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TSYS School Welcomes Several Visitors

TSYS School of Cybersecurity Nexus students recently had the opportunity to meet company executives and technical professionals who visited the Synovus Center to conduct "speed interviews." Each student met and interviewed with 20 or so professionals in a 2-hour period, after which a follow-up discussion period was held. "We are incredibly grateful to our industry partners who support our students in this and countless other ways," said Patrick Aiken, the Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity. Among those companies represented were TSYS, a Global Payments Inc company, Aflac, Synovus, Ankerpak, TD and CSU's UITS. 
Tripp Saxon, Lead Penetration Tester at Global Payments Inc., continued his generous tradition of visiting each Cybersecurity Nexus cohort near the end of the course to share his professional experience and wisdom.  During his latest visit he got to experience a cyber range scenario with Cohort 6 students for the first time. 
Peter Staarfaenger, Cyber Defense DFIR Leader at Global Payments Inc., once again drew a crowd of Cybersecurity Nexus students with his recent visit to the Synovus Center to share his interview questions and advice for the students he interviews.  According to Aiken, “Peter spends hours at a time with our students in spite of his incredibly demanding job. Hats off to this first-class leader who cares so much to pass his expertise on to the next generation.” Peter earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the TSYS School at CSU.  He also holds a master’s degree in computer and information security from Capella University. 

Lastly, the TSYS School recently welcomed a busload of students from Russell County High School in Seale, Alabama, to the Synovus Center in order to experience what its programs have to offer.  As usual, the students were very bright and engaged as they were treated to several different experiences during their visit. 


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