Topic: Workforce Development

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Workforce Development |

UNLV Hits the Jackpot with Student SOC and Splunk

Splunk publishes case study showing how students in UNLV’s security operations center are gaining hands-on security experience and keeping their campus community secure. 

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Cybersecurity, Workforce Development |

Cybersecurity Liaisons Learn About Incident Response From Information Security Experts

UNLV’s Cybersecurity Liaison Program holds their annual event for its members to learn about recovering from a cyberthreat.
 

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People, Workforce Development |

The Interview: Rakitha Perera

The multimedia applications developer made a couple of career pivots before finding his focus on the university’s cybersecurity response.

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Cybersecurity, Workforce Development |

From Classroom to Career: Graduate Students Join the Information Security Office to Gain Hands-on Experience

Over the summer, our ISO team onboarded seven student employees to their team to help enhance the security of our campus. Many are now staying into the fall semester as graduate assistants. 

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Workforce Development |

New Self-Service Tools Added to Campus Computers Lets You Install Software All on Your Own

Receiving customer support just got easier with brand new tools that allow users to get important IT resources without needing to contact the IT Help Desk.

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Workforce Development |

Employees from UNLV IT Learn All About Splunk at Annual Learning Event

UNLV IT gets insight into cybersecurity defense, enterprise systems, and more during Splunk’s largest learning conference.  

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Workforce Development |

UNLV IT Student Workers Get a Look Inside Their Potential Careers

Ydylle Acosta and Isabella Pupo attended the National Association of Broadcasters Show to understand how innovative technology is transforming storytelling and content creation.
 

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Workforce Development |

The Interview: Eric Kraft

The structured cabling engineer connects with the next generation to help them obtain skills for their future careers.

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Workforce Development |

Apprenticeship Bridging Gender Gap in Technology Industry

Kim Schjang is a network engineer in the Office of Information Technology who is helping to build a temporary network for SC23. This is the second year she’s providing internet access at the supercomputing conference through her participation in the Women in IT Networking program.

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Workforce Development |

Students Engaged with Campus IT Leadership at Involvement Fair

Students interacted with UNLV IT leaders, asking them questions about careers in technology, and received information about current student employment opportunities.