA PSO units, such as the Small Business Development Center, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, and the UGA Center for Continuing Education, offer help with cybersecurity. But CyberArch is taking it further by tailoring information to individual community needs.

UGA connects big data and cybersecurity expertise to Georgia communities - UGA Today - 29 Nov 2017
The University of Georgia is extending its cybersecurity expertise across the state through a new initiative that will help businesses and communities identify ways to safeguard against potentially devastating cyberattacks. Two communities in Georgia — Hart County and Griffin/Spalding County — will pilot the CyberArch program, which connects business and civic leaders with faculty from UGA Public Service and Outreach, the UGA Institute for Cybersecurity and Privacy and the broader Georgia Informatics Institutes for Research and Education at UGA.