cybersecurity

Career Program: Cybersecurity SpecialistOriginally From: Lagos, NigeriaCurrent Residence: Appleton, WI Year Started at FVTC: 2024 Why did you choose this career program? I have always been fascinated by the idea of computers and technology: how they work and what makes them function the way they do. Before I moved to the States, I was enrolled in

Wendy Diem’s IT career began at the height of Y2K and has taken her through the many transformations of the industry—from early networking challenges to the rise of cybersecurity as a field of its own. Today, she channels that experience into teaching Network Specialist and Cybersecurity Specialist program classes. She loves helping students put it

The future of the social media platform TikTok is changing by the day. However, unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a proposed ban, or there is other federal intervention, the platform will go dark for 170 million US users on January 19. Under federal legislation approved last spring, TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance was ordered

With Cybersecurity being top of mind for companies and businesses, Focus on Careers on WHBY recently highlighted the FVTC Cybersecurity Specialist program. Information Technology instructor Wendy Diem joined WHBY host Hayley Tenpas to discuss the Cybersecurity Specialist associate degree program. She explained what students learn in this program and the innovative tools they use, like the DMZ (demilitarized zone) environment

Career Program: Cybersecurity SpecialistOriginally From: AppletonCurrent Residence: NeenahAttended FVTC: Fall 2022 – Fall 2023 Why did you choose this career program? I chose cybersecurity because I have always wanted a career working with computers. Cybersecurity is a great field to study because of the mix between hands-on lab activities and researching new vulnerabilities. What are you learning about your career

Cybersecurity Specialist program creates ‘turnkey’ graduates It involves mystery. Fascination. And a healthy dose of suspicion. Those are just a few of the qualities that have attracted students Kim Hinson and Bhuwan Tiwari to Cybersecurity at Fox Valley Technical College. IN PHOTO (l-r): Kim Hinson, Bhuwan Twari and instructor Joe Wetzel in the FVTC Cybersecurity Command