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Expansion of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity on the first floor of the Synovus Center is speeding up for a fall 2024 debut.  The expansion will provide additional  classroom space, faculty offices, a conference room, and more. " We're tremendously excited about all the success and growth of the cybersecurity Nexus program and  all of our other cybersecurity and computer science programs at CSU.  Our students are benefiting immensely," stated Patrick Aiken , Director of the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity.         Now that the  construction project is nearing completion, a portion of it is now in use. "We now have our cool CSU-themed furniture in our student collaboration room . . . [and] o ur test group of students signaled their approval.  Thanks to Kayla Rieves  from Malone Office Environments  for the partnership on this part of the project," Aiken added.

The very talented Casey Erdmann , a computer science graduate of the TSYS School, spoke at a recent meeting of the Columbus chapter of the Information Systems Security Association. Hosted by the TSYS Center for Cybersecurity, the ISSA is an active cybersecurity organization that holds monthly meetings on CSU's main campus. Erdmann is currently the Senior Red Team Operator at Delta Dental Insurance. In that position he  leads goal oriented offensive security engagements as well as conducting research and development in offensive security. Casey also freelances with Synack  performing private offensive security assessments for hundreds of organizations in the format of a crowd sourced penetration testing/private bug bounty program. He earned a B.S. in computer science from the TSYS School in 2018.  Casey primarily focused his studies on systems software and software engineering, but he also a took a heavy interest in studying computer and information security during his undergraduate

StartUP Columbus has launched applications for the annual BizPitch Columbus pitch competition, giving local entrepreneurs a chance to win up to $40,000. Whether pre-revenue or post-revenue, BizPitch welcomes ventures of any kind to try their hand. The application process is broken into four rounds, with four finalists competing on stage at the Riverside Theatre on November 12, 2024. Applications are open now through July 18th, 2024.