
CSUSB is the first higher education institution to join the CHIRP program, which brings together government, industry and higher education to provide students a direct two-year pathway to a cybersecurity career.

Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences) discusses his work with students at the CSUSB Cybersecurity Center, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband and the role extremism and social media may have.

The CSUSB Cybersecurity Center’s mission “is to provide not only an excellent education, but unparalleled opportunities and training for the next generation of cybersecurity leaders,” according to Vincent Nestler, director of the center.

Nerea Marteache (criminal justice), Francisca Beer (accounting and finance), Nicholas Bratcher (music), Tony Coulson and Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences), and Bryan Castillo (lecturer, geological sciences) were mentioned in recent news coverage.

Recent news media coverage highlighted the expertise of Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences), Stuart Sumida (biology), Montgomery Van Wart (public administration), Katherine Gray (art) and Brian Levin (criminal justice).

The university’s cybersecurity program was chosen because of its proven track record as a Minority-Serving Institution for its work in preparing a diverse population of students for cybersecurity and computer science careers.

Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences) talks about the benefits of CSUSB students participating in the Cyber Halo Innovation Research Program, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) continued to be a source for news media covering the recent wave of hate- and extremist-related violence.

Vincent Nestler (information and decision sciences) discussed the work CSUSB’s Cybersecurity Center is doing to prepare students to fill jobs in the profession, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviews on topics related to hate crimes and recent mass shootings.

Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences), Vincent Nestler and Jesus Canelon (also information and decision sciences) and Yunfei Hou (compuer science and engineering) were included in recent news coverage.