TSYS School Hosts IT, Cybersecurity Leaders for ISACA Workshop

The Turner College’s TSYS School of Computer Science hosted the ISACA - Atlanta Chapter’s “Cybersecurity in Action” training workshop in October. The workshop was held at CSU’s TSYS Cybersecurity Center as part of the university’s National Cybersecurity Month lineup of events. Workshop attendees benefited from four facilitated sessions that included demonstrations of the TSYS School’s new Cyber Range and Security Operations Center (SOC). Presenters included Fort Benning Garrison Commander Col. Alexis Rivera, W.C. Bradley Director of Information Security Mark Bradford, Global Payments Director of SIEM Engineering Ben Watson, Global Payments Director of Security Incident Response Robert Yager and Synovus Senior Director of Cyber Threat Management and Security Lee Himes. CSU, one of the first universities in the state to be recognized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, is home to the first Cyber Range available for academic and industry training. The range is the same range used to train the Israeli Defense Force to protect the nation of Israel from cyber attacks. The TSYS Cybersecurity Center

was created in response to a shortage of cybersecurity professionals in today’s workforce. The range allows students to gain hands-on experience that is highly sought after in the industry, and invites professionals to practice “live-fire” exercises to address over 50,000 versions of malware on an exact replica of a company’s network. ISACA is an international professional association that serves more than 140,000 constituents (members and professionals holding ISACA certifications in assurance, governance, risk and information security) in more than 180 countries. Chapters provide education, resource sharing, advocacy, networking and other benefits. The Atlanta Chapter is one of the largest chapters with over 7,500 members.

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Grant Hits Ground Running as New Turner College Marketing Intern

The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s

Jung Exploring Influence of Confucianism on Luxury Brand Performance in China, Japan and South Korea

In a recent chat with Turner Business , Turner College professor of marketing Sungwoo Jung made the point that luxury brands are gaining the degree of influence in many developing countries that they enjoy now in developed countries. He has been pondering this issue as part of his international marketing research program, which typically focuses on advertising, pioneering advantages and multi-cultural analysis. Currently, Jung is concentrating his energies on a cross-cultural analysis of brand equity that highlights luxury brands’ performance. His research finds that China, Japan and South Korea have each seen an increase in market share for luxury brands in recent years. As Jung explained to Turner Business , “These three countries share a common philosophical background – Confucianism.” With that point in mind, Jung and his coauthors are currently engaged in an investigation of how Confucianism influences consumer behavior in these three Asian countries, and how that behavior im

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International

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