Virginia Cyber Alliance
As funding for HRCyber expired, ODU working with its regional partners was awarded a Go Virginia grant to establish the Virginia Cyber Alliance (VCA). VCA was a continuation of the partnerships and workforce development activities started HRCyber. The focus of the Virginia Cyber Alliance was on job creation and workforce development with the overall goal of expanding southeastern Virginia’s influence in cybersecurity through a partnership of industry, government, and academic institutions. VCA had three primary funded activities; 1) Internships and a new employee salary subsidy program (Digital Entrant), 2) Technical assistance through a collaboration with ODU researchers at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center and business partners (Cyber Arena), and 3) Outreach and networking opportunities through the Cyber Trail program.
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is partnering with the Old Dominion University (ODU) Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) for the Virginia Cyber Alliance Internship Project to support subsidies for company-paid student cybersecurity-related internships in Go Virginia’s Region 5. The VSGC will manage internship placements for this project using its established Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP).