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(UNG: University of North Georgia)
(National Cyber Warrior Academy)
(40 highschoolers times 80 hours of instruction equals national certification for next generation of cyber professionals)
You can go from the iPad to the sphero and you can like move the sphero on the desk.
McKinley Johnson, Dahlonega, Georgia: Cyber security and just computers overall is really interesting to me and just all the capabilities you can do with just one small machine.
Dr. Bryson Payne, Director of Center for Cyber Operations Education: The National Cyber Warrior Academy is a two-week residential program for high school students in UNG's service area and it allows students to study certified ethical hacker curriculum materials over two-week program to understand how to protect their own systems, their families, their businesses and even our national infrastructure.
Erin Cho, Marietta, Georgia: I learned a lot about hacking and coding and how to keep my things safe. A lot about cybersecurity.
Payne: Now we did some coding yesterday, right? So listen to the code running.
Mia Stroud, Stone Mountain, Georgia: I learned how to hack everything. And as a career, I want to work in the NSA in their cybersecurity department or I'll work for the FBI in their cybercrimes department.
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(Copyright University of North Georgia July 2016)