Professor Jun Dai, a computer science professor at Sacramento State, introduced the Cyber Security Academy in 2017, an especially timely topic with the federal government investigating cyber attacks during the presidential election. Students watched a simulated cyber attack, saw how hackers can compromise a computer and learned ways to protect themselves online. 

Sacramento News & Review reported on the Cyber Security Academy: “As cyber attacks grow, Sac State readies the next generation of data defenders”

Reporter Courtney Dempsey also featured the Cyber Security and Coding academies on Channel 31’s Good Day. Be sure to watch the video!