Cybertrust Massachusetts

Eco-system: the organization operates with a mission to grow and diversify the cybersecurity workforce, while providing essential cybersecurity services to underserved entities, including municipalities, nonprofits and small businesses. It does this through the convening of a consortium of companies and colleges, providing cyber range technology to colleges, and operating student-staffed security operations centers to serve local entities.

Soc: the Cybertrust security operations center (soc) will be staffed with students and professional staff, serving the dual missions of workforce development and meeting the basic cybersecurity needs of municipalities, non-profits, and small businesses. During this period, Cybertrust conducted planning and development activities ahead of a 2024 launch of the first soc.

Range: Cybertrust licensed a leading cyber range platform for use by our college members, providing access to a platform they otherwise could not afford. The range provides students with a simulated environment for hands on experiences nearly as realistic as training on a real it environment, with real cyber attacks, but without the danger of unleashing malware on a real environment. Providing cyber range access to area colleges is one of the main ways Cybertrust advances education in cybersecurity. In its initial rollout this period, the cybertrust-provide range served 81 students across 5 colleges.