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Global Payments VP Joins TSYS School's Patrick Aiken at National Cybersecurity Conference in Dallas

Senior Vice President of Global Security Operations at Global Payments, Mike Kane, participated in a panel of experts at NICECyberCon24 in Dallas to discuss rapid workforce development for the cybersecurity industry. "Mike eloquently described how his organization has lots of options, but they choose to hire the majority of their entry-level cybersecurity workforce from our cybersecurity Nexus program at Columbus State University. As an CSU Cyber Advisory Board member, Kane has direct communication with Nexus instructors and students about curriculum and extra-curricular activities. He described the partnership his company has with our program, which is part of the umbrella CyberSkills2Work coalition of academic institutions across the nation. The CyberSkills2Work coalition's purpose is to train people to pivot into the in-demand field of Cybersecurity," explained Patrick Aiken, Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity. The panel was facilitated by Francine Coller of the University of West Florida's Center for Cybersecurity. Other panelists were Michael Howell, Supervisory Information Technology Specialist at the Department of Homeland Security, Eleanor Taylor, Cybercore Program Manager at the Idaho National Laboratory, and William Mechler, law enforcement officer and cybersecurity instructor.
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